Director, Global Study Start Up

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. 

The Global Director, Study Start Up is responsible for management and development of the team of Global SSU Leads.

Responsibilities:

•Managing resourcing, hiring, performance reviews and talent development for Global SSU Leads

•Leading training and development of SOPs, job aids and work instructions in partnership with SSU

Area Heads

•Maintaining study start up execution metrics and KPIs by TA - Driving process improvement, best practice sharing, and lessons learned across SSU

•Assuring alignment and standardization of process across SSU Areas - Partnering with Clinical Study Leadership and Clinical Site Management TA Leads to facilitate cross-functional communication and collaboration

•Driving maintenance of country and site intelligence globally

•Ensuring compliance with corporate and divisional policies and procedures in alignment with

worldwide regulations and guidelines

•Participating in process improvement initiatives as required

•Bachelor's Degree required, degree in health care or scientific field preferred

•A minimum of 10 years of global study start up and clinical project management experience and 6+years of people management experience

•Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment, experience in managing remote/virtual teams, and an ability to influence and align stakeholders, while modeling and driving

AbbVie’s leadership attributes.

•Strong analytical and critical thinking skills and the ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple

perspectives and drive smart decision making. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and communicate persuasively and with clarity, flexibility and adaptability to changing requirements.

•Expertise in drug development, operations and resource/budget planning across global geographies

•Demonstration of successful start up execution and aptitude for managing multiple priorities in a fast‐paced environment

•Advanced working knowledge of ICH and GCP guidelines and operational understanding of the global regulatory environment

This a remote opportunity that can be anywhere in the US 

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

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• 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​

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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. ​

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