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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

At AbbVie, we are committed to advancing innovative therapies that make a meaningful difference for people living with cancer. As Medical Lead Solid Tumors, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the medical strategy for our oncology portfolio, leading a team of medical professionals while serving as the key scientific partner across the organization and within the oncology community.

This is a leadership position, heading a team of 3, that combines people leadership, strategic thinking, scientific expertise, and external engagement. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure patients, healthcare professionals, and the wider oncology community benefit from the latest scientific advances.

What You'll Do

Lead the medical agenda in Solid Tumors

• Develop and execute the local medical strategy for the Solid Tumors portfolio, aligned with global objectives and local business priorities
• Provide scientific and strategic leadership across key brand and cross-functional initiatives
• Act as the medical voice within affiliate leadership discussions and commercial planning processes
• Manage and oversee the therapeutic area budget

Build and develop a high-performing team

• Lead, coach, and develop Medical Affairs colleagues within Solid Tumors
• Recruit, retain, and mentor talented team members
• Foster a culture of collaboration, scientific excellence, compliance, and patient focus
• Create an environment of psychological safety with solution-oriented mind set to empower diversity, inclusion, innovation and trust
• Ensure continuing self-development for increased performance and high team spirit to accelerate change

Partner with the oncology community

• Establish and maintain trusted relationships with key opinion leaders, investigators, scientific societies, and leading oncology centres
• Lead scientific exchange around AbbVie's oncology data and pipeline
• Represent AbbVie at congresses, advisory boards, expert meetings, and educational programmes
• Act as a credible scientific partner to healthcare professionals and external experts

Drive evidence generation and scientific communication

• Oversee local medical and clinical research activities, including post-marketing studies and investigator-initiated research
• Translate emerging clinical evidence into meaningful insights for internal and external stakeholders
• Review and approve medical content to ensure scientific accuracy and compliance
• Deliver medical education and training across the organization

Shape the future of oncology at AbbVie

• Monitor scientific developments, treatment trends, and the competitive landscape within Solid Tumors
• Contribute medical insight to strategic decisions across Medical Affairs, Market Access, Commercial, Regulatory, and Clinical Development
• Help identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes through innovative medical initiatives and partnerships
• Product launches: Actively prepare for, and provide scientific leadership for upcoming product launches

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific qualification such as an MD, PharmD, PhD, MSc, or equivalent
• Significant experience within the pharmaceutical industry, ideally in Oncology Medical Affairs
• Deep understanding of Solid Tumors and the evolving oncology landscape is desirable
• Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing teams is desirable
• Strong knowledge of clinical research, evidence generation, and scientific exchange
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills
• Experience working effectively across complex matrix organizations
• Strong business acumen and ability to manage budgets and priorities
• Fluent German and English

Additional Information

As an employer, we value diversity and support people in developing their potential and strengths, realizing their ideas and seizing opportunities. The job advertisement is aimed equally at all people, regardless of age, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or origin. For legal reasons, we are obliged to point out that the minimum salary for this position under the collective agreement is € 2,879.00 gross per month. However, our attractive salary packages are based on current market salaries and are therefore significantly higher than the stated minimum salary.

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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