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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

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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.

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PURPOSE

The success of CDO depends on our ability to develop a holistic strategy and global network of exceptional PIs and institutions in order to accelerate delivery of our pipeline. In an increasingly competitive landscape, strategic partnerships are critical to maximizing the solid tumor and hematology pipelines. The Strategic Site Partner (SSP) serves as a key driver and main point of contact for our key partner sites and is passionate about establishing and strengthening strategic partnerships cross-functionally with key clinical sites in order to unlock operational potential and build strong, longitudinal relationships.

The SSP is responsible for adopting relationship management principles and critically thinking to better understand all business dimensions to impact and drive operational efficiencies in the conduct of AbbVie’s pipeline. In addition, they will align expectations between AbbVie and investigative site stakeholders proactively identifying opportunities to drive clinical trial accelerations and efficiencies at the study and/or program level.

The SSP is responsible for engaging internal leaders at all levels to maximally leverage aligned collaborations cross functionally with a goal of enabling alliances to deliver results consistent with strategic goals and to enhance AbbVie’s relationships to secure the company's reputation as a Partner of Choice.

The Strategic Site Partner reports to the Director, Strategic Site Partnership.

Responsibilities:

• Provides input and develop the site-specific engagement strategy for assigned sites.
• Builds and manages relationships with assigned investigative sites through a white-glove service. approach while meeting with Institution Leadership, Principal Investigator and clinical site staff both on-site and remotely.
• Raises the bar to proactively anticipate a site’s needs and drives timely mitigation strategies.
• Maintains a solution-oriented mindset to facilitate resolution of complex operational issues.
• Remains informed of best practices and innovations that have resulted in efficiencies across the business and/or industry and put actions in place that support the organization in removing identified barriers.
• Identifies areas to drive efficiencies and/or accelerate clinical trial execution. Drives consistency across studies and programs.
• Oversees overall performance metrics across studies, conducts review of site’s operations for quality. Evaluates and addresses aligned KPIs with site.
• Reviews and shares upcoming study forecasts and current clinical study needs regarding the studies in which the site is participating for strategic resource planning with the site.
• Reviews interests and study capacity with site and communicates back to internal AbbVie stakeholders.
• Identifies and recommends opportunities for internal improvements, implements improvements to maximize process efficiency/accelerate trial delivery at the site.
• Reviews cross business portfolio forecasts of studies to provide direction for investigative sites.
• Escalates risk to relevant stakeholders, resolves identified operational issues that span across studies/programs.
• Seeks to align AbbVie and the site's operations to execute clinical trials efficiently.
• Provides operational and holistic focus on site needs to ensure optimal delivery of clinical trials.
• Generates, expands and enhances operational effectiveness and consistency within AbbVie and at the investigative sites.
• Works closely with internal stakeholders to facilitate, manage and oversee the scientific and operational relationships cross functionally across AbbVie to ensure a productive working environment.
• Provides cross-functional partners an open and continuous channel of communication to ensure investigative sites perspectives are heard and well represented internally.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or higher degree required, degree in health care or scientific field preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years applicable work experience in clinical research demonstrating a high level of core, technical, and leadership competencies through driving strategy. Prior relationship management experience preferred.
• Broad understanding of global pharmaceutical and biotech industries with a solid understanding of drug discovery and development processes. Expertise in drug development, operations, strategic and tactical planning,
• Strong communication skills with advanced interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate persuasively with clarity, collaboratively, and cross functionally.
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills; ability to establish good working relationships with external and internal stakeholders as well as management.
• Seamless collaborator with demonstrated ability to influence without authority – easily builds relationships across locations and gains cross-functional alignment.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives and drive smart decision making.
• Demonstrated leadership, influence skills, creativity, problem solving and ability to manage complexity in addressing issues.
• Demonstration of success in a fast‐paced environment managing multiple priorities, comfortable to manage risk and ambiguity, changing course when needed.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel up approximately 10%-20% of the time for on-site partner engagements. Additional travel may be required.