Evidence Generation Specialist (Saudi National)

About AbbVie and the Role

AbbVie is dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions to address serious health issues and future medical challenges. The company focuses on therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and Allergan Aesthetics. This full-time Evidence Generation Specialist role is based in Riyadh and requires 2-5 years of experience.

Role Overview

The Evidence Generation Specialist leads the end-to-end execution of approved evidence-generation studies and scientific publications. This involves managing Contract Research Organizations (CROs), vendors, investigators, timelines, budgets, and scientific dissemination activities. Reporting to the Evidence Generation Lead, this role is responsible for the operational delivery of the affiliate's evidence-generation portfolio, including study planning, execution, site and investigator coordination, vendor governance, publication planning, documentation quality, inspection readiness, and performance reporting. The specialist collaborates with Medical, Market Access, Commercial, Regulatory, Finance, Legal, Clinical Operations, and other relevant functions to ensure compliant and impactful generation and dissemination of scientific evidence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of all approved evidence-generation studies.
• Develop detailed implementation plans, including timelines, milestones, budgets, and forecasts.
• Monitor study progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation actions.
• Maintain study master files and ensure complete, compliant, and inspection-ready documentation.
• Act as the primary contact for CRO partners, managing vendor selection, onboarding, and performance.
• Coordinate investigator engagement, site identification, activation, and study start-up activities.
• Track recruitment and overall study progress, identifying timeline or budget risks.
• Lead affiliate publication planning, strategy execution, and vendor management.
• Coordinate manuscript and abstract development, submission, and ensure publication compliance.
• Coordinate evidence dissemination activities across Medical, Market Access, and Commercial teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• 2-5 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Experience in research question ideation, evidence-gap identification, and development of evidence-generation strategies.
• Experience in concept sheet development, protocol writing, protocol review, and study design.
• Ability to translate scientific and clinical questions into executable research projects.
• Experience in scientific and medical writing, including study concepts, protocols, manuscripts, abstracts, and clinical study reports.
• Strong critical appraisal of scientific literature and ability to identify local evidence-generation opportunities.

Collaborative Environment

The Evidence Generation Specialist will interact with and build professional relationships across various internal and external stakeholders. This includes Affiliate Medical Affairs leadership, Medical Operations, Medical Managers/Advisors, Medical Science Liaisons, and Affiliate Safety personnel. Collaboration extends to Market Access, Commercial, Regulatory Affairs, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Compliance, and Clinical Operations colleagues. External interactions involve 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.

Application Information

This full-time position offers an opportunity to contribute to AbbVie's mission in Riyadh. Salary details will be disclosed during the application process.