Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

AbbVie Analytical Research & Development (Analytical R&D) is a global analytical sciences organization responsible for all CMC analytical activities related to the development of AbbVie's pharmaceutical products. Our scope includes AbbVie's diverse pipeline of innovative small molecule and therapeutic biologic medicines and spans from the selection of Discovery candidate molecules through the transition of analytical methods and testing to commercial labs to support product launch. We are building a world-class team of scientists and leaders who will drive the advancement of industry-leading analytical capabilities and make meaningful contributions to advance AbbVie's pipeline of innovative medicines. Careers in AbbVie Analytical R&D provide unique opportunities to work with global and cross-functional teams to drive exceptional science and innovative product development strategies. We are looking for diverse candidates with strong scientific and leadership experience to join the AbbVie Analytical R&D team and can offer exciting and rewarding career opportunities for these candidates.

Within the Materials Characterization team, part of the global Analytical R&D organization, develop state-of-the-art analytical techniques for the characterization of our new chemical entity (NCE) pharmaceutical development molecules. The selected candidate would also conceive and implement novel experimental approaches to answer a broad spectrum of scientific questions as they relate to both drug substance and drug product development. These analytical techniques include: thermal analysis such as DSC and TGA, solid form analysis using XRPD and ss-NMR, spectroscopy including IR and Raman, as well as microscopy and particle size analysis. Contribute to project science within multidisciplinary teams, and develop productive collaborations, work processes and communications with other groups across drug product development disciplines. We are looking for diverse candidates with strong scientific and leadership experience to join the AbbVie Analytical R&D team and can offer exciting and rewarding career opportunities for these candidates.

Responsibilities:

• Perform material characterization using techniques such as spectroscopy, microscopy, mechanical testing, and thermal analysis.

• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and publication to communicate research findings.

• Highly autonomous and productive in performing laboratory research or method development, requiring only minimal direction from or interaction with supervisor.

• Formulate conclusions and design follow-on experiments based on multidisciplinary data.

• Process, interpret, and visualize data to facilitate project team decisions.

• May initiate new areas of investigation that are scientifically meaningful, reliable, and can be incorporated directly into a research or development program.

• Demonstrates high proficiency across a wide range of relevant technologies.

• Maintain a high level of productivity in the lab.

• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding code of conduct, safety, appropriate handling of materials, controlled drug and radioactive compounds, GxP compliance, and animal care where applicable.

• Direct mentorship of others.

Qualifications

Position will be hired based on level of experience:

• Scientist I - Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education with typically 5 years of experience, or Master’s Degree or equivalent education with typically 2 years of experience.

• Scientist II - BS or equivalent education with typically 7 or more years of experience or MS or equivalent education with typically 5 or more years of experience.

• Proficiency in techniques such as DSC, TGA, XRPD, FTIR, Raman, particle size analysis and microscopy.

• Possess thorough theoretical and practical understanding of own scientific discipline.

• Proven effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to interact effectively with interdisciplinary scientists and engineers.

• High attention to detail, creativity in problem solving, strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to successfully work independently and as part of teams.

• Excellent analytical problem-solving skills. Capable of independently developing and troubleshoot analytical methods.

• Ability to work on multiple and simultaneous projects as part of a team in a global, fast-paced, setting where priorities may change quickly

• Strong data and time organization/management skills coupled with strong interpersonal and effective communication skills for facilitating collaborations with a demonstrated ability to lead cross functional process development teams

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

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• 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​

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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, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s 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.

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