Head of Multiple Myeloma & AML, Oncology - Global Patient Safety
AbbVie
September 02, 2026
Remote friendly (Irvine, CA)
United States
$188,000 - $504,500 USD yearly
Medical Affairs
Job Description:
- Manages Associate Medical Directors, Medical Directors, Senior Medical Directors, and Executive Medical Directors.
- Leads Product Safety Teams (PST) and supports one or more products as PST Lead, ensuring product safety across the lifecycle (surveillance, signal detection, validation, assessment).
- Interprets pharmacovigilance regulations to support all patient safety activities.
Responsibilities:
- Apply pharmacology, chemistry, and non-clinical toxicology to conduct safety surveillance.
- Lead safety surveillance for pharmaceutical/biological/drug–device combined products.
- Set strategy for key pharmacovigilance documents (e.g., medical safety assessments, regulatory responses, risk management plans).
- Apply current regulatory guidance for safety surveillance and PV document authorship.
- Analyze and interpret aggregate safety data; communicate findings to cross-functional teams.
- Write/review/provide input on technical documents; oversee strategy for periodic reports (PSURs, PADERs, etc.).
- Oversee pharmacovigilance for clinical trials and post-marketing products.
- Implement risk management strategies for assigned products.
- Proactively coach/mentor teams; manage performance and talent development.
- Coordinate/oversee safety activities at the product/program level across indications and related products.
Qualifications:
- MD/DO with 2+ years residency and patient management experience (MPH preferred).
- 8–10 years of pharmacovigilance/clinical development experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Ability to analyze clinical/epidemiological data; present recommendations internally/externally.
- Ability to write/review technical documents and lead cross-functional teams.
- Fluency in English (written and oral).
- Independent decision-making; effective in uncertainty/complexity; multitasking.
Benefits (if applicable):
- Paid time off; medical/dental/vision insurance; 401(k).
- Eligible for long-term incentive programs.
- Manages Associate Medical Directors, Medical Directors, Senior Medical Directors, and Executive Medical Directors.
- Leads Product Safety Teams (PST) and supports one or more products as PST Lead, ensuring product safety across the lifecycle (surveillance, signal detection, validation, assessment).
- Interprets pharmacovigilance regulations to support all patient safety activities.
Responsibilities:
- Apply pharmacology, chemistry, and non-clinical toxicology to conduct safety surveillance.
- Lead safety surveillance for pharmaceutical/biological/drug–device combined products.
- Set strategy for key pharmacovigilance documents (e.g., medical safety assessments, regulatory responses, risk management plans).
- Apply current regulatory guidance for safety surveillance and PV document authorship.
- Analyze and interpret aggregate safety data; communicate findings to cross-functional teams.
- Write/review/provide input on technical documents; oversee strategy for periodic reports (PSURs, PADERs, etc.).
- Oversee pharmacovigilance for clinical trials and post-marketing products.
- Implement risk management strategies for assigned products.
- Proactively coach/mentor teams; manage performance and talent development.
- Coordinate/oversee safety activities at the product/program level across indications and related products.
Qualifications:
- MD/DO with 2+ years residency and patient management experience (MPH preferred).
- 8–10 years of pharmacovigilance/clinical development experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Ability to analyze clinical/epidemiological data; present recommendations internally/externally.
- Ability to write/review technical documents and lead cross-functional teams.
- Fluency in English (written and oral).
- Independent decision-making; effective in uncertainty/complexity; multitasking.
Benefits (if applicable):
- Paid time off; medical/dental/vision insurance; 401(k).
- Eligible for long-term incentive programs.