Description:

AbbVie is offering a unique opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join the Precision Medicine Companion Diagnostics (CDx) team as a Scientific Director, CDx Strategy lead.  We are seeking an experienced scientific leader to develop and implement global diagnostic strategies to support AbbVie’s early and late-stage clinical development pipeline for targeted therapies across multiple therapeutic areas (oncology/immunology/neuroscience).  The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a highly collaborative environment and will be a key member of cross-functional clinical development project teams.

Essential Duties and Job Functions:

• Responsible and accountable for the overarching global CDx development strategy across multiple therapeutic areas (oncology/immunology/neuroscience)
• Support the launch and commercialization of CDx assays in key markets
• Lead interactions with global health authorities regarding companion diagnostics development and submissions
• Direct the development, outsourcing and validation of clinically applicable companion diagnostic assays for FIH and registrational studies
• Design, implement and oversee diagnostic testing and data analysis
• Provide expertise to development project teams to ensure access to state-of-the-art thinking on appropriate diagnostic technologies, evaluating their scientific basis and clinical applicability, the validation status and any technical or statistical issues related to the proposed companion diagnostic assay
• Lead joint development teams between AbbVie and Dx partners to ensure co-development timelines are met
• Expertise in biomarker testing technologies (immunohistochemistry, FISH, NGS, PCR, flowcytometry, etc)

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Highly experienced biomedical leader (PhD or MD/PhD) with a minimum of 10 years of post-doctoral and relevant industry experience with expertise in oncology/immunology/neuroscience biomarker and/or companion diagnostic development
• Demonstrated excellence in developing and implementing overarching therapeutic area CDx strategies
• Experience in CDx assay development preferred
• Demonstrated excellence in independently leading and conducting research and ability to evaluate, interpret and present complex scientific data
• Experience in human translational research with biomarker application in clinical trials and awareness of the challenges of implementing diagnostic technologies in the clinical setting
• Excellent leadership skills including motivation and delegation
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills in English
• High level of initiative and ability to work independently
• High level of business awareness