Associate Director, AMI Clinical Engagement at AbbVie

At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit https://global.allerganaesthetics.com/. Follow Allergan Aesthetics on LinkedIn.

Summary:

The Associate Director, AMI Clinical Engagement will assist with development and deployment of AMI educational engagement training strategies, with main responsibilities that include overseeing the facilitation of on-site HCP training programs, managing the Clinical Engagement Team, and partnering with Medical Supervisor(s) to implement and maintain clinical policies and procedures at the Irvine AMI training center. As a necessary part of job training, the Associate Director, AMI Clinical Engagement will also participate in on-going clinical training which includes participation in anatomy labs and performing on-label facial injections, as well as other procedures, under the direction of a Medical Supervisor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deploying the strategy set forth by AMI leadership to enhance training activities and protocols for facial injectable customers attending on-site AMI educational engagement programs.


• Implementing, monitoring, and maintaining both initial and ongoing educational engagement programs at the Irvine AMI Training Center.


• Collaborating with the AMI Curricula team on the development of new clinical programs to expand reach, increase effectiveness, and further strengthen AMI brand sentiment.


• Partnering closely with Medical Supervisor(s) to create, implement, and monitor ongoing clinical activities within the Irvine AMI Training Center.


• Managing the on-site Clinical Engagement Team to enhance and improve onsite AMI training center activities and programs.


• Providing guidance and instruction to direct reports, including delegating work, overseeing progress towards goals, and coaching team members as needed.


• Traveling to facilitate, support and assist with clinical engagement initiatives and programs.


• Overseeing the model recruitment process and programs for the Irvine AMI Training Center.


• Partnering closely with Human Resources, Environment Health, and Safety, Medical, Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance to ensure that all guidelines, regulations, and standards are met.


• Collaborating with other departments including Marketing, Sales, Sales Training, Medical Affairs, and Research and Development to identify clinical education opportunities and deficiencies. Research, identify, and implement solutions to address these needs.


• Monitoring and ensuring the achievement of results within the approved budget.


• Performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree is required.


• Current, unencumbered NP/PA/RN license, with a strong preference for licensure within CA, GA, TX.


• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in clinical education and/or clinical practice management is required.


• Minimum of 5-7 years of clinical experience with facial injectables is required.


• Ability to deliver educational presentations, during both small and large group trainings, to customers, peers, and prospects, with measurable results.


• Experience with both leading a team and influencing cross-functional teams is required.


• Experience with facial injectables is strongly preferred.


• Demonstrated ability to be a prompt decision maker with strong problem-solving skills, while maintaining a high degree of flexibility in adapting to a rapidly changing environment.


• Possess a strong work ethic and integrity.


• Possess strong analytical, organizational, planning, and prioritizing abilities.


• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.


• Knowledge of FDA and regulatory statutes as applied to the Allergan Aesthetics portfolio of products, with the ability to function in an environment controlled by outside regulatory entities.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 50%. Evenings, overnight, weekends, domestic travel may be required.


• Responsible for performing all duties in compliance with FDAs Quality System Regulation (QSR), ISO13485, the Canadian Medical Device Regulations, and all other international regulatory requirements with which Allergan complies.

Language and Verbal Skills:

• Individual must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and a demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and professionally.

Analytical and Reading Skills:

• Ability to read, understand and abide by company procedures. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and report on findings.

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear; up to 8 hours per day. The employee is regularly required to lift and carry up to ten pounds and occasionally lift and carry up to twenty-five pounds. Duties also involve daily keyboard data entry. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment:

• Most work is performed in an office-like setting. The noise level in the environment is usually low to moderate.


• Requires regular presence in a (clinical or engineering or animal) laboratory setting where protective equipment or other health and safety measures and training is required to protect against chemical, biological or other hazards. Noise levels may be high.

Safety:

• Allergan Aesthetics is committed to the health and safety of our employees. We expect that all employees will perform their responsibilities while maintaining a safe, cooperative, and productive work environment, thus ensuring the health and safety of themselves and others.

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.

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 Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.