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Senior Medical Director

AbbVie
North Chicago, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Apr 2026

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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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Oversees the direction, planning, execution, and interpretation of clinical pharmacology trials or research activities of one or more clinical development programs as the principal investigator.  Participates in cross-functional teams to generate, deliver, and interpret high-quality clinical pharmacology data supporting overall product scientific and business strategy.

•Manages the design and implementation of multiple clinical pharmacology trials in support of an overall Product Development Plan, based on strong medical and scientific principles, knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements, AbbVie’s customers, markets, business operations, and emerging issues. Oversees project-related education of sub investigators, study site personnel, and AbbVie Clinical Pharmacology Research Unit (ACPRU) study staff.

•Has overall responsibility for oversight of clinical pharmacology studies as the principal investigator, monitoring overall study integrity, and review, interpretation, and communication of accumulating data pertaining to safety and efficacy of the molecule.  Along with ACPRU operations, is responsible for oversight of study enrollment and overall timelines for key deliverables.  Responsible for assessment and reporting of serious adverse events per corporate policy and regulations for those protocols on which assigned.

•Responsible for design, execution, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of scientific content of protocols and Clinical Study Reports.

•May oversee the work of Associate Medical and/or Scientific Directors, and of Clinical Scientists working on the same or related studies.

•Provides in-house clinical expertise as a principal investigator or sub investigator for the molecul

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