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Job Title: Scientific Director / Medical Director, Medical Affairs Oncology
Company Name: AbbVie
Location: Mettawa, IL
Position Type: Full Time
Post Date: 04/17/2026
Expire Date: 05/17/2026
Job Categories: Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Finance/Economics, Information Technology, Sales, Science, Executive Management, Quality Control, Medical
Job Description
Scientific Director / Medical Director, Medical Affairs Oncology

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.


Job Description

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

The Scientific Director / Medical Director provides medical and scientific input into strategic and operational medical affairs activities for AbbVies Oncology portfolio such as: health-care professional and provider interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers); generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education, data, guidelines, and value proposition); 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 may support medical and marketing activities (promotional material generation and product launches) and market access.Collaborates with clinical development on Medical Affairs support of priority trials.

This position can be based at the following locations and will follow a hybrid model of 3 days/week onsite: Mettawa, IL; Florham Park, NJ; Irvine, CA; San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

  1. With oversight, initiates medical affairs activities, generation and dissemination of data supporting the therapeutic area scientific strategy
  2. Provides scientific/medical education to all relevant internal stakeholders related to therapeutic area or disease specific information.
  3. Develops and executes Medical Affairs support of priority clinical development trials.
  4. Contributes to the development of and leads the execution of the Medical Education / Advisory Board & EE Engagement Plan generation in line with TA plan. Lead the individual (Global) Conference planning and execution.
  5. Generates clinical and scientific data per evidence gap assessment.
  6. Acts as a clinical interface and actively solicits opinion through leader interactions related to the molecule and disease area; partners with Medical Affairs, Commercial and other functions in these activities as required, consistent with corporate policies, to ensure that broad cross-functional perspectives are incorporated into Clinical Development Plans and protocols as appropriate.
  7. May be responsible for performing the accurate and detailed medical review of complex advertising and promotional materials for assigned therapeutic area(s) within Medical Affairs. Provides timely and accurate reviews of promotional materials in accordance with established policies and practice standards, including regulatory guidelines to meet customer needs.
  8. May interact with and coordinates appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (i.e. commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, regulatory, etc.) as they relate to on-going medical affairs projects.
  9. May assist as consultant and liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements and/or in the evaluation of new business development opportunities.
  10. Represents AbbVie at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific association meetings, etc.
  11. Ensures budgets, timelines, compliancerequirements are factored into programs' scientific activities.

Qualifications

Position will be commensurate with experience.

  • Scientific Director:
    • Bachelors Degree in the sciences. Advanced Degree PhD, PharmD, PA or NP preferred. Residency oradditional post doctorate experience preferred.
    • 5-7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required.
  • Medical Director:
    • 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 preferred.
    • 0-2+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in the design of protocols preferred.
  • May have performed protocol design in the academic environment and/or acted as an assistant PI.
  • Interactions normally require the ability to gain cooperation of others, conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects and schedules, etc.
  • Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy. Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Works with some supervision and guidance. Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof thisposting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location,andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

  • This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless anduntil paid andmay bemodifiedat the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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.

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visithttps://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:

https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

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Company Name: AbbVie
Website:https://careers.abbvie.com/en/job/scientific-director-medical-director-medical-affairs-oncology-in-mettawa-il-jid-26944?_atxsrc=HBCUConnect&utm_source=HBCUConnect
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