Medical Director, Hematology Clinical Development
AbbVie
September 02, 2026
Remote friendly (North Chicago, IL)
United States
$192,500 - $327,000 USD yearly
Clinical Research and Development
Purpose:
- Oversees the direction, planning, execution and interpretation of clinical trials or research activities of a clinical development program.
- Participates in cross-functional teams to generate, deliver and interpret high-quality clinical data supporting overall product scientific and business strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Manages design and implementation of one or more clinical development programs aligned to the Development Plan; oversees investigator/site education; may span translational to lifecycle management for internal/partnered programs.
- Oversees clinical studies: monitors study integrity; reviews/interprets/communicates accumulating safety and efficacy data; partners with Clinical Operations on enrollment and key deliverable timelines; assesses/reports serious adverse events per policy and regulations.
- Designs, analyzes, interprets, and reports scientific content for protocols, Investigator Brochures, Clinical Study Reports, regulatory submissions/responses, and other program documents.
- May oversee Associate Medical/Scientific Directors and Clinical Scientists on related programs.
- Provides in-house clinical expertise; coordinates scientific/medical activities with internal stakeholders; may participate in due diligence/business development; contributes to translational strategy with Discovery.
- May chair/serve on a Clinical Sub-team to develop a rigorous, cross-functionally aligned, vetted Development Plan; may supervise matrix teams and serve as Clinical Research representative to Asset Strategy Team(s)/other cross-functional groups.
- Acts as clinical interface; solicits opinion leader interactions; partners with Medical Affairs/Commercial and others to incorporate perspectives into Clinical Development Plans/protocols.
- Stays current via conferences, medical literature, and training.
- Ensures regulatory requirement understanding and compliance; serves as clinical representative for key regulatory discussions.
- Ensures adherence to GCP, pharmacovigilance standards, SOPs, and other quality standards.
Qualifications:
- M.D. (or non-US equivalent) with relevant therapeutic specialty (Oncology, Hematology); Oncology residency completion strongly preferred.
- At least 2 years of clinical trial experience in pharma/academia/equivalent.
- Ability to run a moderate-complexity clinical research program with minimal supervision.
- Ability to perform and develop others on cross-functional global teams.
- Ability to interact externally/internally to support global scientific and business strategy.
- Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory/compliance requirements; experience in clinical strategy development and protocol design.
- Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
- Oversees the direction, planning, execution and interpretation of clinical trials or research activities of a clinical development program.
- Participates in cross-functional teams to generate, deliver and interpret high-quality clinical data supporting overall product scientific and business strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Manages design and implementation of one or more clinical development programs aligned to the Development Plan; oversees investigator/site education; may span translational to lifecycle management for internal/partnered programs.
- Oversees clinical studies: monitors study integrity; reviews/interprets/communicates accumulating safety and efficacy data; partners with Clinical Operations on enrollment and key deliverable timelines; assesses/reports serious adverse events per policy and regulations.
- Designs, analyzes, interprets, and reports scientific content for protocols, Investigator Brochures, Clinical Study Reports, regulatory submissions/responses, and other program documents.
- May oversee Associate Medical/Scientific Directors and Clinical Scientists on related programs.
- Provides in-house clinical expertise; coordinates scientific/medical activities with internal stakeholders; may participate in due diligence/business development; contributes to translational strategy with Discovery.
- May chair/serve on a Clinical Sub-team to develop a rigorous, cross-functionally aligned, vetted Development Plan; may supervise matrix teams and serve as Clinical Research representative to Asset Strategy Team(s)/other cross-functional groups.
- Acts as clinical interface; solicits opinion leader interactions; partners with Medical Affairs/Commercial and others to incorporate perspectives into Clinical Development Plans/protocols.
- Stays current via conferences, medical literature, and training.
- Ensures regulatory requirement understanding and compliance; serves as clinical representative for key regulatory discussions.
- Ensures adherence to GCP, pharmacovigilance standards, SOPs, and other quality standards.
Qualifications:
- M.D. (or non-US equivalent) with relevant therapeutic specialty (Oncology, Hematology); Oncology residency completion strongly preferred.
- At least 2 years of clinical trial experience in pharma/academia/equivalent.
- Ability to run a moderate-complexity clinical research program with minimal supervision.
- Ability to perform and develop others on cross-functional global teams.
- Ability to interact externally/internally to support global scientific and business strategy.
- Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory/compliance requirements; experience in clinical strategy development and protocol design.
- Excellent oral and written English communication skills.