Associate Director Job Posting AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. We focus on the core content of the job post. The Associate Director provides medical and scientific strategic and operational input into core medical affairs activities including but not limited to: health-care professional and provider interactions; generation of clinical and scientific data; internal and external educational initiatives; and safeguarding patient safety. This position works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand strategies, and to support medical affairs, marketing activities, and market access. Develops and maintains professional and credible relationships with key opinion leaders. Responsibilities: Leads and coordinates appropriate internal facing scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders. Provides scientific/medical education to investigators, clinical monitors, and Project Team members. Initiates medical affairs activities, generation and dissemination of data supporting the overall scientific strategy. Leadership of external medical affairs activities such as advisory boards, congress support, medical education programs, training, and symposia. Assists in the development of scientifically accurate marketing materials. Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into medical affairs programs and scientific activities. Participates in the design, analyses, interpretation, and reporting of scientific content related to protocols, Investigator Brochures, Clinical Study Reports and regulatory submissions and responses. Participates in the design and execution of clinical trial safety, product safety and risk management plans. Position can sit in Lake County, IL or remotely in the U.S. or Europe. Qualifications: Medical Doctorate (M.D.) degree or equivalent (D.O. or non-US equivalent of M.D) or PhD in relevant field. Minimum of 5 years of clinical trial or medical affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, data analysis and interpretation, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in development strategy and the design of protocols. Ability to run a clinical study independently with little supervision. Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional team environment. Ability to interact externally and internally to support business strategy. Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills. Additional Information: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.