Therapeutic Area Lead, Solid Tumors, Medical Affairs - Jobs in Bas-Saint-Laurent

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Job Description** NOTE : The title of this role (within the AbbVie title structure) is Medical Manager, we have adapted the title to the market as this role is not an operational role.Joining AbbVie means, you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients #39; lives. At AbbVie, we conduct ground-breaking science on a global scale every day. AbbVie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada whereby 90% of our employees are proud to say they work for AbbVie and 88% are proud of how we contribute to the community. AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health, and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. When choosing your career path, choose to be remarkable.We have an opportunity for a Medical Manager Solid Tumors to join our Medical Affairs Oncology team. In this role, you will drive medical activities, lead the development and execution of the designated therapeutic area Medical Affairs strategies and tactics while establishing the direction of a team of ‘peer expert’ Medical Advisor and Medical Sciences Liaisons.Following the acquisition of ImmunoGen, AbbVie Canada is in the process of building a new medical team for solid tumors. The medical manager will be mandated to build this team. Key responsibilities:

• Establish vision, strategy, and goals for the team that are aligned with clinical gaps, medical, and brand team strategies.
• Optimize utilization of resources to lead, develop and coach the team, including overseeing the performance management process, professional development and succession team plans.
• Maintain regulatory and compliance best practises. Allocate resources in a way that delivers results on clinical/ brand team strategies, while protecting AbbVie’s reputation.
• Manage the budget of the relevant therapeutic area (including local clinical studies) as approved in the medical plan.
• Supervise the design of local clinical studies and the review, approval and fulfillment of contract agreements of Investigator Initiated Studies.
• Maintain a continuous relationship with key clinical investigators and key external experts as to the relevant therapeutic area.
• Supervise the execution of Medical Affairs tactics such as satellite symposia, advisory boards, annual consultation plan, publication plan, warranting appropriate medical support to the Commercial Divisions and in agreement with local procedures.
• Develop,and ensure execution of a field-based medical plan for therapeutic areas on marketed products. Ensure field scientific support across the lifecycle of a product and ongoing analysis of clinical trends to develop key supporting strategies to meet business objectives.
• Responsible for gathering and sharing competitive intelligence (insights) that can provide critical information that could impact our development programs, as well as our marketed products.­­
• Interface with other Medical Managers across all Affiliates, to ensure standardization and consistency.
• Look for opportunities to align clinical resources nationally, while minimizing costs and increasing efficiencies.Responsible for an operating budget.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on the execution of an established in-field team stakeholder engagement plan.
• Maintain up-to-date scientific knowledge of assigned therapeutic area(s), product(s) uses and key external data.