The AbbVie R&D Device and Combination Product Development (DCPD) function provides device development expertise for Aesthetic Devices and Therapeutic Combination Products. Within this space, DCPD is accountable to enable AbbVie’s Early R&D Pipeline by providing support to AbbVie’s clinical cross-functional partners to ensure the successful inclusion of devices and drug delivery systems throughout the entire process.  

We are seeking an Associate Director, Clinical Management within the DCPD organization to lead a global team, support initiatives, and prepare for clinical trials involving devices and drug delivery systems. As the strategic and operational leader of the DCPD Clinical Management team, the Associate Director is accountable for setting direction, driving day-to-day operational excellence, and developing and empowering the team to deliver against its mission. You will cultivate a collaborative culture while owning stakeholder engagement across a broad set of cross-functional partners — including clinical operations, clinical supply, clinical development, regulatory, quality, human factors, and device development teams — coordinating efforts to ensure readiness for all phases of clinical trials.   

Responsibilities

• Represent device and combination product development in cross-functional forums, serving as leader across other stakeholders within the clinical development process. 

• Lead, develop, mentor, and coach global team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and learning while proactively sharing knowledge and insights to build functional capability within DCPD. 

• Champion organizational continuity and continuous improvement — identifying opportunities to enhance processes, and ways of working across the function. 

• Ensure effective assignment and distribution of project responsibilities in alignment with organizational priorities. 

• Provide oversight for device and drug delivery system readiness activities across global clinical trials, from study initiation through completion — including coordination with clinical supply, clinical study preparation, complaint handling, and regulatory submissions. 

• Guide collaboration with human factors, systems engineering, and broader device development teams to design and execute clinical design validation plans within the design controls process. 

• Support the team with development of administration instructions and training materials used for clinical trials in collaboration with other cross-functional teams, including clinical development, clinical operations, and human factors.  

• Support reviewing clinical study protocols and reports to ensure alignment across devices and delivery system requirements.  

• Provide strategic direction and review for device sections of early-stage regulatory submission documents.