AbbVie

Head, Global Oncology Pipeline, Medical Affairs

AbbVie$210K — $250K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • M.D. or relevant advanced scientific degree, preferably in oncology/hematology.
  • 15+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech, with a focus on oncology, especially hematology.
  • Expertise in clinical development, regulatory requirements, and commercialization of oncology therapies.
  • Demonstrated leadership in medical affairs, with experience in managing teams and influencing at senior executive levels.
  • Strong knowledge of solid tumor biology, clinical trial design, and emerging oncology treatment modalities.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with diverse teams in clinical, regulatory, and commercial areas.
  • Exceptional communication skills for presenting complex scientific information to various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop medical, value, and evidence strategy for pipeline across all disease areas for global markets.
  • Drive differentiation of medical strategies using insights from both US and International markets.
  • Ensure alignment of TA-level pipeline strategies with the overall AbbVie pipeline.
  • Incorporate insights from HCPs, patients, and payors into development programs for commercialization differentiation.
  • Co-create brand strategy for all pipeline assets, embedding market insights.
  • Serve as primary contact for pipeline-related governance, connecting commercial and development teams.
  • Manage pipeline team resources, adjusting focus to critical assets throughout the lifecycle.
  • Oversee cross-functional assessments to inform integrated evidence planning.
  • Define MSL strategies based on pipeline insights to shape tactical priorities.
  • Collaborate with Medical Engagement to track KPIs and adjust pipeline strategy accordingly.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance.
  • Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
  • 401(k) plan for eligible employees.
  • Participation in long-term incentive programs.
Full Job Description
*Hybrid 3x per week in Lake County, IL, Florham Park, NJ or San Francisco, CA. Purpose: • Lead global pipeline medical affairs strategy and develop compelling differentiation across the lifecycle, leveraging distinctive insights from the market to shape AbbVie TA pipeline • Shape initial value and evidence strategy and initiate Ev Gen plans, leveraging insights from payors, patients, and physicians. Direct pipeline execution team, ensuring pull through of strategy to Enterprise Research MSLs • Collaborate with counterparts in International TAs, Global Therapeutic Area BU and Development • Represent TA in pipeline governance, where aligned with TA BU Head • Interface with Operations and Medical Engagement teams to operationalize pipeline strategy Responsibilities: • Lead and oversee pipeline (including BD) medical, value and evidence strategy development across all disease areas within TA to serve both US and International markets for all indications/ brands up to 24-36 months pre-launch (in any geography) • Drive compelling differentiation of medical, value and evidence strategy from discovery, leveraging distinctive insights from US and International markets • Coordinate across TAs to ensure that TA-level pipeline strategies coalesce into a coherent AbbVie pipeline strategy • Ensure HCP, Patients and Payor insights are incorporated into the developments programs to accelerate and differentiate clinical and commercialization strategies (e.g., streamlined patient data collection, patient finding) • Co-create the Brand strategy for all assets and ensure US and International market insights are embedded in the brand strategy • Represent medical affairs in pipeline-related governance, serving as the single point of contact for commercial and development counterparts • Serve as final decision maker (pre-BU head) for all pipeline-related strategy and decisions • Manage pipeline resources effectively, redirecting pipeline team to enterprise critical assets along the lifecycle as needed, starting as early as discovery • Ensure effective handover to US and International inline/ launch teams, onboarding with relevant TAs to share insights/ approach/ etc. from pipeline strategy efforts and minimizing duplication of effort across pipeline and inline teams • Lead cross-functional gap assessment and Integrated Evidence Planning (IEP) and collaborate with Value and Evidence • Define strategy for enterprise research MSLs in US and affiliates, leveraging pipeline insights to develop priorities and shape tactical plans • Coordinate with pipeline execution group in US Medical Engagement to drive execution • Collaborate with US Medical Engagement to track impact-focused KPIs and re-shape pipeline strategy based on impact or best practices Qualifications • M.D., or equivalent advanced degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g., oncology/hematology) • 15+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with a focus on oncology, specifically hematology • Demonstrated expertise in clinical development, regulatory requirements, and commercialization of oncology therapies • Proven leadership experience in medical affairs, including managing direct and indirect reports, cross-functional teams and influencing strategic direction at the senior executive level • Strong scientific knowledge of solid tumor biology, clinical trial design, biomarker development, and emerging treatment modalities (e.g., immuno-oncology, targeted therapies, precision medicine) • Proven ability to work cross-functionally and collaborate effectively with clinical development, regulatory, commercial, and other business functions • Exceptional communication skills, with experience presenting complex scientific information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders Preferred Qualifications: • Familiarity with advanced cancer treatment modalities such as CAR-T therapies, combination therapies, and immuno-oncology • Strong publication and scientific communication track record in oncohematology, including contributions to peer-reviewed journals and major oncology conferences • Experience in managing global medical affairs activities across multiple geographic regions (focus on Global strategy and US region) Physical Requirements: • Ability to travel domestically and internationally (up to 25-30%). Additional Information Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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Founded
2013
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