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AbbVie

Executive Medical Director, Hematology

AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, us, 60086


AbbVie Executive Medical Director, Hematology North Chicago, Illinois

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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.Job DescriptionThe Executive Medical Director is responsible for the safety strategy for Hematology late-stage oncology portfolio, and to supervise, manage and mentor the safety physicians (Group MDs, Senior MDs and medical directors) and the MSE staff supporting the hematology in the Oncology TA. The Executive Medical Director will be the oncology safety team connector across R&D, will promote forward thinking safety strategy for the hematology oncology platform in late stage.ResponsibilitiesSet safety strategy for the Hematology late-stage portfolio considering AbbVie Oncology priorities.Help develop the strategy for a personalized safety approach through collaboration with internal partners such as precision medicine.Act as the safety representative for cross-functional teams across assets and the counterpart to the Executive Medical Director for the product/portfolio on the Clinical Team.Maintain expertise in the hematology space, including in-depth understanding of SOC, disease characterization based on biomarkers and line of treatments.Keep Hematology knowledge up to date (NCCN, ASCO, ASH, EHA, ESMO guidelines, targeted conference attendance) including understanding of competitive intelligence and emerging internal data (clinical and beyond).Manage and mentor Group Medical Directors and Product Safety Team Leads and other safety colleagues within Oncology/hematology area.Interact with and influence other cross-functional departments (e.g. Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs), as needed, to ensure the successful development, design, and implementation of comprehensive safety assessments.May be involved in external communications regarding assets/portfolio safety.Provide strategic input for key safety documents for each asset within Hematology portfolio.Assure all issued safety documents contain high quality medical safety content and are clearly written.Supervise communication of major safety issues for assets across all indications and development programs to various cross-functional teams.Communicate major safety issues for hematology portfolio to management groups such as the leadership team of RQS, governance bodies such as the Safety Review Board and the Complaint Management Review Board.Represent MSE in assigned due diligence activities for oncology, and coach/oversee direct reports in the conduct of such activities.Drive process improvement and change management in concurrence with companywide and functional plans.Advance medical safety capability and capacity strategically and with innovative approaches, including exploring future technologies (AI, machine learning, digital health tools, etc.).Develop a personalized safety approach based on pre-existing risks.Effectively analyze and guide analysis of clinical data and epidemiological information.Lead cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment.Evaluate and make independent decisions. Work effectively in situations of uncertainty and complexity, and multi-task.QualificationsMD / DO with internal medicine residency, direct patient management experience.Oncology Fellowship preferred but not required.Clinical pharmacology fellowship or PhD is preferred in addition to MD / DO, not required.Direct patient management/clinical experience beyond residency is preferred.10+ years in pharmaceutical industry, particularly in Clinical Safety / Clinical Development.Direct experience in NDA submissions from pharmacovigilance/Clinical development side is required.At least 3 years’ experience in managing people is required.Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues with different areas of expertise (e.g. regulatory, clinical, Med Affairs, toxicology, statistics).Ability to make independent decisions and influence cross-functional stakeholders.Clear understanding of PV and clinical development (across life cycle), monitoring clinical trials, post-marketing safety.In-depth understanding of oncology and disease state (remaining up to date with evolving landscape).Ability to promote an inclusive work environment and encourage diverse ideas.Ability to influence and inspire teams and colleagues.Previous experience in managing direct reports and large teams.Additional InformationAbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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