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Medical Director Oncology roles qualify for EB-2 sponsorship when the position requires an advanced medical degree and specialized oncology expertise, or EB-3 for board-certified physicians in skilled roles. PERM labor certification is the standard first step, and many academic medical centers and cancer institutes actively support the full green card process.
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About AbbVie
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.
Job Description
The Field Medical Director is the regional Field Medical Leader responsible for leading, coaching, and developing Field Medical teams to deliver high-quality, compliant scientific engagement and identify impactful healthcare professional perspectives and Scientific Intelligence. The role translates medical and therapeutic area strategy into regional field execution, elevates the quality and consistency of scientific exchange, and ensures that field-captured insights inform medical planning and evidence strategy. Through strong people leadership and scientific stewardship, the Field Medical Director strengthens AbbVie’s field medical impact across the region.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and develop Field Medical Team members to deliver consistent, high-quality, non-promotional scientific engagement for the multiple myeloma therapeutic area.
- Translate medical and therapeutic area strategy into clear regional field priorities and execution plans.
- Establish expectations and standards for scientific exchange, healthcare professional perspectives and Scientific Intelligence, and compliant field execution.
- Review, interpret, and elevate field-identified healthcare professional perspectives and Scientific Intelligence to inform medical planning and evidence needs.
- Provide ongoing coaching and feedback to strengthen scientific capability, judgment, and communication skills across the Field Medical Team.
- Partner with Medical Affairs and Health Impact (MHI) leadership to align regional execution with medical objectives and evidence strategies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners through the In-Field Team (IFT) to support aligned regional engagement.
- Monitor regional field activity, healthcare professional perspectives and Scientific Intelligence quality, and performance trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Support talent development, onboarding, and succession planning within the Field Medical Organization, including conducting regular field ride observations with all direct report MSLs.
Qualifications
- Advanced scientific degree required (PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent experience).
- Strong understanding of multiple myeloma disease area, clinical evidence, and the role of Field Medical within Medical Affairs.
- Experience in Field Medical, Medical Affairs, scientific or healthcare roles within the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry.
- Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and developing field-based scientific professionals.
- Experience successfully translating medical strategy into field execution and performance expectations.
- Experience interpreting and leveraging field-identified insights to inform medical or evidence planning.
- Experience collaborating effectively with cross-functional partners within Medical Affairs and the In-Field Team (IFT).
Competencies
- Leads Field Medical Teams by applying strong scientific knowledge and sound judgment to guide high-quality scientific engagement.
- Coaches and develops scientific capability by providing clear direction, feedback, and role modeling of scientific excellence.
- Translates medical and therapeutic area strategy into actionable regional priorities and execution standards.
- Uses field healthcare professional perspectives, Scientific Intelligence and performance data to inform decision making and continuous improvement of field execution.
- Builds an environment of accountability, trust, and collaboration that supports consistent, compliant scientific engagement.
- Applies strong people leadership skills to motivate, engage, and retain high-performing field medical talent.
- Collaborates with Medical Affairs and Health Impact (MHI) leaders and cross-functional partners to align regional field activity with broader medical objectives.
- Communicates clearly and effectively to connect strategy, expectations, and performance outcomes for Field Medical Teams.
Key Stakeholders
- Field Medical Leadership and Field Medical team members
- Healthcare professionals, scientific stakeholders, and regional healthcare decision makers engaged by MSL and MOSL teams
- MHI and therapeutic area medical leadership
- In-field cross-functional teams
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) partners
- Evidence Generation and Clinical Research partners
- Market Access and Value Strategy colleagues
- Regulatory, safety, and medical information colleagues
- Learning and development partners supporting field medical capability
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 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 Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
Company Description
About AbbVie
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.
Job Description
The Field Medical Director is the regional Field Medical Leader responsible for leading, coaching, and developing Field Medical teams to deliver high-quality, compliant scientific engagement and identify impactful healthcare professional perspectives and Scientific Intelligence. The role translates medical and therapeutic area strategy into regional field execution, elevates the quality and consistency of scientific exchange, and ensures that field-captured insights inform medical planning and evidence strategy. Through strong people leadership and scientific stewardship, the Field Medical Director strengthens AbbVie’s field medical impact across the region.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and develop Field Medical Team members to deliver consistent, high-quality, non-promotional scientific engagement for the multiple myeloma therapeutic area.
- Translate medical and therapeutic area strategy into clear regional field priorities and execution plans.
- Establish expectations and standards for scientific exchange, healthcare professional perspectives and Scientific Intelligence, and compliant field execution.
- Review, interpret, and elevate field-identified healthcare professional perspectives and Scientific Intelligence to inform medical planning and evidence needs.
- Provide ongoing coaching and feedback to strengthen scientific capability, judgment, and communication skills across the Field Medical Team.
- Partner with Medical Affairs and Health Impact (MHI) leadership to align regional execution with medical objectives and evidence strategies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners through the In-Field Team (IFT) to support aligned regional engagement.
