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Abb Vie
Florham Park, New Jersey

Senior Medical Director - Patient Safety

Medical AffairsNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

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

The Product Safety Team (PST) lead for late stage oncology products, under the direction of the Group Lead and TA Head will be actively and closely collaborating with the development medical lead, setting the strategy for the oncology programs.

PST lead will be responsible to one or more products and will ensuring safety through the product lifecycle (e. g. surveillance, signal detection, validation and assessment, risks assessment and mitigations strategies, tox management, etc…) together with the other members of the safety team (safety scientists, safety architects, safety PM, and other cross functional colleagues).

The PST lead will also closely collaborate with a PK and toxicology leads, regulatory and clinical development leads as well as medical affairs colleagues to help guide dose selection and regimen, inclusion/exclusion criteria and safety monitoring for first for clinical trials as well as PMOS.

PST lead will be interpreting regulations related to pharmacovigilance supporting all patient safety activities, and will be leading the safety components of pre-NDA and NDA/sNDA submissions, regulatory responses, label and label updates, RMPs.

Responsibilities

Understanding and application of the pharmacology, chemistry and non-clinical toxicology to effectively conduct safety surveillance

  • Responsible for safety surveillance for pharmaceutical / biological / drug –device combined products
  • Lead and set the strategy for key pharmacovigilance documents, including but not limited to, medical safety assessments, regulatory responses and risk management plans, NDA/sNDA submission – safety component
  • 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, executive leadership and externally, as needed
  • Effectively write, review and provide input on technical documents independently
  • Oversight and responsibility for leading the strategy for periodic reports (DSURs, PSURs, PADERs etc.)
  • Responsible for implementing risk management strategies for assigned products
  • Proactively engaging, inspiring, coaching and mentoring team and colleagues
  • Opportunities to co-author publications and participate in initiatives to continue developing and growing as a safety leader
  • Strong team player, able to adapt and work in a fast pace environment

Significant Work Activities -Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Qualifications

MD / DO with 2+ years of internal medicine residency with patient management experience required; PhD or Clinical Pharmacology fellowship is preferred in addition to MD / DO, not required

  • 2-5 years of Pharmacovigilance / Clinical Development experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Previous experience supporting regulatory submissions (IND/BLA submissions) is required
  • Oncology patient safety experience is required
  • Effectively analyze and guide analysis of clinical data and epidemiological information
  • Effectively present recommendations / opinions in group environment both internally and externally
  • Write, review and provide input on technical documents
  • Work collaboratively and lead cross-functional teams
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment

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 safety assessmentData analysisCross-functional leadershipTechnical writing

Medical Affairs — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$264k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $243k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Medical Affairs pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Senior Medical Director - Patient Safety at Abb Vie a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Medical Affairs — ranked against 269 active Medical Affairs listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.2this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Medical Affairs listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 269 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Florham Park

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$896k≈ 4.9× annual pay
Median resident rent
$3,109/mo≈ 20% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.