Associate Medical Director/Medical Director, Medical Safety Evaluation, Translational Medicine Immunology

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . Follow @abbvie on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok .

Job Description

Purpose:

Supporting the Product Safety Leads (PSTLs) and potentially leading one or more products as the PSTL under the direction of the Group Medical Director and Executive Medical Director in ensuring safety through surveillance, signal detection, validation, and assessment. Interpreting regulations related to pharmacovigilance, supporting all patient safety activities.

Responsibilities:

• Understands and applies pharmacology, chemistry, and non-clinical toxicology to effectively conduct safety surveillance

• Conducts safety surveillance for pharmaceutical/biological/drug–device combined products; contributes to the authorship of key pharmacovigilance documents, including but not limited to medical safety assessments, regulatory responses, and risk management plans

 • Applies current regulatory guidance as appropriate for safety surveillance and authorship of PV documents

• Analyzes and interprets aggregate safety data and communicates these analyses and interpretations to cross-functional teams

 • Effectively writes, reviews, and provides input on technical documents

• Leads the strategy for periodic reports (DSURs, PSURs, PADERs, etc.)

 • Oversees safety surveillance and pharmacovigilance activities for products in clinical trials

 • Leads and implements risk management strategy for assigned products

Key Stakeholders: Group Medical Director, Executive Director, TA Head, PST Lead, Analytics/Data Scientists, Project Management and Data Management, Clinical Development, Preclinical Safety, Precision Medicine

Qualifications

• MD/DO with 2+ years of residency with patient management experience

• 2–4 years of pharmacovigilance experience in the pharmaceutical industry

 • Effectively analyzes and guides analysis of clinical data and epidemiological information required

• Effectively writes technical documents with direction

 • Ability to effectively present recommendations/opinions in a group environment

 • Fluency, both written and oral, in English

 • Self-starting and can work independently

• Works collaboratively and leads cross-functional teams

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 Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s 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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