Associate Medical Director (PS-MD)
Listed compensation
$142k-$269k
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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:
The primary focus of this position is the Medical Safety Review (MSR) of clinical trial SAEs including causality assessment and company analysis development combined with therapeutic area leadership.
Responsibilities
- Contributes above the level of individual case review through leadership of individual project or initiative.
- Provides overall leadership to one therapeutic area in primary role; may also serve in secondary role for additional therapeutic area.
- Performs medical review of clinical SAEs.
- Develops Company Analysis for SUSARs.
- Responsible for accurate and timely communication with all clinical trial stakeholders.
- Performs causality assessment of adverse events in post-marketing individual case safety reports.
- Understands safety profile of assigned AbbVie products and development compounds as well as safety aspects of relevant therapeutic area drugs and patient populations. ‘
- Understands disease state for each indication within assigned AbbVie products and development compounds.
- Understands global regulations, processes and practices.
- Contributes as requested to Global Patient Safety (GPS) initiatives, controlled procedures and MSR training activities; supports audits, inspections and CAPA investigations as necessary.
Qualifications
- MD or equivalent
- 1 - 2 years drug safety experience with medical assessment/clinical case review required
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: 141500
- Salary Max: 268500
- Workday Global Grade: 20
- Compensation: USD 141500 - USD 268500 - yearly
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Drug Safety — Physician Career Context
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$205k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $205k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$205k in purchasing power | Illinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physician listings in Illinois | 1,000 active | 22,666 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Illinois Physician listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 25% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend | −3.1% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,364 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Benefits & Perks
Living in North Chicago
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $227k≈ 1.6× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $1,823/mo≈ 15% 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.