Associate Scientific Director, Medical Affairs – Hematology
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 Associate Scientific Director, Medical Affairs, plays a key role in advancing the medical strategy and scientific objectives for epcoritamab within AbbVie's Hematology portfolio.
Working under the leadership of the Scientific Director/Medical Director, this individual contributes to the development and execution of the medical strategy for epcoritamab, by leading and providing input into core medical affairs activities, including thought leader engagement plans and field provider interactions; generation and dissemination of clinical and scientific data; provider and payer educational initiatives and promotional material generation. The role works closely with commercial teams to support marketing activities (including review of promotional materials).
This position must be based at the Mettawa IL (preferred), Florham Park NJ, Waltham MA, or San Francisco CA office. Hybrid schedule of Tues-Thurs in office is required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contributes to the development of, and leads the execution of, medical education tactics, advisory boards, and thought leader engagement plans in alignment with the indication or asset's strategic plan
- Leads conference planning and execution; represents AbbVie at external scientific meetings
- Leads internal medical training activities, including asset onboarding and ongoing education for cross-functional teams
- Contribute to the development and execution of scientific communication and medical education initiatives aligned with the Scientific Communication Platform
- Responsible for performing accurate and detailed medical reviews of promotional materials. Provides timely and accurate reviews in accordance with established policies and practice standards, including regulatory guidelines
- Provides subject matter expertise for commercial teams including competitive assessments and regular scientific literature reviews
- With oversight, provides input into the development of the medical strategy
- Supports the generation of clinical and scientific evidence to address identified evidence gaps
- Manages budgets for assigned projects and initiatives including vendor management
Qualifications
- Scientific degree required. Advanced Degree: PhD, PharmD, PA or NP preferred.
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area preferred
- Good understanding of Medical Affairs principles, study design and publications
- Good understanding of legal and regulatory guidelines (e.g. knowledge of OPDP promotional regulations, CDER/CBER regulations as they relate to drug approvals).
- Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials
- Ability to interact 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. 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 to support global business strategy. Ability to work effectively with different groups and have strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team/matrix environment. Ability to influence others without direct reporting relationships.
- 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.
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