AbbVie: Data Science Program Lead I - Oncology — Florham Park, NJ, United States

About AbbVie

AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical business focused on discovering and delivering medicines and related health solutions. Its employer introduction identifies immunology, oncology and neuroscience among its therapeutic areas, alongside the Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. The organisation's stated mission connects current health problems with the development of treatments for future medical needs. Its activities therefore have both scientific and product-delivery dimensions, with different functions supporting research, medicines and services within the named therapeutic and aesthetics areas.

The position and its setting

AbbVie lists Data Science Program Lead I - Oncology in Florham Park, NJ, United States, under reference R00150037. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 23 October 2026
• Brands: AbbVie

Responsibilities and work described

• AbbVie Data Science is the best-in-class team within its cross-industry peer group and is responsible for bringing people, process, and technology together to generate business value from clinical trials data
• Our operational model is exemplified through execution and innovation
• This role is key to ensuring successful delivery against the program- and study-level accountabilities assigned to Data and Statistical Sciences
• Aligns DSS study teams with program- and study-level strategies
• For assigned studies, leads the DSS Study Team and represents DS as a member of the cross-functional study team
• For assigned studies, acts as single point of contact and accountable operational lead from DSS
• Coordinates associated DSS study teams to meet operational objectives
• Engages and connects global functional and cross-functional teams
• Interacts with and influences cross-functional team members to achieve program and study objectives
• Utilizes operational analytics and project management tools to optimize execution of programs and studies, to manage internal and external resources, to track study progress, and to prepare study status reports
• Anticipates and identifies issues that could affect timelines or quality and develops options and solutions
• Ensures adherence to federal regulations and applicable local regulations, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), ICH Guidelines, AbbVie Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and to functional quality standards
• Stays abreast of new and/or evolving local regulations, guidelines and policies related to clinical development
• Participates in oversight of vendors and provides feedback related to study operations, issues, and trends in performance
• Coaching and mentoring Data Science Associates
• May include indirect supervision of work for contract resources

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management information systems, computer science, life sciences or equivalent
• PMP Certification or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt desired
• Must have at 3+ years of pharma / clinical research / data management / health care experience or 5+ years of project management experience (and / or applicable work experience)
• Understanding: clinical trial process and clinical technology
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills
• Influence others without direct authority
• Demonstrated effective communication skills
• Demonstrated effective analytical skills

Education and qualification routes

• Degree / qualification: Master’s preferred

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Experience: managing a clinical trial from initiation through to completion is preferred

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• Work arrangement: Remote
• Advertised location: Florham Park, NJ, United States

Employer details to confirm

• The employer’s posting refers to both Florham Park and Chicago. Confirm the work location before applying.

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to AbbVie

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Practical preparation: process improvement

For process-improvement work, explain the starting problem and the evidence that guided the change. Describe what you altered, how the result was checked and whether the improvement was sustained.

Relevant skills

• GCP / clinical practice
• process improvement
• clinical trials
• project management
• Lean
• Six Sigma
• clinical research
• communication