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Head, Global Oncology Pipeline, Medical Affairs

San Francisco, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead global pipeline medical affairs strategy and develop compelling differentiation across the lifecycle for oncology therapies, leveraging market insights to shape AbbVie's therapeutic area pipeline.

Role type

Senior executive medical affairs leader (oncology pipeline)

Builds

Global medical, value, and evidence strategies for oncology assets from discovery to pre-launch

Domain

Pharmaceutical oncology (hematology/solid tumors)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

oncology/hematology clinical development, regulatory requirements, commercialization of oncology therapies, managing direct and indirect reports, cross-functional team leadership, strategic direction setting, solid tumor biology, clinical trial design, biomarker development, emerging treatment modalities (immuno-oncology, targeted therapies, precision medicine)

Preferred skills

CAR-T therapies, combination therapies, immuno-oncology, peer-reviewed publication track record in oncohematology, global medical affairs management across multiple regions

Technologies

none

Responsibilities

Lead and oversee pipeline medical, value, and evidence strategy development across all disease areas within the therapeutic area; Drive compelling differentiation of medical, value, and evidence strategy from discovery; Coordinate across therapeutic areas to ensure TA-level pipeline strategies coalesce into a coherent AbbVie pipeline strategy; Ensure HCP, Patients, and Payor insights are incorporated into development programs; Co-create the Brand strategy for all assets; Represent medical affairs in pipeline-related governance; Serve as final decision maker (pre-BU head) for all pipeline-related strategy and decisions; Manage pipeline resources effectively; Ensure effective handover to US and International inline/launch teams; Lead cross-functional gap assessment and Integrated Evidence Planning (IEP); Define strategy for enterprise research MSLs; Coordinate with pipeline execution group to drive execution; Collaborate with US Medical Engagement to track impact-focused KPIs and re-shape pipeline strategy

Seniority

Executive, strategic leadership & mentorship

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