Scientific Director, Medical Affairs - Parkinson's Disease

BioSpace; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Scientific Director to guide the Medical Affairs team in neuroscience, shaping brand strategy, generating clinical data, and driving medical education and advisory programs. The role collaborates with commercial, clinical, and regulatory functions to support launches and market access.

The ideal candidate has a PhD/PharmD/PA/NP or equivalent, 5–7+ years in pharma, and strong communication skills. A hybrid role based in the United States with comprehensive benefits is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in the sciences required; advanced degree preferred (PhD, PharmD, PA or NP).
• 5-7+ years in pharma or equivalent; strong therapeutic understanding.
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology and regulatory requirements; protocol design experience helpful.
• Excellent oral and written communication; able to coordinate with internal/external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to development of brand strategies.
• Lead and support Medical Affairs initiatives for asset launch.
• Develop and execute Medical Education/Advisory Board plans and conference activities.
• Lead internal training development and dissemination of MI content.
• Manage budgets for assigned projects and coordinate cross-functional efforts.
• Ensure timely medical reviews of promotional materials per guidelines.

Skills

Clinical trial knowledge

Excellent communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in sciences

Advanced degree (PhD/PharmD/PA/NP) preferred

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

The Medical Affairs (MA) organization provides patients, healthcare providers and payers everywhere with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use AbbVie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and the patient’s journey.

Scientific Director provides medical and scientific input into strategic and operational medical affairs activities for AbbVie’s Neuroscience portfolio such as: health care professional and provider interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers); generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education, data, guidelines, and value proposition); safeguarding patient safety (risk minimization activities and safety surveillance activities).

Works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand (product) strategies, and to support medical and marketing activities (promotional material generation and product launches) and market access. Executes core medical affair tactics to support launch. Collaborates with clinical development on Medical Affairs support of priority trials.

Key Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development of brand strategies.
• Lead and support Medical Affairs initiatives (strategy and tactics) for Parkinson’s Disease asset launch
• Contributes to the development of and leads the execution of the Medical Education / Advisory Board & EE Engagement Plan generation in line with TA plan. Lead the individual (Global) Conference planning and execution.
• Leads the development and execution of internal training activities
• Generates clinical and scientific data per evidence gap assessment.
• Responsible to manage budget for assigned projects.
• May support cross-functional teams with subject matter expertise.
• Actively contributes to the development of a TA EE Engagement Plan.
• Contributes to the generation of MI communication content and supports training on Medical Information (MI) materials.
• Responsible for performing the accurate and detailed medical review of complex advertising and promotional materials for assigned therapeutic area(s) within Medical Affairs. Provides timely and accurate reviews of promotional materials in accordance with established policies and practice standards, including regulatory guidelines to meet customer needs.
• May assist as consultant and liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements and/or in the evaluation of new business development opportunities.

This is a hybrid role based in Lake County, IL preferably.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in the sciences required. Advanced Degree PhD, PharmD, PA or NP preferred. Residency or additional post doctorate experience preferred.
• 5-7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required.
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in the design of protocols preferred.
• Interactions normally require the ability to gain cooperation of others, conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects and schedules, etc.
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy. Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Works with some supervision and guidance. Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.
• Ability to interact with and coordinate appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (i.e. commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, regulatory, etc.) as they relate to on-going medical affairs projects.
• Works with some supervision and guidance. Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.

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 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.

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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