Scientific Director, Global Gynecologic Oncology Pipeline, Medical Affairs

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The Medical Affairs 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.

The Scientific Director, Global Oncology Pipeline, Medical Affairs provides specialist medical and scientific strategic and operational input into core pipeline medical affairs activities such as: disease area and asset strategy, evidence generation, early value propositions, narratives and publication strategy. Works closely with asset strategy, pipeline commercialization, clinical development, area and affiliate teams to ensure pipeline asset launch success. This specific position will focus on the gynecologic oncology pipeline portfolio.

This position is ideally based at our Mettawa, IL or Florham Park, NJ locations and will follow a hybrid schedule of Tuesdays-Thursdays in office. Other AbbVie sites may be considered, also following a hybrid schedule.

 Responsibilities:

• Leads medical input into disease area strategy and asset strategies within the gynecologic oncology pipeline portfolio.
• Leads pipeline medical evidence generation strategy and execution including company sponsored studies, research collaborations and investigator initiated studies.
• Provides in-house medical expertise for the disease area and assets, coordinating appropriate scientific activities with internal and external stakeholders as they relate to ongoing programs. May participate in due diligence or other business development activity as required by program needs, and contribute to translational strategy in partnership with discovery colleagues.
• Acts as a medical interface and actively solicits insights and opinion through the development and execution of medical expert engagement strategies, partnering with clinical development, commercial, access, area and affiliate colleagues to ensure that broad perspectives both internally and externally are incorporated into strategies and plans as appropriate.
• Leads creation of early scientific narratives, messaging, and communications activities including congress planning, medical education, publication strategies and plans.
• Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into programs and scientific activities.

• Advanced Degree MD, PhD or PharmD. Additional post doctorate experience highly preferred.
• 7-10 years of experience in Medical Affairs with Global Medical Affairs experience highly preferred.
• Typically, 10-15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of gynecologic oncology required.
• Minimum of 4 years of clinical trials experience in the pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent. 4+ years of experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, data analysis and interpretation, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in development strategy and the design of protocols.
• Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment.
• Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills.

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• 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 postingbased 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 paymore 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 short-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 untilpaid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

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