Senior Scientific Director / Executive Medical Director, Medical Affairs – Hematology

Quick Facts

• Hybrid schedule of Tues–Thurs in office is required.
• Lake County, IL preferred; Florham Park, NJ; Waltham, MA; San Francisco, CA; and Irvine, CA also considered.

Description

The Senior Scientific Director / Executive Medical Director provides specialist medical and scientific strategic and operational input into core medical affairs activities, including healthcare professional/provider interactions (payers, patients, prescribers, and providers), generation of clinical and scientific data, educational initiatives, and patient safety safeguarding (risk minimization/safety surveillance). The role works closely with marketing and commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into brand strategies and to drive medical/marketing activities such as promotional material generation and product launches, and it influences asset strategy through GMA input into Asset Strategy Teams for early and late stage development programs. The role drives scientific communication initiatives and leads external stakeholder interactions across relevant therapeutic area activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, oversight, and support for Epcoritamab and Ibrutinib in collaboration with Global Medical teams, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, HEOR, and other functional areas.
• Work with Brand Teams and cross-functional area/affiliate medical teams to provide strategic input into asset strategy and execute medical activities for Epcoritamab and Ibrutinib.
• Serve as medical affairs team lead for multiple products/assets, including Epcoritamab and Ibrutinib governance, with accountability for the medical functional plan, brand plan, and integrated evidence plan (chair/co-chair for relevant governances).
• Lead medical affairs team activities for multiple assets and guide other team leaders producing scientifically accurate marketing materials, medical education programs, advisories, and symposia.
• Initiate medical affairs activities and generate/disseminate data supporting overall product scientific and business strategy; develop research concepts for clinical data generation; provide scientific/technical training to internal teams globally.
• Coordinate team induction, mentoring, training, and development.
• Provide scientific and technical support for assigned assets, deliver scientific presentations, build credible relationships with key opinion leaders, and participate in Asset/Development/Pipeline Commercial cross-functional teams to drive medical affairs objectives aligned with strategy.
• Contribute to design and execution of Phase II–III trial programs, including target population and endpoint selection aligned with TPP.
• Review and assess applicable Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) for assigned AbbVie conduct on clinical studies.
• Lead advisory boards and scientific/medical education programs; provide therapeutic area/disease-specific education to internal stakeholders.
• Stay current with professional information and technology via conferences and medical literature; act as a therapeutic area resource; initiate research projects and drive to completion with high-quality publications.
• Lead functional and cross-functional teams for discrete therapeutic area projects (data analysis, expert engagement, publications, study collaborations).
• Represent Medical Affairs in due diligence for acquisition of assets aligned with Disease Area Strategy.
• Ensure budgets, timelines, and compliance requirements are factored into scientific activities; work independently and solve complex problems using in-depth evaluation of factors.

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) for eligible employees
• Eligible to participate in long-term incentive programs