Head Global Neuroimmunology Pipeline, Medical Affairs; Senior Scientific Director/Executive Medical Director
Allergan · Mettawa, IL
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FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME
Posted Sep 25, 2026
180K–240K a year
Job Description
Position: Head Global Neuroimmunology Pipeline, Medical Affairs (Senior Scientific Director / Executive Medical Director)
Location: Mettawa
Company Description
About Abb Vie
Abb Vie'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 Abb Vie, please visit us at Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and You Tube.
Job Description
The Medical Affairs organization provides patients, healthcare providers, and payers everywhere with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use Abb Vie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and the patient’s journey.
Purpose: Reporting to the Global Head of Neuroscience Pipeline, this role provides strategic medical and scientific leadership for core medical affairs activities in Abb Vie’s Neuroimmunology Pipeline Portfolio. This includes healthcare provider engagement strategies, critical data generation, educational initiatives, and patient safety. Key to success is partnering closely with commercial teams to influence product strategies, support market access, and drive scientific communications.
Offers medical insights and executes data generation, expert engagement, and communication initiatives across early and late-stage development. Leads gap assessments, develops scientific communication platforms and wholistic value narrative (including clinical, societal & humanistic), and guides integrated evidence plans to enable launch readiness.
This position can be based from our Florham Park, NJ or Mettawa, IL sites and will follow a hybrid schedule of 3 days/week onsite.
Position title of Senior Scientific Director or Executive Medical Director will be commensurate with experience outlined in the Qualifications section below.
Responsibilities
• Lead, oversee, and support assigned indications and projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams (Medical, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR).
• Initiate and manage medical affairs activities, data generation, and dissemination to advance scientific and business objectives.
• Provide scientific and technical support for assets, deliver presentations, maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, and contribute to cross-functional teams.
• Guide development of Target Product Profiles (TPP), contribute to Phase II-III trial design, and lead Phase 3b/4 strategies in alignment with TPP.
• Lead the planning and execution of advisory boards, scientific, and medical education programs for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Stay current on scientific advancements and literature; act as a resource for Psychiatry and other relevant therapeutic areas. Initiate and publish research projects.
• Lead cross-functional teams on discrete projects such as data analysis, expert engagement, publications, and collaborations.
• Represent Medical Affairs in due diligence activities for asset acquisitions aligned with disease area strategy.
• Ensure scientific initiatives meet budget, timeline, and compliance requirements.
• Manages a team of high performing colleagues.Qualifications
• Advanced degree (PhD/PharmD/DVM) required; post-doctoral or residency experience preferred.
• Senior Director
:
Advanced degree required with minimum 10 years’ experience in clinical trials or medical affairs (pharmaceutical industry or academia); typically 15 years overall experience.
• Executive Medical Director: M.D. required with minimum 5 years of clinical trial or medical affairs experience. 7+ years overall experience preferred.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional team management…
Location: Mettawa
Company Description
About Abb Vie
Abb Vie'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 Abb Vie, please visit us at Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and You Tube.
Job Description
The Medical Affairs organization provides patients, healthcare providers, and payers everywhere with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use Abb Vie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and the patient’s journey.
Purpose: Reporting to the Global Head of Neuroscience Pipeline, this role provides strategic medical and scientific leadership for core medical affairs activities in Abb Vie’s Neuroimmunology Pipeline Portfolio. This includes healthcare provider engagement strategies, critical data generation, educational initiatives, and patient safety. Key to success is partnering closely with commercial teams to influence product strategies, support market access, and drive scientific communications.
Offers medical insights and executes data generation, expert engagement, and communication initiatives across early and late-stage development. Leads gap assessments, develops scientific communication platforms and wholistic value narrative (including clinical, societal & humanistic), and guides integrated evidence plans to enable launch readiness.
This position can be based from our Florham Park, NJ or Mettawa, IL sites and will follow a hybrid schedule of 3 days/week onsite.
Position title of Senior Scientific Director or Executive Medical Director will be commensurate with experience outlined in the Qualifications section below.
Responsibilities
• Lead, oversee, and support assigned indications and projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams (Medical, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR).
• Initiate and manage medical affairs activities, data generation, and dissemination to advance scientific and business objectives.
• Provide scientific and technical support for assets, deliver presentations, maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, and contribute to cross-functional teams.
• Guide development of Target Product Profiles (TPP), contribute to Phase II-III trial design, and lead Phase 3b/4 strategies in alignment with TPP.
• Lead the planning and execution of advisory boards, scientific, and medical education programs for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Stay current on scientific advancements and literature; act as a resource for Psychiatry and other relevant therapeutic areas. Initiate and publish research projects.
• Lead cross-functional teams on discrete projects such as data analysis, expert engagement, publications, and collaborations.
• Represent Medical Affairs in due diligence activities for asset acquisitions aligned with disease area strategy.
• Ensure scientific initiatives meet budget, timeline, and compliance requirements.
• Manages a team of high performing colleagues.Qualifications
• Advanced degree (PhD/PharmD/DVM) required; post-doctoral or residency experience preferred.
• Senior Director
:
Advanced degree required with minimum 10 years’ experience in clinical trials or medical affairs (pharmaceutical industry or academia); typically 15 years overall experience.
• Executive Medical Director: M.D. required with minimum 5 years of clinical trial or medical affairs experience. 7+ years overall experience preferred.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional team management…
Additional Details
- City
- Mettawa
- State
- Illinois
- Country
- US
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