Associate Scientific Director, Medical Affairs Neuroscience

The Medical Affairs (MA) 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 patients journey.

The Associate Scientific Director provides medical and scientific strategic and operational input into core medical affairs activities such as: health care professional and provider interactions (Payers Patients Prescribers and Providers); generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education data guidelines and value proposition). Works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand (product) strategies and to support medical and marketing activities (promotional material generation). Collaborates with clinical development on Medical Affairs support of priority trials.

This position is ideally based at our Florham Park NJ or Mettawa IL offices and will follow a hybrid schedule of 3x/week onsite.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for performing the accurate and detailed medical review of complex advertising and promotional materials for assigned therapeutic area(s) within Medical Affairs. Provides timely and accurate reviews of promotional materials in accordance with established policies and practice standards including regulatory guidelines to meet customer needs.
• Lead and support Medical Affairs initiatives (strategy and tactics) for an approved product in psychiatric indications.
• Contributes to the development of brand strategies.
• Contributes to the development of and leads the execution of the Medical Education / Advisory Board & EE Engagement Plan generation in line with TA plan.
• Leads the development and execution of internal training activities
• Generates clinical and scientific data per evidence gap assessment.
• Responsible to manage budget for assigned projects.
• May support cross-functional teams with subject matter expertise.
• Actively contributes to the development of a TA EE Engagement Plan.

Qualifications :

• Scientific degree (bachelors) required. Advanced Degree: PhD PharmD PA or NP strongly preferred. Residency or additional post doctorate experience preferred.
• Minimum 5 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required.
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in the design of protocols preferred.
• 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 and internally to support global business strategy. Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• May interact with and coordinates 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.
• May assist as consultant and liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements and/or in the evaluation of new business development opportunities.
• Represents AbbVie at external meetings including investigator meetings scientific association meetings etc.
• 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 short-term incentive programs. 

• 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 Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable 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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Employment Type :

Full-time