Area TA Lead (Director) Neuroscience, Intercontinental Medical Affairs

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 182,000
• Therapy Area: Neuroscience
• Salary Max: 346,000
• Workday Global Grade: 22
• Travel: Yes, 50% of the Time
• Compensation: USD 182,000 - USD 346,000 - yearly

Company Description

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.

Job Description

The Area TA Lead will act as the Intercontinental Neuroscience Lead, providing medical/scientific strategic and operational input into core medical affairs activities and relevant scientific and technical training to Affiliate Therapeutic Area resources.

Will work closely with Area commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core Neuroscience assets strategies, and to support medical/marketing activities and market access; provide scientific and technical support for assigned products.

Develops and maintains professional and credible relationships with key external experts and professional societies; provides therapeutic expertise in interactions with regulators and other external groups; develops innovative research concepts for clinical data generation and communication.

Collaborates with clinical development, global, International teams, and affiliates to support pipeline execution and acceleration efforts across Intercontinental geographies for neuroscience assets.

Key Responsibilities Include :

• Develop Area therapeutic Evidence Generation plan and Area therapeutic strategic initiatives
• Bring insights and knowledge from the Area into the International TA Medical Affairs strategy.
• Provide consultation to affiliates on the affiliate therapeutic strategy and bring insights from the affiliates into the development of the International Medical Affairs strategy.
• Actively participate in cross-functional team(s), provide strategic medical input into Specialty strategies and develop medical affairs strategic initiatives for assigned products.
• Provide technical contribution area research, trial execution and communication.
• Support execution of priority clinical development trials, and work closely with pipeline Medical Science Liaisons, their managers, and respective MHI TA teams.
• Informs Affiliates on the Investigator Initiated Study (IIS) strategy for early assets and can act as Docent for IISs.
• Provide technical consultation to affiliates in the development and method of evaluation of research hypotheses.
• Provide training to Area and Affiliate cross-functional peers on therapeutic Region topics, including onboarding affiliates and cross-functional partners.
• Oversee scientific/medical education of investigators, clinical monitors for Area Trials; may provide support to Affiliate sponsored trials as warranted.
• Keep abreast of professional information and technology through conferences and/or medical literature.
• Manage and conduct Area external expert engagement and may represent AbbVie at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific association meetings, etc.
• May serve as the scientific team representative for regulatory discussions.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, DO) preferred; completion of residency and/or fellowship desirable.
• Extensive knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing trials, and experience in development strategy and protocol design. Good understanding of HTA organizations and Pharmacovigilance practices in Clinical Development programs.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience; 10+ years of medical affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent preferred.
• Expert knowledge in Parkinsons or Migraine disease areas.
• Proven leadership skills in a cross‑functional global team environment. Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy and independently manage a complex medical affairs team(s).
• Must be able to communicate effectively in oral and written English. Superior communication skill is essential for success in the role.

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.

Benefits: paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. Short‑term and long‑term incentive programs are available.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, and serving our community. Emergency accommodation for US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more.