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Mettawa, Illinois · Hybrid

Copy of Scientific Director / Medical Director, Medical Affairs - Solid Tumors - Ovarian

Medical AffairsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$161k-$305k

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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 Medical Affairs (MA) organization provides patients, healthcare providers and payers everywhere with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use AbbVie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and the patient’s journey.

The Scientific Director / Medical Director provides medical and scientific input into strategic and operational medical affairs activities for AbbVie’s Ovarian Cancer portfolio such as: health-care professional and provider interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers); generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education, data, guidelines, and value proposition); safeguarding patient safety (risk minimization activities and safety surveillance activities).

Works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand (product) strategies and may support medical and marketing activities (promotional material generation and product launches) and market access. Collaborates with clinical development on Medical Affairs support of priority trials.

This position can be based at the following locations and will follow a hybrid model of 3 days/week onsite: Mettawa, IL; Florham Park, NJ; Irvine, CA; San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

Initiates medical affairs activities, generation and dissemination of data supporting the Ovarian Cancer scientific strategy

Provides scientific/medical education to all relevant internal stakeholders related to our Ovarian Cancer portfolio

Develops and executes Medical Affairs support of priority clinical development trials.

Contributes to the development of and leads the execution of the Medical Education / Advisory Board & EE Engagement Plan generation in line with TA plan. Lead the individual (Global) Conference planning and execution.

Generates clinical and scientific data per evidence gap assessment.

Acts as a clinical interface and actively solicits opinion through leader interactions related to the molecule and disease area; partners with international Medical Affairs, Commercial and other functions in these activities as required, consistent with corporate policies, to ensure that broad cross-functional perspectives are incorporated into Clinical Development Plans and protocols as appropriate.

May be responsible for performing the accurate and detailed medical review of complex advertising and promotional materials for assigned therapeutic area(s) within Medical Affairs. Provides timely and accurate reviews of promotional materials in accordance with established policies and practice standards, including regulatory guidelines to meet customer needs.

May interact with and coordinates appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (i. e. commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, regulatory, etc.) as they relate to on-going medical affairs projects.

May assist as consultant and liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements and/or in the evaluation of new business development opportunities.

  • Represents AbbVie at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific association meetings, etc.
  • Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into programs' scientific activities.

Qualifications

Scientific Director:

Bachelor’s Degree in the sciences. Advanced Degree PhD, PharmD, PA or NP preferred. Residency or additional post doctorate experience preferred.

5-7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required.

Medical Director

Medical Doctorate (M.D.) degree or equivalent (D.O. or non-US equivalent of M.D.). Relevant therapeutic specialty in an academic or hospital environment preferred. Completion of residency and/or fellowship preferred.

  • 0-2+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in the design of protocols preferred.
  • May have performed protocol design in the academic environment and/or acted as an assistant PI.

Interactions normally require the ability to gain cooperation of others, conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects and schedules, etc.

Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy. Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.

Works with some supervision and guidance. Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.

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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abbvie.com

  • Salary Min: 160500
  • Therapy Area: Oncology
  • Salary Max: 305000
  • Workday Global Grade: 21
  • Travel: Yes, 15% of the Time
  • Compensation: USD 160500 - USD 305000 - yearly

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Data generationRegulatory complianceStakeholder managementPromotional material reviewCross-functional collaborationStrategic planning

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 ~$233k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $233k 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 up 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

What does the Medical Affairs market look like in Illinois?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$161k–$305kMedical Affairs median $302k (middle half $285k–$334k)53 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$233k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Medical Affairs listings in Illinois25 active276 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusIllinois physician listings (all specialties): 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 26% offer loan repayment995 active listings, Nov 2026
Medical Affairs hiring demand#6 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 69 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 162 postings, 36 closed
New Medical Affairs listings96 in the last 30 days93 the 30 days before (+3%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Medical Affairs pay trend+4.2% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 2.4
Better work-life than 30% of Medical Affairs listings

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About Abb Vie

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Dublin, Coolock
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Long-term incentive program eligibility