Director, Preclinical Safety - job 1 of 2

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

Company overview:

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.

Description:

The Department of Pathology in Preclinical Safety (PCS) at AbbVie has an outstanding opportunity for a Director-level Board-Certified Veterinary Anatomic Pathologist. The successful candidate will lead the design and implementation of pathology strategies for candidate drugs in all stages of development and provide comprehensive pathology support to nonclinical studies. The candidate will also manage an operational group or other internal staff.

Key Responsibilities will include:

- Perform evaluation of pathology data sets and generate pathology reports for regulatory toxicity studies intended to support the development of new medicines

- Perform pathology peer reviews

- Provide expert scientific leadership in interpretation of pathology data to drive appropriate drug development strategies

- Design and evaluate investigative studies to explore mechanisms of toxicity using appropriate technologies, including molecular, imaging, biomarker and other analyses

- Contribute to regulatory submissions and other relevant documentation

- Manage operational group or scientific staff

- Mentor junior colleagues as it pertains to drug development, interpretation of pathology results, and writing of regulatory documents

- Possibility to represent PCS on cross-functional project teams

- Contribute to due diligences for in-licensing opportunities

*This position is required to be on-site 3 days / week*

Qualifications:

- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM or equivalent)

- Board Certification in Anatomic Pathology (ACVP or equivalent)

- Ph.D. in pathology or related scientific discipline is strongly preferred

- 12-15+ years of industry experience in toxicologic pathology within biotech or pharmaceutical settings

- Work in GLP environment for 5+ years

- Strong experience designing, overseeing, and interpreting GLP and non-GLP toxicology studies

- Experience with regulatory submissions and interaction with various Health Authorities

- Evidence of prior supervisory or management experience

- Excellent oral and written skills with a proven record of scientific contributions to the scientific community

Key Leadership Competencies:

- Critical thinking and problem solving skills

- Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills

- Ability to develop and execute complex strategies

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• 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.​ Salary: $177,000 - $336,000

• 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 short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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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