Director II, Clinical Innovation, Clinical Design

The Clinical Innovation team is an ambitious team of Scientists Engineers Data Scientists and Product Developers with a unique blend of business scientific and technical expertise.  We deliver transformative solutions to advance evidence generation interpretation and utilization.  As the program continues to grow were seeking a strong leader to drive the development of core capabilities toward an approach designed to consider measure and interpret all elements that contribute to a personalized outcome.

As a Director in Clinical Innovation you will play a leadership role in building the future of evidence generation designed to modernize the approach to clinical design.  The position requires the ability to define key questions and creatively apply methodology and analytical skills to bring resolute answers through novel study design.

The position may be filled at either the Director I or Director II level depending on the candidates experience and qualifications.

The role is based onsite in Irvine CA. 

Key Responsibilities

• Define objective and develop study design scenarios/options to support novel non-interventional and interventional studies.
• Create data driven rationale packages to support decision making internally and externally (health authority facing).
• Work hand in hand with clinical science and data sciences to leverage the power of cross Clinical Innovation solutions to build supporting study elements and maximize our approach within and outside Clinical Innovation.
• Identify and cultivate strong functional and cross-functional (Therapeutic Areas Discovery Sciences Translational Sciences etc) relationships to drive organizational synergies and develop meaningful solutions that span translation to late development studies.

• Stay ahead of emerging biostatistical scientific technological trends to support novel study design.
• Represent Clinical Innovation in forums designed to align on good decision making associated with identifying best approach to gain institutional knowledge with a balance of thoroughness and agility.

Qualifications :

• For a Director I a MD or PhD in Biological Sciences and 7 years of experience in clinical and experimental design.
• For a Director II a MD or PHD in Biological Sciences and 10 years of experience in clinical and experimental design  as well as 5 years in leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to build novel experimental designs that drive strong business impact (enable decisions influence agency answer key questions).
• Highly collaborative genuinely enjoys working hand-in-hand in team environment to develop solutions that advance AbbVies overall mission.

• Demonstrated research background with proven track record of building on foundational work to advance projects to resolute finish.
• Experienced in identifying creative solutions for hard to solve challenges.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously; experience managing projects within complex matrixed organization.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills can build presentation materials to influence all levels of the organization. Helping the team turn ideas into reality.
• Good commercial entrepreneurial and innovative thinking comfortable with ambiguity.
• Recognized ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives to ensure balanced risk assessments are made.

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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