Associate Director, Clinical Pharmacology /Senior Clinical Pharmacologist (Oncology-Hybrid)

AbbVie Inc; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the pharmaceutical industry seeks an Associate Director of Clinical Pharmacology. This role involves managing clinical pharmacology development plans, leading teams, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Candidates should have a strong educational background and experience in relevant fields. The position requires onsite presence for three days a week.

Qualifications

• PhD with 4+ years, or PharmD with 6+ years, or Master's with 12+ years, or Bachelor's with 14+ years in relevant fields.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with KOLs.

Responsibilities

• Leads Clinical Pharmacology/PK/PD aspects of multiple projects.
• Authors regulatory documents and scientific publications.
• Conducts due diligence assessments and represents Clinical Pharmacology at regulatory meetings.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership Skills

Strategic Thinking

Scientific Acumen

Education

PhD

PharmD

Master’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok.

Job Description

Conceives, executes, and effectively manages and communicates multi-disciplinary Clinical Pharmacology development plans and strategies that achieve commercial goals and regulatory requirements for multiple functions. Generates new PK/PD study proposals and leads those efforts. Anticipates and critically evaluates Clinical Pharmacology, PK/PD, or regulatory advances, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and responds with appropriate new strategies. Demonstrates a strong record of accomplishment in Clinical Pharmacology and business objectives. Leads Clinical Pharmacology/PK/PD aspects of multiple projects. Responsible for evaluating technical and scientific aspects along with Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics management.

Description:

• Accountable for Phase 1-4 study design and clinical pharmacology strategy; acts as the project representative.
• Executes strategy, leads teams, and performs data analyses and interpretation, providing necessary context (including MoA and disease specifics, relevant data, analysis plans, and interpretation of model results).
• Authors regulatory documents such as protocols, study reports, population PK reports, exposure-response analyses, CTDs, label sections, investigator brochures, white papers, etc.
• Leads clinical pharmacology and biopharmaceutics meetings; represents Clinical Pharmacology at Clinical Strategy and Asset Development Teams; presents at departmental and cross-functional teams.
• Drives small teams within Clinical Pharmacology to provide unified positions to clinical, CMC, and regulatory teams.
• Authors scientific publications and presents at conferences; interacts with KOLs and external stakeholders.
• Conducts due diligence assessments, summarizes results, and represents Clinical Pharmacology in business development.
• Represents Clinical Pharmacology at regulatory meetings.

Qualifications

Note: This position requires onsite presence 3 days/week.

For hiring:

Associate Director, Clinical Pharmacology:

• PhD with 4+ years of experience, or PharmD with 6+ years, or Master’s Degree with 12+ years, or Bachelor’s Degree with 14+ years in relevant fields (PK, PBPK, PK-PD, Pharmacometrics, systems pharmacology, drug metabolism/transporters).
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interact with internal teams and external KOLs; leadership skills.
• Strategic thinking and enterprise perspective.
• Proven scientific and technical expertise.
• Key Leadership Competencies include delivering results, resilience, respect, innovation, influence, and accountability.

Senior Clinical Pharmacologist:

• PhD with no experience, or PharmD with 2+ years, or Master’s with 8+ years, or Bachelor’s with 10+ years in relevant fields.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and demonstrate scientific acumen.
• Key Leadership Competencies include resilience, learning from mistakes, results delivery, innovation, and influence.

Additional Information

Details on compensation, benefits, and legal disclosures are provided, emphasizing the company's commitment to equal opportunity and accommodations for applicants.