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Senior Director, Safety Data Sciences

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-25

Core

Strategic, scientific, and operational leadership for global safety data sciences, signal detection, and surveillance across the AbbVie portfolio.

Role type

Senior Director, Safety Data Sciences

Builds

Global safety surveillance capabilities, signal management processes, and regulatory deliverables for development and marketed products.

Domain

Life Sciences / Pharmacovigilance / Drug Safety

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Signal detection, safety surveillance, aggregate safety data analysis, pharmacovigilance expertise, clinical trial data analysis, spontaneous adverse event reporting, real-world data integration, electronic health records analysis, preclinical findings interpretation, global PV regulations, risk management, labelling, product lifecycle management, team leadership, strategic planning, cross-functional partnership, process improvement, mentorship, innovation in safety science.

Preferred skills

Automation, analytics, AI-enabled capabilities, advanced visualization, digital transformation in safety surveillance.

Technologies

None explicitly listed beyond general categories like automation and AI.

Responsibilities

Lead a global team of 40+ physicians, pharmacists, and healthcare professionals; set strategic direction for signal detection and surveillance; integrate diverse safety data sources to identify and evaluate potential signals; champion forward-thinking methods for data analysis including AI; ensure compliance with global PV regulations; mentor and develop a multidisciplinary team; partner with TA Heads and Safety Data Architect team; lead development of major pharmacovigilance deliverables; drive continuous process improvement.

Seniority

Executive (Director), hands-on leadership with strategic oversight

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