Clinical Data Strategy and Operations Program Lead I - HYBRID

AbbVie; New Jersey; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie seeks a Data Science CDSO Lead in New Jersey to drive study-level operations across cross-functional teams. You’ll align program strategies, manage study execution, and ensure adherence to GCP/ICH and AbbVie SOPs while coordinating vendors and resources.

The role requires pharma/clinical data experience and strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills to influence without direct authority and deliver on milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, MIS, CS, life sciences or equivalent. Master’s preferred.
• PMP Certification or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt desired.

Responsibilities

• Leads the CDSO Study Team for assigned studies and serves as the CDSO operational lead.
• Coordinates across cross-functional teams to meet study objectives.
• Engages global teams and stakeholders to align study plans and timelines.
• Uses analytics and PM tools to track progress, resources, and study status reports.
• Ensures compliance with GCP/ICH, AbbVie SOPs, and regulatory standards.
• Coaches Data Science Associates and may supervise contract resources.
• Contributes to CDSO and cross-functional process improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Influence

Analytical

Project management

Pharma industry

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s preferred

PMP Certification or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt desired

Tools

PM tools

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.

AbbVie Data Science is the best-in-class team within its cross-industry peer group and is responsible for bringing people, process, and technology together to generate business value from clinical trials data. Our operational model is exemplified through execution and innovation. This role is key to ensuring successful delivery against the program- and study-level accountabilities assigned to Clinical Data Strategy and Operations (CDSO).

Responsibilities

• Aligns CDSO study teams with program- and study-level strategies. For assigned studies, leads the CDSO Study Team and represents DS as a member of the cross-functional study team.
• For assigned studies, acts as single point of contact and accountable operational lead from CDSO. Coordinates associated CDSO study teams to meet operational objectives. Engages and connects global functional and cross-functional teams.
• Interacts with and influences cross-functional team members to achieve program and study objectives.
• Utilizes operational analytics and project management tools to optimize execution of programs and studies, to manage internal and external resources, to track study progress, and to prepare study status reports. Anticipates and identifies issues that could affect timelines or quality and develops options and solutions.
• Ensures adherence to federal regulations and applicable local regulations, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), ICH Guidelines, AbbVie Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and to functional quality standards. Stays abreast of new and/or evolving local regulations, guidelines and policies related to clinical development.
• Participates in oversight of vendors and provides feedback related to study operations, issues, and trends in performance.
• Responsible for coaching and mentoring Data Science Associates. May include indirect supervision of work for contract resources.
• Participates in CDSO and cross-functional innovation and process improvement initiatives.
• Contributes to study execution “lessons learned” across functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management information systems, computer science, life sciences or equivalent. Master’s preferred. PMP Certification or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt desired

• Must have at 3+ years of pharma / clinical research / data management / health care experience or 5+ years of project management experience (and / or applicable work experience)

• Strong understanding of clinical trial process and clinical technology. Experience in managing a clinical trial from initiation through to completion is preferred

• Demonstrated effective leadership skills

• Demonstrated ability to influence others without direct authority

• Demonstrated effective communication skills

• Demonstrated effective analytical skills

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

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s soleandabsolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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