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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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  . Follow @abbvie on  X ,  Facebook ,  Instagram ,  YouTube ,  LinkedIn and  Tik Tok .

Job Description

Joining AbbVie means you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients' lives. At AbbVie, we conduct ground-breaking science on a global scale every day. AbbVie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada.

When choosing your career path, choose to be remarkable.

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, vision care, virology, women’s health , and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

The Medical Pipeline Liaison is a hybrid role blending field medical responsibilities (customer-facing) with strategic medical advisor functions. This position enhances AbbVie's scientific leadership in key therapeutic areas by supporting the affiliate touchpoint process integral to pipeline strategic planning. Through a unified approach, the Medical Pipeline Liaison ensures the alignment of scientific and strategic objectives, supporting the successful execution of AbbVie's pipeline strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

Field Medical Support:

• Act as a scientific expert in designated therapeutic areas, interacting with and facilitating effective communication between AbbVie and healthcare professionals (HCP), including clinical investigators and External Experts (EEs).

• Deliver scientific presentations and engage in field-based interactions to provide updates on AbbVie’s pipeline and research initiatives and to gain HCP perspectives and feedback.

 Strategic Medical Advisory:

• Collaborate with affiliate brand teams to integrate medical strategies into brand planning and pipeline commercialization efforts.
• Contribute to the development of strategic plans, incorporating medical insights into affiliate brand and pipeline strategies.

Touchpoint Process Participation:

• Lead and support affiliate touchpoint processes for assigned pipeline assets and/or disease areas to ensure alignment with strategic brand plans and commercialization models.

• Liaise with cross-functional teams, including Market Access and Health Economics, to integrate scientific insights into commercial planning.

Research and Insights Generation:

• Gather and communicate insights from External Experts (EEs) through individual interactions in the field and organized advisory boards.
• Actively reach out to experts in therapeutic areas new to AbbVie to introduce the company and establish collaborative relationships.
• Collaborate with EEs to explore their interest and expertise in participating in AbbVie's drug development initiatives and other research partnerships, enhancing AbbVie's reputation in emerging therapeutic areas.

Compliance and Regulation:

• Ensure all activities comply with relevant laws, regulations, and AbbVie’s policies, maintaining the highest standards of scientific integrity.

• Support requests for compassionate use or named patient access to AbbVie medications, adhering to regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (e.g., PharmD, MD, PhD) in a relevant scientific discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in medical affairs, clinical research, or a combination of field-based and strategic roles.
• Proven expertise in developing and executing strategic medical plans.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (in English and French) with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to integrate scientific knowledge into commercial strategies effectively.

Internal and external interactions:

• Affiliate R&D personnel: Clinical Research Associate, Clinical Operations Manager, Medical Managers/Advisors.
• Market access teams incl. HTA teams; Affiliate Early Brand teams.
• Area and HQ based MHI teams.
• Project/Medical Directors and Clinical Teams within Pharmaceutical Development and Global Medical Affairs.
• Search & Evaluation team.
• Participating research investigators and clinical research staff; thought leaders/external experts.
• Institutions and Scientific or Medical Societies.
• Hospitals, other healthcare providers, payers and Local Regulatory Authorities.

Travel Requirements:

• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time for customer-facing activities.

AbbVie strives to provide a French working environment for its employees in Quebec. Although as part of its francization program has taken all reasonable steps to avoid imposing the following requirement, advanced amount of knowledge of English / Fluency in English is an essential requirement for the position of Pipeline MSL  including, but not limited to, for the following reasons:

1. English speaking employees outside the province of Quebec.
2. English speaking clients outside the province of Quebec.
3. Anglophone region outside the province of Quebec.

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.

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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