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Associate Director, Global Site Management (Remote)

Overview

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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and TikTok.

Responsibilities

• Manages a team of ~7-10 Site Management Leads (3 levels) and is accountable for strategic direction and on-time delivery of assigned indication/program portfolio milestones for CSM in a world-class manner, ensuring compliance and quality.
• Collaborates with other GSM Associate Directors to build and maintain a consistent TA framework for Site Management Leads to succeed given the right training, tools and expectations. Develops and deploys internal communication strategies and provides input into external communication across assigned TA portfolio.
• Works with cross-functional partners (e.g., Clinical Study Leadership (CSL) PL, CDSO PL, SSU Global and Area Directors, etc.) and CSM Area and Country leaders to incorporate CSM data-driven strategic insights across assigned TA portfolio and to ensure alignment on implementation strategy and plans, in support of their assigned Site Management Leads.
• Accountable for providing strategic oversight of the assigned studies to support SMLs in issue resolution to ensure delivery of the milestones, acting as the point of escalation for project-related issues and leading stakeholder management at the TA level.
• Conducts CSM project reviews of assigned programs/indications, by use of dashboards, KPIs, and other tools, identifying risks across the TA portfolio and aligning with Clinical Study Leadership PLs, CSM Area and Country leadership on related mitigation and/or action plans.
• Represents the CSM organization in governance bodies for Enterprise Priority programs and supports project reviews by providing TA/program-level insights and requests from CSM teams across studies within the assigned TA portfolio.
• Drives for operational excellence by ensuring CSM lessons learned are shared and that best practices and strategies are consistently leveraged within and across Therapeutic Areas. Leads process improvements and ensures change management, including development and implementation of more efficient and agile ways for CSM to provide oversight on site selection, engagement, activation, enrollment, data collection, and cleaning.
• Accounts for Site Management Leads study assignments, onboarding, and training within the assigned TA. Develops and supervises Site Management Leads to create an inclusive and innovative environment where staff and studies succeed, including enhancing CSM tools, processes, and communication.
• Contributes to developing and maintaining Site Management Lead processes and training materials across TAs to ensure consistent application globally, with tailored updates for each assigned TA.
• Represents the GSM organization in cross-functional meetings and initiatives to improve end-to-end processes, ensuring feasibility, efficiency, and agility for CSM, CDO, and Global Therapeutics. Maintains knowledge of ICH/GCP, regulatory requirements, AbbVie SOPs, and the assigned Therapeutic Area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent, typically in a scientific or (para)medical field. Minimum of 10 years of clinical research experience, including 3 years of project management experience and/or 1 year of direct line management preferred, demonstrating a high level of core, technical, and leadership competencies through setting and driving strategy and leading a global team in the management and completion of multiple, complex clinical studies.
• Advanced working knowledge of ICH and GCP guidelines is required. Seamless collaborator and strong communicator with demonstrated ability to influence without authority; easily builds relationships across geographic locations and gains cross-functional alignment. Demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking and to think strategically, to drive operational execution, using data to drive business decisions.
• Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment, experience in managing remote/virtual teams, and an ability to influence and align stakeholders, while modeling and driving 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.
• Demonstration of successful managing, coaching, mentoring, and talent management globally. Expertise in drug development, operations, strategic and tactical planning and resource/budget planning across global geographies. Demonstration of successful execution of programs in a fast-paced environment managing multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated good written and verbal communication skills including fluency in English. Excellent planning and organizational skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Strong ability to create and deliver presentations. Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft OneNote.

Key Stakeholders

Clinical Site Management (CSM) including Area Head Study Start-up, Area Head Site Management, Area/Region/country leadership, TA Director - Global Site Management.

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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. 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.

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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