Clinical Data Strategy and Operations Program Lead III - Oncology- HYBRID

Allergan; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie Data Science is seeking an experienced program leader to align CDSO study teams with strategic objectives, coordinating global cross-functional efforts to ensure timely delivery and quality of clinical data initiatives.

This role requires 8+ years in pharma/clinical data management or 10+ years project management, with strong governance, communication, and analytical skills to drive program success across regulatory and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, MIS, CS, life sciences or equivalent; Master’s preferred; PMP or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt desired.
• 8+ years pharma/clinical research/data management or 10+ years project management experience.
• Understanding of clinical trial processes and stakeholder management; lead role in trials.
• Cross-functional leadership and ability to influence without direct authority; strong communication and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Aligns CDSO study teams with program- and study-level strategies and governance.
• Acts as single point of contact and operational lead from CDSO for assigned programs.
• Coordinates CDSO teams across global functions to meet objectives.
• Interacts with management and cross-functional members to achieve program goals.
• Lead CDSO and cross-functional innovation and process improvements.

Skills

Pharma/clinical experience

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/IT/life sciences

Master’s degree preferred

PMP or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt desired

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Company 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.

Job Description

Purpose:

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 a 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. Supports governance of assigned programs and studies, both within and outside CDSO. Assigned programs may include programs of any size or any complexity.
• For assigned programs, 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 at both the program and study levels.
• Interacts with and influences all levels of management and cross-functional team members to achieve program objectives. Represents DS in cross-functional forums and, if assigned, leadership meetings.
• 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 of own, as well as studies managed by the team. Anticipates and identifies issues that could affect timelines or quality and develops options and solutions.
• Ensure 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. Coordinates and participates as the DS study owner in regulatory inspections and internal quality audits.
• Participates in oversight of vendors and provides feedback related to clinical trial operations, issues, and trends in performance.
• Responsible for coaching and mentoring team members, as well as providing input into their development.
• Leads CDSO and cross-functional innovation and process improvement initiatives.
• If assigned, responsible for identifying training needs and standardizing and facilitating training solutions for DS roles. Conducts “lessons learned” across functions.
• May include direct and/or indirect supervision of staff, as well as contract resources.

Qualifications

• 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 8+ years of pharma / clinical research / data management / health care experience or 10+ years of project management experience (and / or applicable work experience).
• In-depth understanding of clinical trial processes and involved functional stakeholders, and clinical\ technology. Management of a clinical trial from initiation through to completion in a lead role is required.
• Demonstrated performance as a cross-functional leader. Demonstrated ability to influence others without direct authority. Demonstrated ability to successfully coach / mentor in a matrix environment. Demonstrated effective communication skills. Demonstrated effective analytical skills.

Additional Information

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 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 toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms.

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 sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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