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Senior Scientific Manager - Parkinson’s Disease

AbbVie
17 days ago
Remote friendly (Mettawa, IL)
United States
$124,500 - $236,500 USD yearly
Medical Affairs
Job Description:
Provides support for assigned products within therapeutic area and is responsible for performing the accurate and detailed scientific review of medical content for promotional and non-promotional materials. Contributes to the creation of medical affairs externally facing and training materials in accordance with established policies, standards, and regulatory guidelines. Functions as scientific support for assigned therapeutic area supporting on-market products and builds current therapeutic expertise to serve field medical teams, TA teams, brand teams, and R&D partners.

Responsibilities:
- Identifies insight trends by gathering feedback from multiple field sources and summarizing educational scientific gaps.
- Develops non-promotional field/affiliate resources aligned to medical communication standards, pharmacovigilance standards, SOPs, and quality/compliance standards.
- Provides input for externally facing materials (e.g., congress booth, ad boards, medical education) and educational initiatives for HCP/payer/patient/prescriber/provider interactions.
- Designs and implements internal training programs (e.g., for Sales Representatives, MSLs, MOSLs, affiliates).
- Performs accurate detailed medical review of advertising and promotional materials within assigned therapeutic area.
- Evaluates literature, interprets data, writes clearly, communicates to internal/external audiences, and negotiates with cross-functional counterparts.
- Maintains product knowledge, labeling, disease states, literature, treatment guidelines, and competitor information.
- Evaluates risk and escalates as appropriate to ensure regulatory-compliant materials across all communication channels.

Qualifications:
- Scientific degree; advanced degree (MS, PhD, MD/DO, PharmD, NP, MSN) preferred.
- 2–3 years clinical/scientific research/industry experience (or equivalent); leadership and team-building skills; ability to work in a global matrixed environment; therapeutic area knowledge required.
- Basic knowledge of clinical trial design and regulatory/compliance requirements for promotional and non-promotional materials (desirable).
- Demonstrated analytical and communication skills (written and presentation).
- Flexibility, strong planning/organization, ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Strong project management, teamwork, and ability to influence without direct authority.