Head, Global Oncology Pipeline, Medical Affairs

Summary

Join AbbVie's Medical Affairs team as a leader in global pipeline strategy. You will develop compelling differentiation across the drug lifecycle, leveraging market insights to shape AbbVie's therapeutic area pipeline. Responsibilities include leading pipeline medical, value, and evidence strategy development, ensuring HCP, patient, and payor insights are incorporated. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and represent medical affairs in pipeline governance. This hybrid role (3 days/week in office preferred) requires 15+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech experience with a focus on oncology/hematology and strong leadership skills. AbbVie offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• M.D., or equivalent advanced degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g., oncology/hematology)
• 15+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with a focus on oncology, specifically hematology
• Demonstrated expertise in clinical development, regulatory requirements, and commercialization of oncology therapies
• Proven leadership experience in medical affairs, including managing direct and indirect reports, cross-functional teams and influencing strategic direction at the senior executive level
• Strong scientific knowledge of solid tumor biology, clinical trial design, biomarker development, and emerging treatment modalities (e.g., immuno-oncology, targeted therapies, precision medicine)
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and collaborate effectively with clinical development, regulatory, commercial, and other business functions
• Exceptional communication skills, with experience presenting complex scientific information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee pipeline (including BD) medical, value and evidence strategy development across all disease areas within TA to serve both US and International markets for all indications/ brands up to 24-36 months pre-launch (in any geography)
• Drive compelling differentiation of medical, value and evidence strategy from discovery, leveraging distinctive insights from US and International markets
• Coordinate across TAs to ensure that TA-level pipeline strategies coalesce into a coherent AbbVie pipeline strategy
• Ensure HCP, Patients and Payor insights are incorporated into the developments programs to accelerate and differentiate clinical and commercialization strategies (e.g., streamlined patient data collection, patient finding)
• Co-create the Brand strategy for all assets and ensure US and International market insights are embedded in the brand strategy
• Represent medical affairs in pipeline-related governance, serving as the single point of contact for commercial and development counterparts
• Serve as final decision maker (pre-BU head) for all pipeline-related strategy and decisions
• Manage pipeline resources effectively, redirecting pipeline team to enterprise critical assets along the lifecycle as needed, starting as early as discovery
• Ensure effective handover to US and International inline/ launch teams, onboarding with relevant TAs to share insights/ approach/ etc. from pipeline strategy efforts and minimizing duplication of effort across pipeline and inline teams
• Lead cross-functional gap assessment and Integrated Evidence Planning (IEP) and collaborate with Value and Evidence
• Define strategy for enterprise research MSLs in US and affiliates, leveraging pipeline insights to develop priorities and shape tactical plans
• Coordinate with pipeline execution group in US Medical Engagement to drive execution
• Collaborate with US Medical Engagement to track impact-focused KPIs and re-shape pipeline strategy based on impact or best practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with advanced cancer treatment modalities such as CAR-T therapies, combination therapies, and immuno-oncology
• Strong publication and scientific communication track record in oncohematology, including contributions to peer-reviewed journals and major oncology conferences
• Experience in managing global medical affairs activities across multiple geographic regions (focus on Global strategy and US region)

Benefits

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