Scientific Director / Medical Director, International Rheumatology

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Company Description

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 immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

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Job Description

Provides specialist medical and scientific strategic and operational input into core medical affairs activities such as : health-care professional and provider interactions;

generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education, scientific communications, and value proposition) and 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 affairs, marketing activities (promotional material generation and product launches) and market access.

Responsibilities :

Initiates medical affairs activities, generation and dissemination of data supporting the overall scientific strategy.

Responsible from Global Medical Affairs for the design, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of scientific content of protocols, Investigator Brochures, Clinical Study Reports and regulatory submissions and responses.

Oversees the conduct of clinical trials and is medically and scientifically accountable for resolution of safety (AEs & SAEs) issues, interpretation of statistical analyses for clinical significance, PI selection, scientific documents reporting safety monitoring and other scientific reports submitted to the regulatory authorities.

Participation in design and execution of clinical trial safety, product safety and risk management plans. May also carry responsibility for routine and ad hoc safety monitoring reports to regulatory agencies.

May review, assess and report applicable Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) if assigned to AbbVie conduct on clinical studies.

Has overall responsibility for oversight of clinical studies, monitoring overall study integrity and review, interpretation and communication of accumulating data pertaining to safety and efficacy of the molecule.

Along with Clinical Operations, is responsible for oversight of study enrollment and overall timelines for key deliverables.

May assist in the development of scientifically accurate marketing materials, medical education programs, advisories, and symposia.

Assists with the scientific review, development, approval, execution, and communication of affiliate / area / global medical affairs sponsored or supported clinical research activities.

May 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.

Serves as the scientific team interface for key regulatory discussions.

Provide scientific / medical education to investigators, clinical monitors, and Global Project Team members related to therapeutic area or disease specific information.

Keeps abreast of professional information and technology through conferences and / or medical literature and acts as a therapeutic area resource.

Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into programs' scientific activities.

Responsible for understanding the regulatory requirements related to the clinical studies and global drug development and accountable for complying with those requirements.

Qualifications

Medical Doctorate (M.D.) degree or equivalent (D.O. or non-US equivalent of M.D). Relevant therapeutic specialty in an academic or hospital environment preferred.

Completion of residency and / or fellowship is preferred.

Minimum of 2 years of clinical trial or medical affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent.

3+ 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.
• Ability to run a clinical study independently with little supervision.
• Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy.
• Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills.

Additional Information

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• 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 to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.
• This job is eligible to participate 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 benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.

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