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Medical Director

Full time at Allergan in Ireland
Posted on April 15, 2024

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Company 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 . Follow @abbvie on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and LinkedIn . Job Description We are looking for a Medical Director to join our commercial affiliate team in Citywest, Dublin. This position reports into the Medical Director, Region North, Europe. This person will manage a team of direct reports and will have strong leadership skills. Roles and Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Plan and manage budget and headcount resources for the affiliate medical department
  • Set and execute Medical Affairs strategies for the affiliate in alignment with region and global strategic plans.
  • Development of local evidence plans. Conduct of local research activities in a scientific, efficient, and compliant way, with 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.
  • Ensure that the affiliate operates an effective promotional material review & approval process,
  • 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 scientific relationships with external experts and academic centers ; ensure a high level of scientific integrity in these collaborative efforts.
  • 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.
Qualifications
  • Medical degree or anappropriate advanced scientific degree
  • Previous medical affairs pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry experience is essential, and management experience of medical teams & significant number of medical/scientific staff for 5 years (minimum) is expected.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and lead a medical/scientific organization of a size similar to that in the affiliate.
  • 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.
  • 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:
  • Works broadly across functions to facilitate and support the affiliate's medical and clinical activities as necessary.
Additional Information AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status. AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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