Director, Clinical Development AI Partnerships
AbbVie · San Francisco, CA · 3 wk ago
ManagementFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes Company Description, Job Description, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Additional Information (benefits, pay range). There's no explicit Pay range? Actually Additional Information includes compensation range description but says "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..." but no actual numbers given. It says "The compensation range described below is the range..." but no numbers provided. So we cannot include Pay section because no specific numbers. Benefits: they mention "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." That's benefits content. So we can include Benefits section.
Schedule: not mentioned. So omit.
Skills: maybe we can infer from qualifications but better to have a Skills section only if explicit. Not present. Could combine qualifications and requirements. The posting has "Qualifications Required" and "Preferred Experience". We could make a Requirements section (maybe combine required qualifications) and a Qualifications section? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to decide which to include. We have About the role (maybe from Job Description). Responsibilities present. Qualifications present (Required and Preferred). Skills maybe not explicit. Benefits present. Pay not specific numbers, so omit. Schedule omit.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The page already shows it, so we don't add a heading for job title.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. The Additional Information includes EEO statements etc. We should remove those. Keep benefits description. Remove the long EEO paragraphs.
Also remove "Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ..." because it's about pay disclosure but no actual range; we might still keep the sentence about benefits? Actually that paragraph is about compensation range; we can omit because no specific range. The benefits sentence after that: "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." That's substantive; keep.
Also remove "Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation..." etc. That's boilerplate legal; remove.
Also remove "AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer..." etc. Remove.
Also remove "US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more..." etc. Remove.
Also remove "Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube." maybe part of company description but it's not substantive? It's social media; could be considered boilerplate? Might keep as part of company description? It's not essential but maybe keep? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Social media links not listed; could keep but it's not substantive. Safer to keep company description paragraph but maybe drop the social media line as it's not essential. However we must preserve ALL substantive information; social media links might be considered not substantive for job posting. I'd drop it.
Now structure:
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes Company Description, Job Description, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Additional Information (benefits, pay range). There's no explicit Pay range? Actually Additional Information includes compensation range description but says "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..." but no actual numbers given. It says "The compensation range described below is the range..." but no numbers provided. So we cannot include Pay section because no specific numbers. Benefits: they mention "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." That's benefits content. So we can include Benefits section.
Schedule: not mentioned. So omit.
Skills: maybe we can infer from qualifications but better to have a Skills section only if explicit. Not present. Could combine qualifications and requirements. The posting has "Qualifications Required" and "Preferred Experience". We could make a Requirements section (maybe combine required qualifications) and a Qualifications section? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to decide which to include. We have About the role (maybe from Job Description). Responsibilities present. Qualifications present (Required and Preferred). Skills maybe not explicit. Benefits present. Pay not specific numbers, so omit. Schedule omit.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The page already shows it, so we don't add a heading for job title.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. The Additional Information includes EEO statements etc. We should remove those. Keep benefits description. Remove the long EEO paragraphs.
Also remove "Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ..." because it's about pay disclosure but no actual range; we might still keep the sentence about benefits? Actually that paragraph is about compensation range; we can omit because no specific range. The benefits sentence after that: "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." That's substantive; keep.
Also remove "Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation..." etc. That's boilerplate legal; remove.
Also remove "AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer..." etc. Remove.
Also remove "US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more..." etc. Remove.
Also remove "Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube." maybe part of company description but it's not substantive? It's social media; could be considered boilerplate? Might keep as part of company description? It's not essential but maybe keep? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Social media links not listed; could keep but it's not substantive. Safer to keep company description paragraph but maybe drop the social media line as it's not essential. However we must preserve ALL substantive information; social media links might be considered not substantive for job posting. I'd drop it.
Now structure:
About the role
... from Job Description paragraphs that describe role.
We need to extract the role description: The Job Description section includes paragraphs about reporting to Head of Clinical Development AI Partnerships, role description, etc. Also there is a separate "The Role" subsection. We'll combine. We need to preserve all substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to copy the text verbatim? We can keep the essence but not omit details. However we can rephrase? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we shouldn't leave out details, but we can rephrase? Safer to keep the original sentences. We'll copy relevant paragraphs. Let's extract: 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." We could include that as part of About the role? Or maybe a separate Company Description section not in headings list. The headings list does not include Company Description; but we could embed it in About the role or maybe not needed. The instruction: "usefor section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. We could include a heading like "Company Description" but not in list; maybe better to incorporate into About the role. But we need to preserve all substantive information; we can include a
with company description. Now Responsibilities: list of bullet points. We need to convert to
- .
