Medical Director, Medical Affairs - Lung Cancer

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

*Must be willing to come onsite 3 days per week in Mettawa, IL. 

The Medical Director, Medical Affairs serves as a strategic medical and scientific expert within the organization, responsible for shaping and executing medical affairs strategies that drive therapeutic value and scientific leadership. This role provides medical expertise across key medical affairs activities, including healthcare professional engagement, evidence generation (clinical and real-world), scientific communication, medical education, and support of safe and appropriate product use. The Medical Director partners closely with cross-functional teams — including Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, Safety, and Clinical Development — to support the product lifecycle, from pre-launch through post-marketing.

Responsibilities:

· Provide strategic medical and scientific leadership for the assigned therapeutic area/product(s), supporting the development and execution of Medical Affairs plans.

· Serve as the medical lead for cross-functional product teams, ensuring medical strategy alignment with brand objectives and unmet patient needs.

· Responsible for Medical affairs to input to the design, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of scientific content of protocols, Investigator Brochures, Clinical Study Reports and regulatory submissions and responses.

· Drive medical evidence generation strategies, including real-world evidence (RWE), observational research, investigator-initiated studies (IIS), and medical affairs-sponsored studies aligned to strategic priorities.

· Support the dissemination of scientific data through publications, congress presentations, advisory boards, and medical education programs