Purpose

The Associate  Scientific Director has a key role within the designated Therapeutic Area. Working under the leadership of the Scientific Director/Medical Director, this leader supports the development and execution of the therapeutic area medical strategy, specifically as it pertains to the specific asset or indication by providing scientific, strategic and operational input into core medical affairs activities including thought leader engagement plans and field provider interactions; generation and dissemination of clinical and scientific data; provider and payer educational initiatives and promotional material generation, this leader ensures tactical execution is relevant to the market– physicians, patients and payors.

Responsibilities:

• With oversight, contributes to the development of the therapeutic area strategy.
• Contributes to the development of and leads the execution of the medical education tactics, advisory boards, and thought leader engagement plan in line with the indication or asset’s strategic plan.
• Leads conference planning and execution. Represents AbbVie at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific association meetings, etc.
• May be responsible for Medical Review (MR) training for on label, clinical data and disease state.
• Responsible for managing budget for assigned projects including consulting and vendor management.
• Supports clinical and scientific data generation including alignment of the Investigator Initiated Study (IIS)strategy as needed to support external communication
• Provides subject matter expertise for commercial teams including competitive assessments and regular scientific literature reviews.
• Aligns medical education and scientific initiatives with the Scientific Communication Platform.
• Contributes to the generation of Medical Information (MI) communication content and supports training on Materials.
• Contributes to all launch readiness reviews/planning.