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Scientific Director, Medical Affairs - Parkinson's Disease

AbbVie

Florham Park, NJ · HybridJob$161K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$161K/yr
Location
Florham Park, NJHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Scientific Director provides medical and scientific input for strategic and operational Medical Affairs activities in AbbVie’s Neuroscience portfolio, with a focus on Parkinson’s Disease asset launch. The role works with commercial and clinical development teams, leads medical education and engagement initiatives, generates clinical and scientific data, and reviews promotional materials. It is described as hybrid and based preferably in Lake County, Illinois.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Clinical Trial MethodologyProtocol DesignOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationScientific PresentationsStakeholder Coordination

Qualifications

Bachelor's in SciencesPhD, PharmD, PA, or NPResidency or Postdoctoral Experience5+ Years Pharmaceutical Industry ExperienceSubstantial Therapeutic Area Understanding

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, (https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/) , X (https://twitter.com/abbvie) and YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie)

Job Description

The Medical Affairs (MA) organization provides patients, healthcare providers and payers everywhere with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use AbbVie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and the patient’s journey.

Scientific Director provides medical and scientific input into strategic and operational medical affairs activities for AbbVie’s Neuroscience portfolio such as: health care professional and provider interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers); generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education, data, guidelines, and value proposition); safeguarding patient safety (risk minimization activities and safety surveillance activities).

Works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand (product) strategies, and to support medical and marketing activities (promotional material generation and product launches) and market access. Executes core medical affair tactics to support launch. Collaborates with clinical development on Medical Affairs support of priority trials.

Key responsibilities:

  • Contributes to the development of brand strategies.

  • Lead and support Medical Affairs initiatives (strategy and tactics) for Parkinson’s Disease asset launch

  • Contributes to the development of and leads the execution of the Medical Education / Advisory Board & EE Engagement Plan generation in line with TA plan. Lead the individual (Global) Conference planning and execution.

  • Leads the development and execution of internal training activities

  • Generates clinical and scientific data per evidence gap assessment.

  • Responsible to manage budget for assigned projects.

  • May support cross-functional teams with subject matter expertise.

  • Actively contributes to the development of a TA EE Engagement Plan.

  • Contributes to the generation of MI communication content and supports training on Medical Information (MI) materials.

  • Responsible for performing the accurate and detailed medical review of complex advertising and promotional materials for assigned therapeutic area(s) within Medical Affairs. Provides timely and accurate reviews of promotional materials in accordance with established policies and practice standards, including regulatory guidelines to meet customer needs.

  • May assist as consultant and liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements and/or in the evaluation of new business development opportunities.

This is a hybrid role based in Lake County, IL preferably

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in the sciences required. Advanced Degree PhD, PharmD, PA or NP preferred. Residency or additional post doctorate experience preferred.

  • 5-7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required.

  • Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in the design of protocols preferred.

  • Interactions normally require the ability to gain cooperation of others, conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects and schedules, etc.

  • Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy. Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.

  • Works with some supervision and guidance. Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.

  • Ability to interact with and coordinate appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (i.e. commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, regulatory, etc.) as they relate to on-going medical affairs projects.

  • Works with some supervision and guidance. Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

  • 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 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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Salary: $160,500

How this job compares

Set against the 879 open Medical Affairs jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$161K/yr
  • New Jersey median$190–244K/yr95 salary ranges
  • US median$177–239K/yr653 salary ranges

This rate, $161K, is 26% below the New Jersey median midpoint ($216K) — in the lowest quarter of Medical Affairs salary ranges in New Jersey.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 100 open Medical Affairs jobs in New Jersey and 879 across the US. 17% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Jersey
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Medical Affairs postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (713 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 477 of the 879 open Medical Affairs jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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