Evidence Generation Advisor Specialist (Saudi National)

About AbbVie and the Role

AbbVie is dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions to address serious health issues. The company focuses on therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and Allergan Aesthetics. This full-time position for an Evidence Generation Advisor Specialist is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and reports to the Evidence Generation Lead.

Department Function and Role Purpose

The local Medical Affairs Evidence Generation function is responsible for translating approved evidence priorities into high-quality, compliant studies and scientific publications. This role is crucial for the operational delivery of the affiliate evidence-generation portfolio, encompassing study planning and execution, site and investigator coordination, vendor governance, publication planning, documentation quality, inspection readiness, and performance reporting. The specialist collaborates with various functions including Medical, Market Access, Commercial, Regulatory, Finance, Legal, and Clinical Operations to ensure compliant and impactful generation and dissemination of scientific evidence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of approved evidence-generation studies and scientific publications.
• Develop detailed implementation plans, including timelines, milestones, budgets, and forecasts.
• Monitor study progress, risks, and mitigation actions; maintain study master files for inspection readiness.
• Act as the primary contact for CRO partners, managing vendor selection, onboarding, performance monitoring, and financial reconciliation.
• Coordinate investigator engagement, site identification and activation, study start-up, and close-out processes.
• Track recruitment and overall study progress, identify timeline or budget risks, and escalate critical issues.
• Own affiliate publication planning, lead publication strategy execution, and manage publication vendors and medical writers.
• Coordinate manuscript and abstract development and submission, ensuring compliance and required approvals.
• Coordinate evidence dissemination activities across Medical, Market Access, and Commercial teams, maintaining publication trackers, budgets, and impact metrics.

Qualifications and Experience

• Candidates should possess 2-5 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage CROs, vendors, investigators, timelines, and budgets effectively.
• Experience in scientific publication planning and execution.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to documentation quality and inspection readiness.

Collaborative Environment

This role involves extensive interaction with various internal and external stakeholders. Internally, the specialist will collaborate with Affiliate Medical Affairs leadership, Medical Operations, Medical Managers/Advisors, Medical Science Liaisons, Safety personnel, Market Access, Commercial, Regulatory Affairs, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Compliance, and Clinical Operations. Externally, interactions include research investigators, study-site personnel, external experts, hospitals, healthcare providers, ethics committees, local regulatory authorities, CROs, data-management providers, publication agencies, medical writers, and other third-party vendors.

Commitment to Diversity

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, and serving the community. The company values diversity and inclusion.