Director, Clinical Pharmacology
AbbVie
August 07, 2026
Remote friendly (Waltham, MA)
United States
$160,500 - $305,000 USD yearly
Clinical Research and Development
Job Description
- Communicates/presents key Clinical Pharmacology information/strategy to senior/executive management, regulatory agencies, and external peers.
- Supports strategic planning for drug development activities and projects to achieve departmental strategies, goals, and objectives.
- Uses scientific expertise to interpret data and relate implications to management.
- Serves as liaison to other departments/divisions for study/project needs.
- Understands linkages across businesses and the impact of business decisions.
- May lead Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics teams; accountable for effective team performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead Clinical Pharmacology/PK/PD activities and multiple major projects; assist R&D senior management with action plan selection.
- Identify issues; conduct risk assessments; develop contingency plans; ensure projects align with strategic objectives.
- Provide portfolio timelines; negotiate outcomes/deliverables across functions to balance time, cost, and quality/performance.
- Provide scientific/strategic consultation to R&D, Regulatory, and management on critical decisions and development plans.
- Evaluate technical/scientific aspects of AbbVie projects with Clinical Pharmacology management; review protocols and reports for regulatory filings; lead regulatory documents writing/submission and responses to agency comments.
- Conduct due diligence assessments; represent Clinical Pharmacology on business development teams.
- Identify/develop process improvement initiatives; review recommendations for management approval.
- Contribute to departmental goals; influence strategic PK/PD decisions.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of PK/PD data analysis, modeling, and simulation methods/software.
- May manage personnel (development, mentoring, delegation).
Qualifications
- PhD (typically 7+ years) or PharmD (9+ years), MS (15+ years), or BS (17+ years) in relevant field (PK, PBPK, PK-PD, Pharmacometrics, systems pharmacology, drug metabolism/transporters).
- Excellent interpersonal skills; knowledge across therapeutic/functional areas; experience across development phases.
- Knowledge of AbbVie/pharma drug development processes.
- Demonstrated leadership in PK/PD, biopharmaceutics, and pharmacometrics across planning to completion of multiple projects.
- Scientific project leadership and project management (scope, progress tracking, time management).
- Key leadership competencies (cross-functional business understanding, resilience, respectful/courageous action, creative idea generation, alignment influence, open communication, constructive conflict management).
- Communicates/presents key Clinical Pharmacology information/strategy to senior/executive management, regulatory agencies, and external peers.
- Supports strategic planning for drug development activities and projects to achieve departmental strategies, goals, and objectives.
- Uses scientific expertise to interpret data and relate implications to management.
- Serves as liaison to other departments/divisions for study/project needs.
- Understands linkages across businesses and the impact of business decisions.
- May lead Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics teams; accountable for effective team performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead Clinical Pharmacology/PK/PD activities and multiple major projects; assist R&D senior management with action plan selection.
- Identify issues; conduct risk assessments; develop contingency plans; ensure projects align with strategic objectives.
- Provide portfolio timelines; negotiate outcomes/deliverables across functions to balance time, cost, and quality/performance.
- Provide scientific/strategic consultation to R&D, Regulatory, and management on critical decisions and development plans.
- Evaluate technical/scientific aspects of AbbVie projects with Clinical Pharmacology management; review protocols and reports for regulatory filings; lead regulatory documents writing/submission and responses to agency comments.
- Conduct due diligence assessments; represent Clinical Pharmacology on business development teams.
- Identify/develop process improvement initiatives; review recommendations for management approval.
- Contribute to departmental goals; influence strategic PK/PD decisions.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of PK/PD data analysis, modeling, and simulation methods/software.
- May manage personnel (development, mentoring, delegation).
Qualifications
- PhD (typically 7+ years) or PharmD (9+ years), MS (15+ years), or BS (17+ years) in relevant field (PK, PBPK, PK-PD, Pharmacometrics, systems pharmacology, drug metabolism/transporters).
- Excellent interpersonal skills; knowledge across therapeutic/functional areas; experience across development phases.
- Knowledge of AbbVie/pharma drug development processes.
- Demonstrated leadership in PK/PD, biopharmaceutics, and pharmacometrics across planning to completion of multiple projects.
- Scientific project leadership and project management (scope, progress tracking, time management).
- Key leadership competencies (cross-functional business understanding, resilience, respectful/courageous action, creative idea generation, alignment influence, open communication, constructive conflict management).