Scientific Director, Medical Affairs

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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Scientific Director, US Medical Affairs will provide strategic scientific leadership and expertise to advance the organization’s medical mission and aesthetics portfolio. This role is responsible for shaping and executing medical affairs strategies, ensuring the generation and dissemination of high-quality scientific and clinical data, fostering engagement with key opinion leaders and external stakeholders, and supporting cross-functional collaboration to maximize the impact of medical initiatives. This position plays a pivotal role in overseeing strategic medical projects that support product and indication development and lifecycle management.

• Provide strategic leadership in the development and execution of medical affairs initiatives aligned with organizational goals.
• Lead the generation, interpretation, and dissemination of scientific and clinical data for internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, and other external stakeholders.
• Oversee the planning and execution of medical education programs and scientific communications.
• Co-lead internal cross-functional meetings across R&D and commercial to support product development and lifecycle management.
• Identify Insight Trends: Address educational scientific gaps identified through the gathering of feedback from multiple field sources, compile and summarize to provide relevant insights. Communicate trends to the broader therapeutic team.
• Manage and drive key strategic medical projects aligned with franchise brand plan. Responsible for designing a strategically aligned tactical plan, as appropriate for pipeline products including new ind