Senior Medical Director- Early Development Oncology

Allergan; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie in Florham Park, NJ seeks a Product Safety Team lead to direct safety strategy for late-stage oncology programs. You will collaborate with medical leads, PK/toxicology, regulatory and clinical development to optimize dose selection, trial safety monitoring and PV document creation.

The role requires MD/DO with residency and PV/clinical development experience, oncology familiarity, and leadership skills to guide cross-functional teams through NDA/sNDA submissions and safety responses.

Qualifications

• MD/DO with 2+ years of internal medicine residency and patient management experience.
• 2-5 years of Pharmacovigilance/Clinical Development experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Oncology experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Understand and apply pharmacology, chemistry and non-clinical toxicology for safety surveillance.
• Lead safety surveillance for pharmaceutical/biological/drug-device products.
• Set strategy for pharmacovigilance documents and risk management plans (NDA/sNDA, PSURs, DSURs).
• Apply regulatory guidance for PV documents and safety surveillance.
• Analyze aggregate safety data and communicate to cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Lead drafting and input on PV technical documents.
• Oversee periodic safety reports (DSURs, PSURs, PADERs).
• Mentor and coach team members; collaborate across functions.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Pharmacovigilance expertise

Oncology experience

Education

MD/DO with internal medicine residency

PhD or Clinical Pharmacology fellowship (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

Job Description

The Product Safety Team (PST) lead for late stage oncology products, under the direction of the Group Lead and TA Head will be actively and closely collaborating with the development medical lead, setting the strategy for the oncology programs. PST lead will be responsible to one or more products and will ensuring safety through the product lifecycle (e.g. surveillance, signal detection, validation and assessment, risks assessment and mitigations strategies, tox management, etc...) together with the other members of the safety team (safety scientists, safety architects, safety PM, and other cross functional colleagues). The PST lead will also closely collaborate with a PK and toxicology leads, regulatory and clinical development leads as well as medical affairs colleagues to help guide dose selection and regimen, inclusion/exclusion criteria and safety monitoring for first for clinical trials as well as PMOS.

PST lead will be interpreting regulations related to pharmacovigilance supporting all patient safety activities, and will be leading the safety components of pre-NDA and NDA/sNDA submissions, regulatory responses, label and label updates, RMPs.

Responsibilities

• Understanding and application of the pharmacology, chemistry and non-clinical toxicology to effectively conduct safety surveillance
• Responsible for safety surveillance for pharmaceutical / biological / drug -device combined products
• Lead and set the strategy for key pharmacovigilance documents, including but not limited to, medical safety assessments, regulatory responses and risk management plans, NDA/sNDA submission - safety component
• Apply current regulatory guidance as appropriate for safety surveillance and authorship of PV documents
• Analyze and interpret aggregate safety data and communicate these analysis and interpretation to cross-functional teams, executive leadership and externally, as needed
• Effectively write, review and provide input on technical documents independently
• Oversight and responsibility for leading the strategy for periodic reports (DSURs, PSURs, PADERs etc...)
• Responsible for implementing risk management strategies for assigned products
• Proactively engaging, inspiring, coaching and mentoring team and colleagues
• Opportunities to co-author publications and participate in initiatives to continue developing and growing as a safety leader
• Strong team player, able to adapt and work in a fast pace environment
• Significant Work Activities -Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Qualifications

• MD / DO with 2+ years of internal medicine residency with patient management experience required; PhD or Clinical Pharmacology fellowship is preferred in addition to MD / DO, not required
• 2-5years of Pharmacovigilance / Clinical Development experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Oncology experience strongly preferred
• Effectively analyze and guide analysis of clinical data and epidemiological information
• Effectively present recommendations / opinions in group environment both internally and externally
• Write, review and provide input on technical documents
• Work collaboratively and lead cross-functional teams
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment

Additional Information

• 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 toparticipate in 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 benefits that 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.

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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