Responsibilities paragraph includes multiple sentences each starting with a bold heading? Actually the text:
"Responsibilities Deal sourcing: Closely monitor the evolving landscape of AI and pharmaceutical innovation as it relates to clinical development. Proactively identify and evaluate potential partnering opportunities from AI startups, technology companies, frontier model labs, clinical technology platforms, digital health companies, academic groups, and life sciences investors. Opportunity evaluation and diligence: Lead or co-lead the structured assessment of external opportunities with Clinical Development, R&D, BTS, S&E, BD&A, legal, privacy, compliance, and functional subject matter experts. This includes managing partner interactions, organizing diligence workstreams, synthesizing scientific and technical input, and preparing clear recommendations for senior leaders and governance forums. Pilots, benchmarks, and technical evaluations: Design and coordinate pilots, benchmarks, proof-of-concept studies, and technical evaluations of AI models and platforms applied to clinical development. Ensure evaluations are scoped to answer decision-relevant questions, with clear success criteria, data needs, operational assumptions, risks, and next-step recommendations. Deal flow management: Track active assessments, partner interactions, diligence materials, pilot status, decision points, and open issues. Communicate progress and risks to key stakeholders in a timely and concise way, including through written updates, management presentations, governance materials, and working team discussions. Partnership and deal execution support: Contribute to the development of appropriate partnership structures, non-binding term sheets, statements of work, technical and operational inputs, risk mitigation strategies, and negotiation considerations in collaboration with BD&A, Transactions Legal, Procurement, BTS, and functional teams. Ecosystem development: Build and maintain relationships with external partners and ecosystem participants to improve awareness of AbbVie’s Clinical Development AI priorities and to source high-quality opportunities aligned with business needs. Internal alignment and stakeholder management: Help align Clinical Development leaders, functional SMEs, BTS, AI Strategy, and enterprise stakeholders on opportunity fit, value potential, implementation needs, and decision criteria. Facilitate meetings and working sessions that move the organization toward informed decisions. Operating model and playbook contribution: Develop reusable approaches for Clinical Development AI external innovation, including diligence templates, pilot design principles, stakeholder maps, decision criteria, ROI and success metric frameworks, and practical guidance on buy-build-partner tradeoffs."
We need to split each responsibility into list items. Each bold heading is a responsibility title; we can keep the title as part of the li text.
Thus
- Deal sourcing: Closely monitor ... etc. Now Qualifications: There's "Qualifications Required" paragraph with bullet-like sentences separated by periods. We'll make a
- for each requirement.
List:
- 10+ years of relevant experience in clinical development, clinical innovation, clinical operations, clinical data science, AI strategy, business development, search and evaluation, management consulting, venture, corporate strategy, or related life sciences technology roles.
- Candidates with more traditional strategy, S&E, BD&A, or consulting backgrounds should have clear exposure to clinical development or AI-enabled life sciences work.
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, engineering, computer science, data science, business, or a related discipline is required.
- Advanced degree such as MD, PharmD, PhD, MBA, master’s degree in a quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to understand clinical development workflows and pain points, including trial design, study start-up, enrollment, clinical operations, evidence needs, or adjacent drug development processes.
- Working knowledge of AI/ML, generative AI, agentic AI, analytics, clinical technology, digital health, or data-enabled platforms, with the judgment to evaluate credibility, feasibility, implementation requirements, and potential business impact.
- Experience contributing to external opportunity assessments, technical or business diligence, pilots, collaborations, partnerships, licensing discussions, or other strategic initiatives involving cross-functional decision-making.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to synthesize complex clinical, technical, operational, and business information into concise recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a 0-to-1 environment.
- Capable of quickly building an internal network, developing trust with cross-functional partners, and collaborating effectively with external organizations.
- Highly organized and execution-oriented, with strong project management, meeting facilitation, stakeholder management, and follow-through.
- Able to work independently while staying tightly connected to broader team priorities.
- Strong interpersonal skills and judgment, including communication adaptability, negotiation support, issue spotting, conflict management, and the ability to operate with discretion when handling confidential partner and strategy information.
Then "Preferred Experience" paragraph: list of preferred items.
We could include them under Qualifications as well, maybe separate heading "Preferred Qualifications"? Not in list but we could incorporate under Qualifications.
But we need to avoid filler. We'll include all.
Now Benefits: we have benefits sentence.
We'll create
Benefits
- Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k) for eligible employees
- Eligible to participate in long-term incentive programs
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