Medical Manager

Description

• Maintain current knowledge of disease state, treatment paradigms, therapy aligned products, patient experience, and healthcare system factors.
• Interpret emerging evidence and clinical data to inform decisions and scientific exchange.
• Provide scientific input to cross-functional teams.
• Develop medical plans informed by evidence, insights, priorities, and external trends.
• Partner with key stakeholders to ensure aligned execution.
• Anticipate scientific and system shifts and incorporate them into planning.
• Represent Medical in brand, launch, and lifecycle forums
• Plan and execute therapy area medical budget in line with AbbVie financial planning processes ensuring alignment with medical strategy.
• Lead insight generation including those from field teams, external stakeholders and clinical trends using digital tools where appropriate. Translating insights into actionable recommendations and for the business.
• Identify evidence gaps affecting care, access, and adoption.
• Support and/or lead local evidence initiatives, including RWE, IIS, registries, and Phase IV studies aimed at closing evidence and access gaps.
• Interpret evidence and communicate implications clearly.
• Incorporate patient insights and lived experience into planning.
• Engage with patient organisations to understand unmet needs and barriers to care.
• Support initiatives that improve patient understanding, treatment pathways, and quality of care.
• Help teams understand the patient journey and factors influencing treatment decisions
• Build professional relationships with clinicians, researchers, investigators, societies, and professional organisations.
• Plan and execute medical advisory boards and round tables.
• Deliver scientific presentations and medical education programs to healthcare professionals individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), where appropriate.
• Ensure scientific exchange is balanced, transparent, and compliant with internal and external standards.
• Support scientific elements of access, reimbursement, and policy initiatives.
• Review promotional and non-promotional materials for accuracy, balance, fairness, and compliance.
• Partner with Therapy Area Specialists to ensure consistent scientific communication.
• Support approval processes, documentation, and medical accuracy across channels.
• Demonstrate integrity and sound scientific judgement in all outputs.
• Develop and drive the medical omnichannel strategy
• Use the Content Authoring Tool (eWizard) to support omnichannel activities, including Customer Experience Flows or Journeys in the execution of medical strategy.
• Use dashboards, analytics tools, and medical systems to support and improve strategy and insights generation.
• Stay current on digital health trends, AI, and relevant technologies.
• Develop eWizard materials and digital content to support scientific exchange.
• Report any adverse event within 24 hours as per AbbVie’s policies and procedures.
• Proactively participate in AbbVie’s WHS programs, adhere to policies and promote a safe work environment at all times.
• Adhere to AbbVie’s internal codes of conduct and compliance processes.
• Other ad hoc duties such as administrative duties, as requested.

Qualifications

Highest qualification: University

• Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing or a related discipline
• Experience in Medical Affairs, clinical research, or a similar scientific role
• Postgraduate study in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Medical Affairs, Public Health, Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Health Economics or Digital Health.
• Experience supporting evidence generation initiatives.
• Experience engaging external experts or health system partners.
• Familiarity with medical systems and analytical tools such as Veeva and dashboards.
  
  
• Quality and clarity of Therapeutic Area Medical Plans and cross-functional alignment. 
• Insight quality and translation into strategy and decision-making. 
• Contributions to evidence generation and QUM outcomes. 
• External scientific relationship strength and credibility, and in-field activity. 
• Scientific accuracy and timely governance of medical materials. 
• Contribution to Medical Affairs capability uplift and organisational learning.