Senior Manager, Digital Sciences

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

Job Description

As a part of AbbVie’s Digital Science Team, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of medicine development with Digital Health solutions. The Digital Science Team is responsible for setting the strategies for Digital Health across the Development Organization and working across all Therapeutic Areas to bring those strategies to life for AbbVie and patients. The Senior Manager of Digital Science will work closely with the digital health strategists and other key stakeholders to lead the development and execution of the digital data and analytical strategy at the program level. He/she/they will also be the subject matter expert representing the digital science team and responsible for the development of novel digital endpoints through internal and external collaborations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the digital data analytics at the study level, provide data and statistical analytics expertise for clinical study design, develop study-level digital data management and analysis plan, and execute the digital data analytics strategy.
• Work with digital health strategy leaders, medical directors, and other key stakeholders supporting the asset-level digital health strategy development, DHT selection and validation
• Perform signal processing and algorithm development in support of all therapeutic areas projects. This will include efforts to work with vendors on data transfer plans, define feature extractions, develop detection algorithms, create novel data standards compatible with HL7 or align to industry best practice or external consortia efforts.
• Develop AI agent to drive process automation and efficiency.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on digital data analytics, including sensor, imaging, audio/video data analysis and advanced algorithm development.
• Provide SME input on the sections of documentation for regulatory agency meetings and participate in said meetings to address technical questions raised by regulatory agencies. Author sections of CSR, technical reports, regulatory submissions.
• Support analytical validation studies of digital tools, adhere to PFDD, DDTQ, CTTI guidance as well as other relevant federal and international regulations, including GCP, ICH Guidelines, AbbVie Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and functional quality standards. Stay abreast of new and evolving regulations, guidelines and policies related to digital health and clinical development.
• Establish thought leadership in digital health, algorithm development, and clinical decision support tools validation with peer-review journal publications and presentations at global congresses. 

Qualifications

*This position will be required to sit on-site 3 days / week in Lake County 

• Job grade level will be commensurate based on candidate’s experience
• Graduate training in Physics, Mathematics, Engineering or related field required. MS (with 6+ years) or PhD (with 4+ years) of experience.
• Preferred industry experience in tech, life science, healthcare or pharmaceutical.
• Strong problem-solving and data analytics skills with working experience using Python/R and related packages, e.g. scipy, scikit-learn, pytorch, tensorflow etc. Prefered experience in open-source package development
• Proven experience building and shipping AI agents (LLM-based or hybrid) with deep understanding of prompt engineering, agent frameworks, tool use, and orchestration
• Methodical, detail-oriented, critical thinker with value-evidence mindset with the ability to manage competing priorities as well as collaborate and influence cross-functionally in a highly matrixed environment is desired.
• Strong listening and communication skills, proficient in verbal and writing with demonstrated scientific publications and oral presentations to senior or large audiences.
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Additional Information

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.​

• 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. 

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