Scientific/medical Director, Medical Affairs - Mettawa, United States - AbbVie

AbbVie

Verified Company

Mettawa, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Company Description
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Preferred location is Lake County, IL but can sit remotely anywhere in the US
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Position title will be based on qualifications listed below.

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 (AE's & SAE's) 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 (AE's) and Serious Adverse Events (SAE's) 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 ongoing 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 Scientific Director Qualifications**:

Advanced Degree PhD or PharmD. Additional post doctorate experience highly preferred
Typically, 1015 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required.
710 years of experience in Medical Affairs with Global Medical Affairs experience highly preferred.
Minimum of 4 years of clinical trials direct management experience in the pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent. 4+ 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.

Medical Director Qualifications:

Medical Doctorate (M.D.) degree or equivalent (D.O. or nonUS 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 independentl