Associate Director, Study Feasibility

BioSpace; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in the United States seeks a Study Feasibility Associate Director to partner with study teams on feasibility and design strategy, including country/site selection, protocol review, and patient burden for recruitment and timelines. This role requires expert facilitation and a strong background in clinical study design, operations, and management.

You will collaborate with senior leaders across AbbVie to drive strategic decisions for global Phase 2/3 trials, often spanning 35+ countries,

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of pharmaceutical experience with at least 5 years in clinical research leadership.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree, preferably in pure, applied, or technical sciences.
• Drug development and/or scientific project leadership experience preferred.
• Therapeutic area background in Oncology, Neurology, or Immunology preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of pharma drug development processes.
• Recognized contributor in complex scientific analyses and decision making.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with broad scientific, strategic, and business orientations.

Responsibilities

• Dynamic leader who designs, prepares, and facilitates cross-functional global strategy discussions that can include 20 or more senior AbbVie leaders to assess operational feasibility and optimize/develop effective execution strategies.
• Support strategic planning for delivery of global Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials; large studies may span 35+ countries with budgets over $200M.
• Drive analytical insights and study recruitment planning across multiple AbbVie functional teams.
• Conduct detailed scientific, analytical, and operational analyses to prepare for study team engagements.
• Provide scientific and strategic consultation on country strategy, site selection, protocol and patient burden, recruitment, and timelines.
• Identify connections across therapeutic areas to optimize portfolio-level study performance.
• Lead projects to improve Study Feasibility & Recruitment capabilities and impact.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Clinical study design

Education

Bachelor's degree or Advanced degree in science

Job description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Job Description

As a Study Feasibility Associate Director, you will be part of AbbVies Clinical Development Operations (CDO) function, which is responsible for running clinical trial operations around the world. In this role you will partner with and advise study teams on design feasibility and certain aspects of design strategy, including country and site selection, protocol review and assessment of patient burden, and related implications for patient recruitment and study timelines. This is a highly collaborative and analytical role, which will rely on your expert facilitation skills, your ability to influence without authority, and your strong experience in clinical study design, operations, and management.

Responsibilities

• Dynamic leader who designs, prepares, and facilitates cross-functional global strategy discussions that can include 20 or more senior level AbbVie leaders to assess operational feasibility and optimize/develop effective execution strategies.
• Responsible to support strategic planning for delivery of global phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials within Abbvie portfolio. Large Scale studies may be conducted in over 35 countries, supported by teams of 250 or more AbbVie study team members with study budgets exceeding 200 million dollars.
• Responsible for matrix management to help drive analytical insights and study recruitment planning across multiple AbbVie functional teams.
• Conducts detailed scientific, analytical, and operational analyses to prepare for and support study team engagements.
• Provides scientific and strategic consultation on country strategy, site selection, protocol and patient burden, recruitment, and timelines.
• Identifies and analyzes important connections within and across therapeutic areas to optimize study performance at the portfolio level.
• Leads and manages projects to continuously improve Study Feasibility & Recruitment team capabilities and impacts.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of pharmaceutical related experience with at least 5 years in clinical research/project leadership.
• Bachelors or advanced Degree, preferably in pure, applied, or technical sciences
• Drug development and/or scientific project leadership experience preferred
• Therapeutic area background in Oncology, Neurology, or Immunology preferred
• Strong working knowledge of pharma drug development processes
• Recognized contributor in complex scientific analyses and decision making
• Demonstrated leadership skills with broad scientific, strategic, and business orientations

Additional Information

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employer remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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