Head Global Neuroimmunology Pipeline, Medical Affairs (Senior Scientific Director / Executive Medical Director) at Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company in Mettawa, IL, United States

Job description

• The Medical Affairs organization provides patients, healthcare providers, and payers everywhere with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use AbbVie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and the patient’s journey.
• Purpose: Reporting to the Global Head of Neuroscience Pipeline, this role provides strategic medical and scientific leadership for core medical affairs activities in AbbVie’s Neuroimmunology Pipeline Portfolio. This includes healthcare provider engagement strategies, critical data generation, educational initiatives, and patient safety. Key to success is partnering closely with commercial teams to influence product strategies, support market access, and drive scientific communications. Offers medical insights and executes data generation, expert engagement, and communication initiatives across early and late-stage development. Leads gap assessments, develops scientific communication platforms and wholistic value narrative (including clinical, societal & humanistic), and guides integrated evidence plans to enable launch readiness.
• **This position can be based from our Florham Park, NJ or Mettawa, IL sites and will follow a hybrid schedule of 3 days/week onsite.
• **Position title of Senior Scientific Director or Executive Medical Director will be commensurate with experience outlined in the Qualifications section below.

Responsibilities

• Lead, oversee, and support assigned indications and projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams (Medical, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR).
• Initiate and manage medical affairs activities, data generation, and dissemination to advance scientific and business objectives.
• Provide scientific and technical support for assets, deliver presentations, maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, and contribute to cross-functional teams.
• Guide development of Target Product Profiles (TPP), contribute to Phase II-III trial design, and lead Phase 3b/4 strategies in alignment with TPP.
• Lead the planning and execution of advisory boards, scientific, and medical education programs for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Stay current on scientific advancements and literature; act as a resource for Psychiatry and other relevant therapeutic areas. Initiate and publish research projects.
• Lead cross-functional teams on discrete projects such as data analysis, expert engagement, publications, and collaborations.
• Represent Medical Affairs in due diligence activities for asset acquisitions aligned with disease area strategy.
• Ensure scientific initiatives meet budget, timeline, and compliance requirements.
• Manages a team of high performing colleagues.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD/PharmD/DVM) required; post-doctoral or residency experience preferred.
• Senior Director: Advanced degree required with minimum 10 years’ experience in clinical trials or medical affairs (pharmaceutical industry or academia); typically 15 years overall experience.
• Executive Medical Director: M.D. required with minimum 5 years of clinical trial or medical affairs experience. 7+ years overall experience preferred.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional team management skills in a global environment.
• Expertise in a Neuroimmunology therapeutic area with ability to provide scientific strategy and support.
• Proven ability to independently lead clinical studies or medical affairs teams.
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements, and protocol design.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• People management experience preferred.

Skills

Required

• Leadership
• Cross-functional team management
• Scientific strategy
• Clinical trial methodology
• Regulatory requirements
• Protocol design
• Communication in English

Preferred

• People management