Scientific Director, Immunology, Global Patient Safety

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an experienced Immunology Safety professional to support the planning and execution of safety strategies across a drug's lifecycle. You will lead the development and implementation of asset safety plans with management support, and you will review complex safety data for regulatory documents to ensure scientific rigor.

The role requires strong English communication, ability to influence cross-functional teams, and expertise in clinical safety strategy development.

Qualifications

• Requires scientific or clinical degree and 5+ years in pharma, preferably patient safety/PV.
• Must understand clinical trial methodology, regulatory/compliance requirements, and study design.
• Ability to analyze complex safety data and support risk-benefit decisions.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of safety strategy for immunology assets across lifecycle.
• Lead development and implementation of asset safety strategy with PST-L or management support.
• Review and synthesize scientific safety data for regulatory/clinical documents ensuring accuracy and clarity.
• Facilitate scientific connections and information exchange across assets within safety teams.
• Prepare material on competitive intelligence and standard of care for key indications.

Skills

Scientific degree

5+ years experience

Clinical trial knowledge

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Cross-functional leadership

MS Office proficiency

Education

Scientific or clinical degree (e.g. NP/PA, PharmD, MS, PhD, MPH)

Tools

MS Office

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.

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 on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

• Supports the planning and execution of the safety strategy for immunology assets during the entire lifecycle of the drug
• Leads development and implementation of an asset safety strategy with support of PST-L or management
• Supports in the review and synthesis of scientific safety data for critical regulatory and clinical documents - including IB's DSURs, PSURs, RMPs CSRS, etc. - ensuring medical accuracy, scientific rigor, and clarity of content across immunology assets
• Facilitates scientific connections and interactions, information exchange across assets within the safety teams
• Prepares material on competitive intelligence, current disease state, and standard of care for key indications/ disease states
• Compiles draft slide presentations for internal and external meetings as required
• Interacts with and influences other cross functional departments (e.g. Clinical Development, Statistics, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Affairs), as needed, to ensure the successful development, design and implementation of comprehensive safety assessments to support study participants in immunology studies.
• Drives process improvement and change management for the Immunology Safety team in conjunction with enterprise-wide and functional area plans.
• Deep dive in literature search and capable to deliver a strong analysis and summary and proposal for any additional needed safety action

Qualifications

• Scientific or clinical degree (e.g. NP/PA, PharmD, MS, PhD, MPH, including combinations)
• At least 5+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably in patient safety/ PV
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory and compliance requirements governing clinical trials, and experience in development of clinical strategy and the design of study protocols
• Strategic thinking and capacity of analyzing aggregate data and conclude
• Effectively present recommendations / opinions in group environment both internally and externally
• Ability to work effectively under circumstances of uncertainty and complexity.
• Proven ability to critically evaluate and interpret complex safety data from clinical trials, supporting informed risk-benefit decision-making
• Strong ability to influence individual stakeholders and cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment
• Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills.
• Work collaboratively and lead cross-functional teams
• Good communication and influence skillsGood organization and mastering Microsoft office tools

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 employee 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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