Senior Manager, Patient Inclusion

Company Description

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 ( .

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer, and dedicated to fostering an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace that values and respects every individual. We are committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability. We ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process without discrimination against any employee or applicant because of, and not limited to, race, religion, age, physical or mental disability, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or marital status. Our hiring process is flexible and accessible, so if you have any specific requests or accessibility requirement, please feel comfortable to let our team know by emailing or speaking with your Recruiter and we'll make any necessary adjustments to accommodate your needs.

Job Description

The Senior Manager, Patient Inclusion sits within the Clinical Development Operations (CDO) organisation at AbbVie and is responsible for supporting the strategic and tactical implementation of AbbVie's enterprise-wide plan to improve clinical trial inclusion. By understanding the unique barriers and needs of patients, you will be an important member of the team that will be driving change in the internal culture, behaviours, and ways of working to strengthen our understanding of disease disparities and the effects on global clinical trial populations.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Align with the Director to enhance the roadmap and develop the action plan to implement AbbVie's Patient Inclusion strategy across the portfolio

+ Collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify process improvements to disease area strategies and clinical trial lifecycle to increase representative patient participation

+ Partner with regionally aligned counterparts in Patient Inclusion to develop a strategy to scale current patient inclusion framework to indication level plans that incorporate global considerations

+ Identify relevant data sources that synthesise clinical, epidemiological, and real-world evidence on disease prevalence, incidence, burden, and health disparities and extract meaningful data to support global patient access strategies.

+ Work in-region to support global expansion of Patient Inclusion capabilities and processes

+ Influence leaders to champion internal behaviours to strengthen our understanding of disease disparities and the effects of representative populations

+ Work with key stakeholders to develop TA/indication level strategies to increase representation in clinical trials

+ Maximise external engagement by leveraging existing relationships and exploring new opportunities to collaborate with community partners, patient advocate organisations, institutions, and key Health Care Practitioners to broaden knowledge about clinical research in underrepresented communities and support the patient care journey.

+ Reinforce alignment between the Patient Inclusion principles and AbbVie's business strategy

+ Monitor impact of Patient Inclusion strategies based on analytics to demonstrate improvement in trial representation

+ 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

+ Bachelor's Degree in a scientific field required, Advanced degree is desirable.

+ Minimum of 8 years + of pharma-related/clinical research experience or equivalent

+ 6+ years of patient recruitment, project management and people management (preferred)

+ Advanced working knowledge of ICH and GCP guidelines required.

+ Operational understanding of the global regulatory environment is desirable.

+ Strong proficiency in authoring and reviewing scientific, medical, and regulatory documents to ensure consistency and strategic alignment with global submissions

+ Skilled in managing the end-to-end development of regulatory-ready submission documents

+ Excellent collaborator and articulate communicator

+ Strategic thinker with understanding of clinical development process and uses data to drive the business and continuous improvements.

Flexibility and Availability: In line with Australia’s 'Right to Disconnect' legislation, we recognise and respect employees' right to refuse contact outside of their working hours, unless such refusal is deemed unreasonable. As we operate in an international, matrixed environment, there may be occasions where your role requires participation in business meetings outside of standard hours. We value and support flexibility and appreciate your willingness to occasionally accommodate these requests to ensure effective collaboration and communication within our global team.

Additional Information

WAYS WE WORK

+ All For One Abbvie; We weigh all decisions against the common good. We inspire, share and create as a team. We solve problems for all rather than serving our immediate team.

+ Decide Smart & Sure; We make intelligent decisions to create the best outcomes. We act quickly, embrace experimentation, and learn what doesn’t work and get on to what does.

+ Agile & Accountable; We streamline and eliminate unnecessary obstacles. We plan but adapt as we go. We delegate and make tough decisions to ensure focus on results, staying keenly aware of the urgency in all we do.

+ Clear & Courageous; Open, honest, candid dialogue is core to our work and how we act with each other. We share information freely and continuously to find solutions. We admit mistakes. We grow stronger by putting the courage of our conviction to the test.

+ Make Possibilities Real; We question with endless curiosity. We’re never satisfied with good enough—patients depend on us to deliver more. We challenge ourselves to find creative, constructive solutions to turn possibilities into reality.

CODE OF CONDUCT & BUSINESS INTEGRITY STATEMENT

+ AbbVie is committed to observing high integrity and ethical standards in all its business dealings with our customers, with each other, business partners and suppliers.

+ AbbVie as a responsible corporate citizen will adhere to these standards, as well as to local, national and international laws.

+ All AbbVie employees are responsible for maintaining the Company’s reputation for conduct in accordance with the highest level of business integrity, ethics and compliance with the law. Soliciting and/or accepting/attempting/offering bribes or any illegal gratification is therefore cause for immediate dismissal.

+ AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community, and embracing diversity and inclusion.

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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