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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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

We are searching for a Project Leader to join Oncology Early Development (OED). This is a unique opportunity to lead innovative first in-class, cutting edge programs, combined with the opportunity to lead and mentor cross-functional teams that are responsible for the development of oncology early development therapeutic programs. The successful candidate will collaborate and partner with cross-functional subject matter experts across AbbVie sites and be accountable for advancement of programs from GLP toxicology to clinical proof of concept milestones.

In this role, you will report to the Head of OED Project Leadership and will join an experienced team with a strong track record in developing oncology assets. As the OED Project Leader (PL), you will lead decision-making and be a champion for your programs. You will represent the teams/programs at governance and to internal and external stakeholders. To be successful in this role, you need a deep understanding of oncology drug development and must be able to lead cross-functional teams in developing and executing strategies to achieve clinical proof-of-concept and advance the programs to registration enabling studies. As the OED PL, you will present program progress and strategies to senior management for endorsement in governance forums. The focus will be to deliver and leverage high-quality scientific and clinical data to inform strategy and advance or terminate the programs consistent with its prioritization in the overall portfolio. You will be a scientific and strategic leader for your programs.

Responsibilities:

  • Chairs an Asset Strategy Team (AST). In this capacity, serves as the enterprise leader who is the project’s primary point of contact for Pipeline Governance and senior management.
  • Is a scientific leader and drives the science-based strategy for the program.
  • Leads the effort to articulate and present an integrated cross-functional strategy for all aspects of product development, consistent with the overall strategy articulated by Pipeline Governance and the Therapeutic Executive Committee. Maintains primary accountability for ensuing deliverables, including a functionally aligned Asset Strategy/Plan and Product Development Plan (PDP).
  • Ensures timely, multidirectional, and comprehensive interactions with Pipeline Governance at prespecified milestones and as significant program issues or opportunities arise. Reviews and analyzes emerging data objectively to drive team toward recommendations that highlight opportunities, address potential risks, and proactively provide appropriate mitigations.
  • Has a deep understanding of the role and value of each function on the team, to know how to solicit timely input. Collaborates with AST functions to ensure program is appropriately resourced and stays within allocated budget, and champions requests for incremental resources when appropriate. Works continually with supporting teams to ensure that executed plans are consistent with the Target Product Profile (TPP) and PDP, tracking progress in conjunction with the Project Manager (PM).
  • Ensures that the AST continually validates the viability of the program from a scientific and commercial perspective. Develops clear, prospective Go/No-Go decision points and serves as a champion for the program, using objectivity and judgment to analyze, interpret, and present data to Pipeline Governance and senior management.
  • Serves as AST representative to appropriate cross-functional teams.
  • Establishes close ongoing ties with all team members and supporting teams, to ensure appropriate empowerment and delegation, and maintaining aligned efforts. Maintains a function-neutral position in prioritizing actions and making decisions, with an eye toward optimizing asset value in a timely and high-quality fashion. Coaches and mentors team members as appropriate.
  • Represents the AST at interactions with external parties (e.g., Advisory Boards, regulatory interactions) when these engagements require broad cross-functional contributions.
  • Along with the PM, ensures that meeting agendas, background materials, and minutes are complete and available in a timely manner, with pending decisions clearly outlined, to enable the AST to focus on strategy and decision-making, and to enable optimal communication of issues to supporting teams, team members, and functions.
  • Stays abreast of professional information, industry trends, and emerging technology through conferences, medical literature, and other available training, to augment expertise in drug development and the pharmaceutical industry. Works with team members to maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of the competitive environment in the field and to assess for potential impact on ongoing programs.

Significant Work Activities -Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Qualifications

  • Doctoral level degree required (e.g. PhD, MD or PharmD)
  • Relevant experience (minimum of 5 years; 8+ years preferred) in an academic, hospital, or pharmaceutical/biotech setting
  • Strong scientific background in oncology drug development (basic, translational and/or clinical); and experience in designing and/or conducting oncology early clinical trials.
  • Experience leading a team in a cross-functional environment, preferably with global scope.
  • Ability to objectively exercise judgment and create pragmatic solutions to address complex cross-functional problems, and to be accountable for obtaining stakeholder advice to make informed decisions, in order to move a program forward in the face of uncertainty or incomplete data
  • Ability to lead and motivate team members from across functional areas; must be able to lead through influence and bring out the best in others. Ability to delegate appropriate accountability and decision-making to supporting teams and functions.
  • Strong collaboration, facilitative leadership, executive function, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability and willingness to respectfully challenge team members and functions in order to assess fully all opportunities, options, risks, and mitigations
  • Excellent oral and written English communication skills

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local laws

  • 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 short-term incentive programs. 
  • 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. 

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.

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