Senior Medical Director, Neuroscience, Global Patient Safety
Listed compensation
$182k-$346k
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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 abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description
Purpose:
Describes the primary goals, objective or function or outputs of this position. Responsible for supporting the Product Safety Leads (PST) and potentially support one or more products as the PST Lead under the direction of the Therapeutic Area (TA) Lead and Global TA.
Head in ensuring safety in one or more products to through surveillance, signal detection, validation and assessment. Interpreting regulations related to pharmacovigilance supporting all patient safety activities.
Responsibilities
Understanding and application of the pharmacology, chemistry and non-clinical toxicology to effectively conduct safety surveillance
- Safety surveillance for pharmaceutical / biological / drug –device combined neuroscience products
- Contribute to the authorship of key pharmacovigilance documents, including but not limited to, medical safety assessments, regulatory responses and risk management plans
- Apply current regulatory guidance as appropriate for safety surveillance and authorship of PV documents
- Analyze and interpret aggregate safety data and communicate these analysis and interpretation to cross-functional teams
- Ability to effectively write, review and provide input on technical documents
Lead the safety strategy for regulatory submissions, including INDs, NDAs, and MAAs and the periodic reports (PSUR’s, PADER’s etc.)
Oversight of safety surveillance and pharmacovigilance activities for neuroscience products in clinical trials and post marketing
Lead and implement risk management strategy for assigned neuroscience products
Qualifications
- MD / DO with 2+ years of residency with patient management experience and Master Public
- Health is preferred in addition to MD / DO but not required
- 2 – 4 years of Pharmacovigilance experience in the pharmaceutical industry
- Effectively analyze and guide analysis of clinical data and epidemiological information
- Effectively present recommendation / opinions in group environment
- Write, review and provide input on technical documents
- Self-starting and can work independently
- Work collaboratively and lead cross-functional teams
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 Min: 182000
- Salary Max: 346000
- Workday Global Grade: 22
- Compensation: USD 182000 - USD 346000 - yearly
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Medical Affairs — Physician Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$264k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $264k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Medical Affairs pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $182k–$346k | Medical Affairs median $302k (middle half $281k–$324k)48 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$264k in purchasing power | Illinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Medical Affairs listings in Illinois | 26 active | 287 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Medical Affairs pay trend | −2.5% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
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Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 285 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Benefits & Perks
Living in North Chicago
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $227k≈ 1.2× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $1,823/mo≈ 12% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 17 min
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.