Head of Medical Specialty Care

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.

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

1. Lead the Therapeutic Areas (Eyecare, Neuroscience and Neurotoxins) specific staff and activities and provide leadership, strategic direction and mentorship to direct reports. Ensure adherence to applicable company standards, policies and procedures. Instill and operate within a culture of ethical and compliant behavior. Provide medical / scientific input into Medical Affairs strategies for the affiliate medical department and commercial plans, as required, and medical / scientific support for medical department activities under the overall direction of the Medical Director. Provide strategic medical support to cross functional affiliate teams.
2. Represent the affiliate’s medical/scientific voice of expertise for assigned product(s) and relevant therapeutic areas. Provide medical / scientific expert advice / guidance to key customers for assigned products and relevant therapeutic areas, including scientific exchange and professional relationship development with key thought leaders / external experts. Ensure that the medical affairs role is fully integrated to support the strategy and execution of affiliate business, while being functionally independent.

RESPONSIBILITIES:  

1. Provide Leadership, line management and development of the TA´s medical staff.
2. Responsible for recruiting, retaining and mentoring high potential direct reporting employees.
3. Set and execute Medical strategies and ensure alignment with local and global strategic plans. Provide strategic input to the affiliate ´s commercial plans.
4. Develop and maintain in depth knowledge for assigned product(s) / relevant therapeutic area(s) through attendance / participation at key internal meetings/training sessions, relevant congresses, and seminars and by regular self-study of the national/international literature.
5. Provide expert medical/scientific advice for assigned products and related therapeutic areas, including responding to requests for scientific/technical information; contribute to the development and medical and scientific accuracy of core dossiers generated by the medical department (i.e. pricing and reimbursement dossiers, HEOR dossiers, medical information packs, clinical expert reviews etc.).
6. Establish and maintain professional and credible relationships with key thought leaders / external experts and academic centers; this will involve participating in scientific congresses, coordinating advisory boards, round-table meetings, discussion fora etc.
7. Deliver scientific presentations and medical education programs to healthcare professionals individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), where appropriate.
8. Lead, review and strategically align summaries of key messages for use within the Company (e.g. key areas of scientific/company interest, new trends in diagnosis, monitoring and treatments in the therapeutic area, etc) developed by TA Medics (Medical Lead, Medical Manager, Medical Advisor) by screening relevant literature and other information from relevant scientific societies meetings and conferences.
9. Lead, supervise and make sure training to sales force and other departments is delivered by Medical Team as appropriate and required; respective training materials – either developed on affiliate and/or area/global level – is kept updated and reviewed accordingly.

10.    Clinical Research Activities:

1. Design and implement clinical research projects within defined standards and budgets (e.g. Phase IV, post marketing clinical activities such as registry/database projects, epidemiological surveys, and PMOS studies).
2. Provide the required oversight to manage review, approval and conduct of IIS studies.
3. Support the affiliate Clinical Research Department in the management of clinical studies, as appropriate (e.g. review new clinical study protocols, identifying potential investigators/sites, conducting feasibility surveys).

11. Review and preparation of promotional material. Ensure the medical/scientific content is correct and fully compliant with AbbVie’s internal policies and guidelines.

12. Provide medical/scientific input into marketing strategy and key commercial initiatives, as required. Monitor the environment for competitive intelligence (e.g. product strategies, studies, commercial messages, positioning, etc.) and communicate, where appropriate, within the Company.

13.    Ensure compliance with all applicable national laws and regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, AbbVie’s policies and procedures and accepted standards of best practice.

ACCOUNTABILITY & SCOPE:

• Strategic planning for the Therapeutic areas
• Ensure that local medical plans for assigned products are executed efficiently.
• Provide leadership, line management and development for direct reports.
• Provide input, as required, into the development of product or TA specific strategic medical affairs plans for the affiliate medical department and local commercial plans; collaborate and partner with local business partners to ensure that medical activities for assigned products / therapeutic areas are aligned with local business-related strategic plans.
• Ensure adherence to all applicable national laws and regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, AbbVie standards, policies and procedures.
• Operate as a scientific interface and resource to HCPs/Customer(s), Health Care Institutions, External Experts, and professional associations regarding assigned AbbVie Products or Products in Development.
• Provide specialist medical/scientific strategic input and operational support of core activities such as local clinical research, HCP/Customer interactions, generation and communication of clinical and scientific data, educational initiatives and patient safety for assigned products / therapeutic areas.

• Medical Degree or Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline or higher.
• Experience working in a pharmaceutical industry and general knowledge on drug development and clinical research an advantage.
• Must possess the ability to lead with confidence and to motivate people. He/she should have the ability to impart the vision and strategy of the company and of the department to others. A strong business orientation and acumen is desirable. A results oriented entrepreneurial spirit with excellent judgment and the ability to operate independently is required.
• Strong leadership, communication, networking, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Must understand and be able to plan, manage and execute budgets effectively.
• Sound judgment, strong planning and organizational skills, and the ability to get things done. Demonstrated strong sense of urgency.
• Keen interest in developing and maintaining expert knowledge for assigned therapeutic area/product and in medical research in general.
• Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills.
• Fluency in written and oral German and English is highly desirable in order to facilitate communications between the affiliate medical department, Regional and International Medical Affairs and other AbbVie functional staff.
• High customer orientation
• Strong commitment to compliance with the relevant rules and procedures, and to scientific quality and integrity
• Collaborative, team-oriented approach, able to develop and support relationships across an organization as well as with key external stakeholders and the healthcare community at large. Experience being an active contributor to cross-functional teams and/or working in matrix organizations will be an advantage. Works independently: limited guidance/oversight. Works broadly across functions to facilitate and support the affiliate’s medical and clinical activities as necessary.

As an employer, we value diversity and support people in developing their potential and strengths, realizing their ideas and seizing opportunities. The job advertisement is aimed equally at all people, regardless of age, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or origin. For legal reasons, we are obliged to point out that the minimum salary for this position under the collective agreement is € 3,471.00 gross per month. However, our attractive salary packages are based on current market salaries and are therefore significantly higher than the stated minimum salary.

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