Scientific Director / Senior Medical Director, Medical Affairs - Parkinson’s Disease, US

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 . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

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

The Scientific Director / Senior Medical Director, Medical Affairs provides specialist medical and scientific expertise for a key asset for Parkinson’s Disease within AbbVie's Neuroscience portfolio, driving core strategic and operational medical affairs activities. Reporting to the Senior Scientific Director for Parkinson’s Disease, this individual operates with a degree of autonomy while partnering closely with commercial and R&D teams to shape evolving medical, brand, and value-and-access strategies that meet on-market and therapeutic area needs.

This is a high-impact role for a medically trained scientific leader who takes ownership, exercises independent scientific judgment, and thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment, navigating ambiguity and competing priorities while driving clarity across matrixed, cross-functional teams.

This position is based at our Mettawa, IL (headquarters) location following a hybrid schedule of Tuesdays-Thursdays in office.

Key Responsibilities

• Set and drive medical affairs strategy. Independently initiate and lead core medical affairs activities—including data generation and dissemination strategy, the Medical Affairs and Brand Plan—partnering with team to ensure execution that meets on-market and therapeutic area needs.
• Serve as the scientific interface across functions. Actively solicit expert opinion through leader interactions and coordinate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (commercial, market access, HEOR, clinical operations, clinical development, and regulatory) to ensure broad cross-functional perspectives shape Clinical Development Plans and protocols—acting as the scientific team interface for key regulatory discussions.
• Enable education and scientific communications. Support the development of scientifically accurate marketing materials, medical education programs, advisories, and symposia; provide scientific/medical education to investigators, clinical monitors, and Global Project Team members; and stay current through conferences and medical literature as a therapeutic area resource.
• Ensure operational rigor. Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into programs' scientific activities.
• Senior Medical Director (those holding an M.D.) may provide oversight of Medical Affairs-led studies. Monitor study integrity and review, interpret, and communicate accumulating safety and efficacy data, serving as the in-house clinical expert for the molecule and disease area and coordinating scientific activities with internal stakeholders and leadership.

Qualifications

Position will be commensurate with experience.

Scientific Director Qualifications:

• Advanced Degree PhD or PharmD.
• Strong Medical Affairs capability (7-10 years), with a proven track record across core medical affairs activities (data generation, scientific communications, KOL engagement, and cross-functional strategy)
• Knowledge of evidence generation strategy (real-world evidence, investigator-initiated and company-sponsored studies, registries; brand strategy development, scientific communications development, medical insights, and promotional review
• 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.
• Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills.

Senior Medical Director Qualifications:

• Medical Doctorate (M.D.) degree or equivalent (D.O. or non-US 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 evidence generation strategy (real-world evidence, investigator-initiated and company-sponsored studies, registries; brand strategy development, scientific communications development, medical insights, and promotional review
• 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.
• Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills.

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 thisposting 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 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 anduntil 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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