- Monitor regional field activity, healthcare professional perspectives and Scientific Intelligence quality, and performance trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Support talent development, onboarding, and succession planning within the Field Medical Organization, including conducting regular field ride observations with all direct report MSLs.
Qualifications
- Advanced scientific degree required (PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent experience).
- Strong understanding of multiple myeloma disease area, clinical evidence, and the role of Field Medical within Medical Affairs.
- Experience in Field Medical, Medical Affairs, scientific or healthcare roles within the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry.
- Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and developing field-based scientific professionals.
- Experience successfully translating medical strategy into field execution and performance expectations.
- Experience interpreting and leveraging field-identified insights to inform medical or evidence planning.
- Experience collaborating effectively with cross-functional partners within Medical Affairs and the In-Field Team (IFT).
Competencies
- Leads Field Medical Teams by applying strong scientific knowledge and sound judgment to guide high-quality scientific engagement.
- Coaches and develops scientific capability by providing clear direction, feedback, and role modeling of scientific excellence.
- Translates medical and therapeutic area strategy into actionable regional priorities and execution standards.
- Uses field healthcare professional perspectives, Scientific Intelligence and performance data to inform decision making and continuous improvement of field execution.
- Builds an environment of accountability, trust, and collaboration that supports consistent, compliant scientific engagement.
- Applies strong people leadership skills to motivate, engage, and retain high-performing field medical talent.
- Collaborates with Medical Affairs and Health Impact (MHI) leaders and cross-functional partners to align regional field activity with broader medical objectives.
- Communicates clearly and effectively to connect strategy, expectations, and performance outcomes for Field Medical Teams.
Key Stakeholders
- Field Medical Leadership and Field Medical team members
- Healthcare professionals, scientific stakeholders, and regional healthcare decision makers engaged by MSL and MOSL teams
- MHI and therapeutic area medical leadership
- In-field cross-functional teams
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) partners
- Evidence Generation and Clinical Research partners
- Market Access and Value Strategy colleagues
- Regulatory, safety, and medical information colleagues
- Learning and development partners supporting field medical capability
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 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 Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Medical Director Oncology
Verify your board certification timing
PERM requires your employer to define minimum qualifications before advertising the role. If you're mid-certification, confirm your oncology board status will be complete before the I-140 is filed, not just when you start.
Target NCI-designated cancer centers first
NCI-designated cancer centers and large academic health systems have established immigration legal teams and routinely sponsor foreign oncologists through EB-2 and EB-3. Independent oncology practices rarely have the infrastructure to run a full PERM process.
Search green card sponsor history on Migrate Mate
Filter Medical Director Oncology roles by EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history using Migrate Mate. Seeing which employers have filed PERM applications for comparable roles tells you where sponsorship is a real institutional commitment, not a case-by-case decision.
Get a prevailing wage determination early
Your employer must submit a prevailing wage request to DOL before filing PERM. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up wage levels for your specific SOC code and geographic area, so compensation negotiations don't stall the process later.
Distinguish EB-2 NIW from employer-sponsored EB-2
If your oncology research has national impact, a National Interest Waiver lets you self-petition under EB-2 without employer sponsorship or PERM. This path is separate from standard employer-sponsored EB-2 and bypasses the labor certification requirement entirely.
Align your H-1B gap with PERM filing windows
PERM advertising takes roughly 60 to 90 days before DOL submission, and adjudication can add several months. If you're on H-1B visa, confirm your employer files PERM before your sixth year so AC21 portability protections apply when you change roles.
Green Card Medical Director Oncology: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Medical Director Oncology role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Medical Director Oncology positions qualify for EB-2 because they require a medical degree plus specialized training, which meets the advanced-degree threshold. EB-3 applies when the role is defined as a skilled professional position. Your employer's immigration counsel typically makes this determination based on the job duties as written in the PERM application, not just your personal credentials.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B is a temporary nonimmigrant status that requires renewal and caps out at six years unless a green card is in process. EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no recurring renewal cycles. PERM has no annual numerical cap at the category level for most countries, though per-country backlogs can affect Indian and Chinese nationals significantly. The green card process also involves PERM labor certification, which H-1B does not require.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for oncology roles?
PERM requires your employer to conduct a DOL-mandated recruitment campaign proving no qualified U.S. worker is available for the position at the offered wage. For a Medical Director Oncology role, this includes job postings, internal notices, and documentation of all applicants reviewed. DOL then adjudicates the application, which currently takes several months. Only after PERM is certified can your employer file the I-140 immigrant petition on your behalf.
How do I find Medical Director Oncology jobs where employers already sponsor green cards?
Use Migrate Mate to filter oncology director roles by employers with documented EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history. This removes the guesswork of cold-applying and asking employers to start a process they've never run. Focusing on organizations with prior PERM filings in your specialty means you're talking to hiring managers who already understand what the process involves.
Can I change employers after PERM is filed without losing my place in the green card process?
Yes, under AC21 portability rules, you can change to a same or similar occupational role after your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for at least 180 days. For Medical Director Oncology, the key test is whether the new role falls under the same or a similar SOC code as the original PERM. USCIS reviews the job duties comparison, so document the overlap carefully before making any move.