Senior Scientific Director, International Medical Affairs – Gastroenterology: Cross-IBD​/Stand

Overview

The Medical Affairs organization provides patients, healthcare providers, and payers with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions needed to use Abb Vie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and patient journey.

The Senior Scientific Director, International Medical Affairs provides specialist medical and scientific input into core strategic and operational medical affairs activities for the International Gastroenterology portfolio, including health-care professional and provider interactions; generation of clinical and scientific data; educational initiatives, scientific communications, value propositioning, and safeguarding patient safety (risk minimization activities and safety surveillance activities).

As the Cross-IBD and Standard of Care Lead, you will work closely with marketing and commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into strategies to elevate standard of care in IBD. Other key deliverables include leading evidence generation plans and tactics, driving scientific communication initiatives (internal and external medical education, data, guidelines and value proposition), and owning the development and execution of critical medical education events requiring collaboration across multiple countries and affiliate sites.

Position is based at our headquarters in Mettawa, IL following a hybrid schedule of 3 days/week onsite.

• Provides specialist medical insights, and executes on data generation, communication, and expert engagement activities as deliverables to support relevant Asset Strategy Teams (ASTs) for late stage development program including leading or contributing to: comprehensive gap assessment, development of Scientific Communication Platform, development of integrated evidence plans to support launch readiness.
• Leads external stakeholder interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers).
• Drives GMA input into and influences the development of asset strategy. In collaboration with International and BU Medical teams, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR and other functional areas, provides leadership, oversight, and support for assigned indications/projects. Works closely with Brand Teams and relevant cross-functional, area/affiliate medical teams, to ensure appropriate pull-through of prioritized medical activities.
• Provides relevant scientific and technical training to internal teams globally.
• Develops and maintains professional and credible relationships with key opinion leaders; actively participates in relevant Asset, cross-functional teams and drives the development of medical affairs objectives aligned with strategy.
• Leads the development and execution of advisory boards focused on elevating standard of care, and collaboratively develops innovative research concepts for clinical data generation.
• Leads the development and execution of a standalone medical education event.
• Reviews, assesses and reports applicable Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) if assigned to Abb Vie conduct on clinical studies.
• Keeps abreast of professional information and technology through conferences and/or medical literature and acts as a specific therapeutic area resource. Initiate research projects and drive them to completion, resulting in high quality publications.
• Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into programs  scientific activities.

• Advanced Degree PhD or Pharm
  
  D. Additional post doctorate experience highly preferred.
• Typically, 15 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent. Minimum of 10 years of clinical trial or medical affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent.
• Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment. Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy.
• Expert knowledge in a relevant therapeutic specialty.
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy.
• Proven ability to run a clinical study or medical affairs cross-functional team independently.
• Knowledge of clinical trial…