Senior Clinical Pharmacologist

Allergan; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie seeks a senior PK scientist to conceive and execute novel clinical pharmacology research, generating PK/PD proposals and leading efforts across programs. You will evaluate regulatory advances and integrate knowledge into development strategies.

You will contribute to Phase 1-4 studies, author regulatory documents, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to present data and shape clinical pharmacology direction. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree with extensive pharmacology experience.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in PK/PD, Pharmacometrics or systems pharmacology.

Responsibilities

• Support Phase 1-4 studies with clinical pharmacology strategy.
• Author regulatory documents and study reports.
• Perform data analyses including non-compartmental and modeling.
• Present at departmental and cross-functional meetings.
• Collaborate with Clinical Pharmacology groups for alignment.
• Author scientific publications and present at conferences.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Scientific acumen

Leadership competencies

Regulatory awareness

Education

PhD or PharmD with relevant experience

8+ years (PhD path) / 10+ years (BS path)

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.

Job Description

Conceive and execute novel scientific research or development in Clinical Pharmacology that achieves projects and Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (CPPM) goals. Generate new PK/PD proposals and lead those efforts. Investigate, identify, develop, and optimize new methods and techniques in PK/PD field. Act as a lead PK scientist in his/her area of expertise and critically evaluate relevant Clinical Pharmacology, PK/PD and regulatory advances and integrate this knowledge into research or development programs.

Responsibilities

List up to 10 main responsibilities for the job. Include information about the accountability and scope.

• Contribute to clinical development by supporting Phase 1-4 studies including study design, and clinical pharmacology strategy.
• Author regulatory documents including protocols, study reports, population PK reports, exposure-response analyses reports, relevant section of investigator brochures, common technical documents, white papers, and other similar documents.
• Conduct data analyses including non-compartmental analyses, modeling and simulation, literature data analyses.
• Participate and present at various departmental and cross functional teams such as study teams, clinical pharmacology and biopharmaceutics, clinical strategy team, Clinical Pharmacology leadership team, Journal club.
• Collaborate with scientific support from other Clinical Pharmacology functional groups to provide a unified clinical pharmacology position to clinical, CMC and regulatory teams.
• Author scientific publications and present at scientific conferences.

Qualifications

• PhD with 0 years of experience, or Pharm D with 2+ years of experience in a relevant field, Master's Degree or equivalent education and typically 8+ years of experience, Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education and typically 10+ years of experience; (*relevant field includes experience with PK, PBPK, PK-PD, Pharmacometrics or systems pharmacology, Drug metabolism/Transporters)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to interact externally and internally and perform in a team setting
• Demonstrates scientific acumen and has technical skills to perform the role
• Key Leadership Competencies:
  • Persistent and resilient finds the way to move good ideas forward
  • Uses mistakes, failure and reflection as vehicles for learning and improvement
  • Delivers business results while also positioning AbbVie for long-term success
  • Connects unrelated concepts, generates original or unique ideas
  • Influences colleagues to achieve cross-functional alignment

Additional Information

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• 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 the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, 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 long-term incentiveprograms.

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

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