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Company Description
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. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job Description
The Director, Clinical Site Management – US Oncology is a key leader in site management and monitoring for both internal and external partners. This role is accountable for the strategic and operational management of clinical operations and clinical site management activities for Oncology clinical trials in the US and is responsible for leading the implementation of the corporate vision and objectives in US Oncology to support the execution of AbbVie’s pipeline.
The role is accountable for country clinical trial performance, providing strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the country team to ensure on time, within budget and quality delivery of clinical studies. The Director, Clinical Site Management – US Oncology is accountable for developing a highly collaborative framework with internal and external key stakeholders across the organization to best position AbbVie in advancing clinical research and accelerating the transformation of science into first-in-class and best-in-class medicines.
Job Description
- Provides leadership, strategic direction and oversight for US Oncology including accountability for growing and developing a world class workforce that role models the AbbVie behaviors
- Continuously assess the country site footprint for US Oncology to support the expansion where there are opportunities and needs to drive the pipeline.
- Partners with internal stakeholders to drive insightful and impactful interactions and promote the value of the clinical research team through the contribution to the R&D portfolio success.
- Ensures Country personnel engage in early planning and processes for determining resources, timelines, and budgets for global clinical studies and programs to ensure that plans can be executed as per study commitments.
- Ensures Inspection Readiness across all activities, through leadership and oversight, and successful implementation of quality-driven initiatives. Responsible for the development of a critical thinking organization, focused on gap assessment, risk identification and mitigation strategy
- Accountable for the on-time and high-quality execution of all clinical trials for US Oncology
- Accountable for ensuring Clinical Site Management leadership, collaboration, and teamwork across all key stakeholders within the Country/Therapeutic Area; Represents Clinical Site Management through partnership with relevant R&D functions. Leads/contributes to enterprise or regional initiatives to support the organizational mission and goals.
- Drives a learning environment and ensures continuous improvement in country-level performance by using innovative approaches, analysis of key risk and performance indicators, metrics, milestones, and benchmarking to drive world-class clinical execution. Proactively identifies improvement opportunities, champions critical path management by driving simplicity in processes and enhancing agility.
- Accountable for the identification of resource needs, management of the allocated resources and timely hiring of clinical research staff to support clinical trials execution. Responsible for maintaining team capacity aligned with organizational needs, applying flexible and effective approaches for responsibilities assignment, that promotes staff development and retention.
- Defines and implements the optimal team organizational structure to support the needs of the business which allows the team to operate in a matrix and evolving environment, ensuring effective collaboration with key capabilities and roles. Identifies and implements strategies and tactics to ensure continuous efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of the team.
- Responsible for building a high-performing, motivated team, accountable for the operational excellence in the execution of clinical trials through effective leadership, coaching and people management, ensuring an objective and performance-led management culture, aligned with AbbVie leadership behaviors.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (PhD, MD, MBA) preferred
- Minimum 10 years of Pharma‐related/ clinical research related experience
- Minimum of 5 years applicable work experience in a lead capacity with mentoring /supervisory/leadership experience in a country-based capacity, and at least 3 years of experience in clinical site monitoring, demonstrating a high level of core, technical, and leadership competencies through setting and driving strategy and leading the management and completion of multiple, complex clinical studies
- Advanced leadership skills with experience in a cross-functional global team environment with experience in managing virtual teams and an ability to influence and align stakeholders, and be a model and driver of AbbVie’s leadership attributes
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives and drive smart decision making. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate persuasively and with clarity, flexibility, and adaptability to changing requirements, resourcefulness, and creativity
- Strong leadership competencies. Robust experience in leading teams through change, leveraging team contribution to support business strategies. Gives guidance and inspiration to their direct reports and teammates.
- Fosters an environment that promotes the sharing of ideas, information, and best practices (internal and external to the organization) to drive continuous improvement
- Demonstration of successful coaching, mentoring, and talent management globally. Acts with integrity in accordance with AbbVie code of business conduct and leadership values.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate persuasively in a succinct and comprehensive manner to colleagues at all levels. Engenders trust throughout the organization and seeks to grow and stretch key talent for future possibilities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate persuasively in a succinct and comprehensive manner to colleagues at all levels. Engenders trust throughout the organization and seeks to grow and stretch key talent for future possibilities.
Additional Information
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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. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
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.
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