Associate Director, Central Monitor

The Central Monitoring Associate Director is responsible for bringing science to life by leading a cross-functional team of Central Monitoring Managers charged with de-risking assigned clinical studies and thereby advancing AbbVie clinical research and development programs. The Central Monitoring Associate Director is accountable for service delivery results (quality, efficient, on-time and on-objective delivery) and for the building and strengthening the talent pipeline for today’s needs and for the leaders of tomorrow.

The Associate Director of Central Monitoring role is a manager of manager position that will be filled when organizational size requires this level to manage span of control.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maximizing the value and efficiently utilizing AbbVie’s most valuable resource (staff) in the front-line Central Monitoring space. Leads, manages, and supervises a combined team of Central Monitoring Managers with delivery responsibilities for a portfolio of studies.
• Creates an internal leadership talent pipeline and mentors/coaches team members on their leadership journey
• Fosters a growth mindset within the team based on inclusive collaboration, innovation, learning and continuous improvement that delivers successful outcomes for the study, the team, the individual and the business.
• Develops the central monitoring staffing strategy and tactics in support of assigned clinical research programs, to ensure execution is with quality and efficiency, on-time, and in line with company objectives.
• Executes and manages the central monitoring staffing strategy including fluidly adjusting plans in support of project priorities and/or timelines plan.
• Recruits, hires, and trains the front-line Central Monitoring Leadership team, including therapeutic area training, compliance training and study management-specific knowledge as required to perform assigned tasks.
• Manages the performance cycle including expectation setting, objective setting (both tactical and stretch opportunities to ensure continuous growth), the provision of constructive and timely feedback (informal & formal, direct feedback as well as feedback from CDO business partners) reviews and management of any performance issues to resolution.
• Interacts with and influences all levels of management and cross-functional team members in Clinical Development Operations to achieve high standards of output from front-line Central Monitoring Leadership staff.

**This is a hybrid based role working on-site T-TH. Candidates must be local to Marlow,  and work on-site 3 days a week. 

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.

• Education & Experience
  • Bachelors degree in related field, may include life sciences, risk-based discipline.
  • Extensive clinically related experience or data trend analysis experience, and people management experience (remote experience preferred).
  • Experience working in an RBQM-model or similar experience with risk-based monitoring required.
  • Experience/exposure to drug development, operations, risk management, successful decision-making, strategic execution
• Make Possibilities Real
  • Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment.
  • Experience in managing remote/virtual teams and an ability to influence and align stakeholders, while modeling and driving AbbVie’s leadership attributes.
  • Ability to remove obstacles and provide support that enables direct reports to achieve results.
  • Able to successfully coach and mentor both with direct reports and in a matrix environment.
• Clear & Courageous
  • Respectfully provides transparent, accurate and timely feedback to help direct reports improve performance.
• Analytic & Critical Thinking Skills
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills and the ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives and drive SMART SURE decision making and timely outcomes.
  • Ability to anticipate and address critical issues; and develop contingency plans in a proactive manner.
• Interpersonal & Communication Skills
  • Acts with integrity in accordance with ABBVIE code of business conduct.
  • Evangelist for RBQM within the organization, promoting value of early detection in de-risking studies.
  • Strong English language skills—spoken, written, and conversational.
  • Lead dynamic meetings and create engaging presentations.
• • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate persuasively and with clarity, flexibility, and adaptability to changing requirements, resourcefulness, and creativity. Demonstrated proactive and positive team player.
  • Able to maintain calm, cool, collected, and competent composure in high pressure situations in order to ensure successful hand-off to stakeholders responsible for taking action.
  • Open and receptive to the gift of feedback in the pursuit of continuous improvement.
• Organizational Skills
  • Exhibits strong planning and organizational skills and high level of flexibility in a dynamic environment with competing projects and deadlines.
• Computer Skills
  • Comfortable with use/operation of data analytics and visualization tools for oversight.
  • Competent with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams).