Medical Excellence Lead (all genders)

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. 

People. Passion. Possibilities. Three words that make a world of difference.

More than a job. It's a chance to make a real difference.

Welcome to AbbVie! As part of an international company with 50,000 employees worldwide and around 3,000 employees in Germany, you will have the opportunity of addressing some of tomorrows unmet medical needs in close collaboration with your colleagues. Are you passionate about improving global health care? Do you want to contribute to improving patients' quality of life through your expertise? In a challenging work environment that offers opportunities of developing and increasing your own skills? You’ve come to the right place!

Together, we break through  – as Medical Excellence Lead (all genders)

Make your mark:

• Lead the Medical Excellence team and ensure its compliance to corporate requirements and processes on medical activities
• Drive Medical Excellence Strategy & Strategic Initiatives on Affiliate level in accordance with global guidances
• Lead the Affiliate Medical Excellence strategy to achieve  best in class standards of ways we work are in place as well as lived amongst infield teams
• Ensures German medical affairs team is successfully implementing and using medical ACE (Advance Customer Engagement)
  • By providing framework for capabilities, content and journeys/omnichannel that can be implemented per Therapeutic Area
  • By individually supporting TA during implementation process
• Initiative and develop SMART outcome measures for medical excellence (beyond infield teams) to assess impact of medical strategies & tactics
• Pro-actively shape global programs to meet local needs about but not limited to infield team excellence, omnichannel marketing, strategic planning, innovation, medical brand and learning Excellence and needed from the affiliate perspective
• Initiate, drive and oversee projects and initiatives in close collaboration with CEX, BTS and the TA-specific teams to ensure optimal management and steer other activities with current SOPs and guidancesIaccording to local regulations
• Budgeting and budget control for large local projects
• Provide ongoing support, leadership, mentorship and development guidance to members of the medical staff, especially in project management and Medical Excellence
• Support Medical Director by promptly providing accurate and reliable information to address any request on e.g. project status, etc. as may arise, promptly analyze and proactive report to Medical Director any situation that may impact the success of management or key projects
• Initiate / manage strategic internal (cross-functional) projects to drive medical internal communication, rewards and innovation to support our medical affairs people management vision.
• Build-up competence and support for medical affairs teams infield excellence.
• Support strategic planning of medical affair.
• Lead change processes

This is how you can make a difference:

• Academic and/or professional scientific background with MD/PhD or other academic degree
• General knowledge on drug development and clinical research
• Advanced knowledge of Project Management
• Ability to build and develop a team of specialists skills and talents
• Ability to manage and work closely within a team in a matrix organization
• Ability to think and plan strategically and to adopt an open-minded and creative approach to common challenges
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously at different locations, showing strong analytical competency and synthesising skills
• Collaborative, team-oriented approach, able to develop and support relationships across an organization as well as with key external stakeholders at large.
• Ability to deal with conflicting interests within a multifunctional team and the leadership skills to bring these interests together towards a common goal
• Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills including communication formally and informally with top External Experts and other healthcare professionals Fluency in written and oral English
• Computer and software knowledge including common office software programs as well as project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Projects or internal Project Management tools)
• Familiarity with principles of financial management
• Strong familiarity integrated brand planning approach within pharmaceutical industry

What we offer you:

• with a diverse work environment where you can have a real impact
• with an open corporate culture
• with an attractive salary
• with an intensive onboarding process with a mentor at your side
• with flexible work models for a healthy work-life balance
• with a corporate health management that offers comprehensive health and exercise programs
• with company social benefits
• with a wide range of career opportunities in an international organization
• with top-tier, attractive development opportunities
• with a strong international network

Multiple times, we have been globally recognized as a "Great Place to Work" and we are proud to provide our employees with the flexibility to maintain a healthy work-life balance. We take our impact on the environment and our communities seriously and therefore focus on giving something back on a regular basis. We are committed to equality, equity, diversity and inclusion (EED&I) – a commitment that is fundamental to us. This includes appreciating different perspectives, creating an inclusive culture and treating all employees with dignity and respect.

At AbbVie, your individual contributions count – help us move mountains together. Be a part of our success, grow with us and accomplish more than you could have imagined. Sounds like the perfect career opportunity for you? We look forward to receiving your application! All you need is a complete CV – we will discuss everything else with you in person.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html