Associate Director, Study Feasibility

AbbVie; New Jersey; On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Study Feasibility Associate Director to join Clinical Development Operations. You will design global feasibility strategies, advise on country and site selection, and coordinate across senior AbbVie leaders to optimize study timelines and recruitment.

The role requires 8+ years in pharma, with 5+ years in clinical research leadership, and a strong background in oncology, neurology, or immunology. Competitive benefits and long-term incentives are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of pharmaceutical-related experience with at least 5 years in clinical research/project leadership.
• Degree in pure, applied, or technical sciences preferred.
• Therapeutic area background in Oncology, Neurology, or Immunology preferred.

Responsibilities

• Designs, prepares, and facilitates cross-functional global strategy discussions with AbbVie leaders to assess feasibility and execution.
• Supports strategic planning for global Phase 2/3 trials with potential international scope.
• Manages matrix teams to drive analytics and recruitment planning across AbbVie functions.
• Performs scientific, analytical, and operational analyses to support study engagements.
• Provides consultation on country strategy, site selection, protocol and patient burden, recruitment and timelines.
• Leads projects to improve Study Feasibility & Recruitment capabilities.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Facilitation skills

Analytical

Study design

Country/site strategy

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in sciences

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 on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

As a Study Feasibility Associate Director, you will be part of AbbVie’s 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.

• Minimum of 8 years of pharmaceutical related experience with at least 5 years in clinical research/project 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

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• 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 Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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