Scientific Director / Senior Medical Director, Medical Affairs - Global Oncology Pipeline (Prostate Cancer)

About the role

The Medical Affairs organization at AbbVie provides patients, healthcare providers, and payers with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use AbbVie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and the patient’s journey.

Responsibilities

• Leads medical input into disease area strategy and asset strategies within the prostate cancer oncology pipeline portfolio.

• Leads pipeline medical evidence generation strategy and execution including company sponsored studies, research collaborations and investigator initiated studies.

• Provides in-house medical expertise for the disease area and assets, coordinating appropriate scientific activities with internal and external stakeholders as they relate to ongoing programs.

• May participate in due diligence or other business development activity as required by program needs, and contribute to translational strategy in partnership with discovery colleagues.

• Acts as a medical interface and actively solicits insights and opinion through the development and execution of medical expert engagement strategies, partnering with clinical development, commercial, access, area and affiliate colleagues to ensure that broad perspectives both internally and externally are incorporated into strategies and plans as appropriate.

• Leads creation of early scientific narratives, messaging, and communications activities including congress planning, medical education, publication strategies and plans.

• 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.

• 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.

Qualifications

• Advanced Degree PhD or PharmD. Additional post doctorate experience highly preferred.

• Typically, 10-15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent.

• 7-10 years of experience in Medical Affairs with Global Medical Affairs experience highly preferred.

• Substantial knowledge of relevant therapeutic area required.

• Direct experience and knowledge in prostate cancer strongly 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.

• Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment.

• Excellent oral and written English communication skills.