Description: 

AbbVie is offering a unique opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our team as an Associate  Director, Companion Diagnostics Strategy Lead within the Precision Medicine Companion Diagnostics team, which supports CDx development across therapeutic areas (oncology/immunology/neuroscience). We are seeking a creative and highly motivated leader to develop and implement global diagnostic strategies to enable and support the global development and commercialization of  innovative targeted therapies. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a highly collaborative environment and will be a key member of multidisciplinary development project teams.  

Essential Duties and Job Functions:  

• Lead the development and implementation of diagnostic strategies for individual projects and/or therapeutic areas 
• Direct the development, outsourcing and validation of clinically applicable companion diagnostic assays for FIH and registrational studies 
• Design, implement and oversee diagnostic testing and data analysis 
• Provide expertise to development project teams to ensure access to state-of-the art thinking on appropriate diagnostic technologies, evaluating their scientific basis and clinical applicability, the validation status and any technical or statistical issues related to the proposed companion diagnostic assay 
• Lead joint development teams between AbbVie and Dx partners to ensure successful fit for purpose CDx development and that co-development timelines are met 
• Serve as subject matter expert in state-of-the-art biomarker testing technologies (immunohistochemistry, FISH, NGS, PCR, flow cytometry, etc) 
• Will lead interactions with global health authorities regarding companion diagnostics development and submissions 

While the ideal work location will be based out of AbbVie's HQ in IL, candidates can also be based out of AbbVie's Waltham, MA location.