Description

ICompany Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Purpose:

The Medical Director Adriatic & Hungary lead the Adriatic&Hungary affiliate medical affairs staff and activities. They set and execute Medical Affairs strategies for the affiliate medical department, ensuring the affiliate medical team contributes valuable strategic input to Global Medical Affairs (GMA) Therapeutic Area strategic medical affairs plans, and local commercial plans. They also ensure adherence to applicable company standards, policies and procedures. Instill, and operate within, a culture of ethical and compliant behavior, and that the local medical staffing levels appropriate to meet business requirements. They plan, manage and take accountability for the affiliate medical department budget; provide strategic medical affairs support to cross-functional affiliate teams, and leadership, strategic direction and mentorship to direct reports, fulfilling line management responsibilities accordingly.

Finally, they snsure that the medical department is fully integrated to support the strategy and execution of affiliate business, while being functionally independent.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Leadership, line management and development of the affiliate's medical staff. Ensure appropriate affiliate resourcing, skills and capabilities are in place to support affiliate, regional and global medical affairs activities, global research and development activities, and business support. Ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities & accountabilities for the affiliate medical staff.
• Responsible for recruiting, retaining, and mentoring high potential employees. In conjunction with the Regional Medical Affairs Head and local HR ensure that talent management and succession planning activities are undertaken.
• Plan and manage budget and headcount resources for the affiliate medical department, in full collaboration and transparency with the affiliate commercial/finance and HR teams, and in consultation with the Regional Medical Affairs Head. Set and execute Medical Affairs strategies for the affiliate in consultation with the Regional Medical Affairs Head to ensure alignment with region and global strategic plans. Provide strategic input to the affiliate's commercial plans.
• Development of local clinical research plans. Conduct of local research activities in a scientific, efficient and compliant way, with due regard to applicable policies, processes and procedures and national regulations, and alignment with areas of strategic research interest for relevant products/therapeutic areas.
• Ensure that an effective Pharmacovigilance system operates within the affiliate, and that reporting requirements to competent authorities for adverse events and other safety related documents are adhered to. Proactively anticipate possible safety signals and communicate appropriately according to standard procedures.
• Ensure that the affiliate operates an effective promotional material review & approval process, and act as final medical signatory (may be delegated) for all promotional and scientific materials / activities within the affiliate, ensuring compatibility of materials with the local label.
• Establish medical and scientific information service for AbbVie products and products in development, and ensure that medical information is of high quality and communicated in an accurate, balanced, timely and compliant way.
• Provide medical support for, and help develop and maintain professional and credible relationships with external experts and academic centers. Identify appropriately qualified external local experts who would wish to engage in collaborative efforts - such as potential research collaborations - with AbbVie; ensure a high level of scientific integrity in these collaborative efforts.
• Be a strategic collaborator in, and contributor to, the affiliate Leadership Team, and ensure medical alignment with local objectives where possible.
• Act as the primary contact for medical governance requirements within the affiliate. Be accountable for understanding compliance requirements, risk identification and assessment, mitigation planning as well as implementation and monitoring of appropriate internal controls.
• Serve as the company's key medical spokesperson and primary medical representative with governmental agencies, professional associations, special interest groups and the healthcare community at large.
• Ensure adherence to applicable company standards, policies and procedures among affiliate medical staff. Ensure compliance with all training requirements for staff.

Accountability & Scope:

• Strategic Planning for the affiliate medical department, ensuring that affiliate medical staff contribute valuable strategic input to commercial plans; collaborate and partner with local business partners to ensure that medical activities are aligned with local business-related strategic plans, as well as those of Regional and Global Medical Affairs.
• Ensure that local medical affairs implementation plans are executed efficiently, and that resourcing, skills and capabilities are appropriate to meet needs.
• Provide leadership, line management and development for the affiliate medical department staff.
• Ensure adherence to company standards, policies and procedures: Accountable for enhancing affiliate medical personnel understanding of compliance requirements, risk identification and assessment, mitigation planning as well as implementation and monitoring of appropriate internal controls.
• Plan and manage budget and headcount resources for the affiliate medical department.
• Operate as a scientific interface and resource to HCPs/Customer(s), Health Care Institutions, External Experts, and professional associations regarding AbbVie Products or Products in Development.
• Responsible for the provision of specialist medical/scientific strategic input and operational support of core activities such as local clinical research, HCP/Customer interactions, generation and communication of clinical and scientific data, educational initiatives and patient safety.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Medical Degree; Strong background in clinical practice. Suitably qualified individuals from a scientific background and relevant experience will also be considered in exceptional circumstances. Previous medical affairs pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry experience is essential, and management experience of medical teams & significant numbers of medical/scientific staff for 5 years (minimum) is expected.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead a medical/scientific organization of significant complexity including interdisciplinary scientific teams.
• A broad and demonstrated understanding of drug development and commercialization processes, have sound and current knowledge of the regulatory environment, significant experience in overseeing or conducting clinical trials, a solid understanding of trial design and methodology and an understanding of the need to balance safety and efficacy concerns.
• He/she must have a reputation for leading with high integrity, strong work ethics and compliant behaviour
• Must understand and be able to plan, manage and execute budgets effectively.
• Collaborative, team oriented approach, and will be adept at developing and supporting relationships across an organization as well as with key external stakeholders and the healthcare community at large. Experience being an active contributor to cross-functional teams and/or working in matrix organizations will be essential. He/she will possess strong communication and presentation skills. Works independently: limited guidance/oversight. Works broadly across functions to facilitate and support the affiliate's medical and clinical activities as necessary.
• Must possess the ability to lead with confidence; a motivator of people he/she should have the ability to impart the vision and strategy of the company and of the department to others.
• A strong business orientation and acumen is desirable. He/she will have the demonstrated ability to participate within an executive team and contribute to the development and implementation of winning strategies for the company overall. A results oriented entrepreneurial spirit with excellent judgment and the ability to operate independently. He/she should possess the presence and credibility to establish and maintain productive relationships with a variety of audiences with an interest in the company including government regulators, the scientific community in both academic and private sector environment and other key stakeholders.
• Sound judgment, strong planning and organizational skills, and the ability to get things done. Demonstrated strong sense of urgency.
• Strong leadership, communication, networking, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Fluency in written and oral English is highly desirable in order to facilitate communications between the affiliate medical department, Regional and Area Medical Affairs and other AbbVie functional staff.

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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