Senior Scientist II

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

Conceive and execute novel scientific research or development that achieves projects and area goals. Generate new scientific proposals and lead those efforts. Investigate, identify, develop, and optimize new methods and techniques. Act as a lead scientist in his/her area of expertise and critically evaluate relevant scientific and regulatory advances and integrate this knowledge into research or development programs.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate the ability to resolve key project hurdles and assumptions by effectively utilizing available information and technical expertise.
• Develop and validate mechanistic and hybrid models for CHO based cell culture and downstream purification unit operations. Provide direct modeling support to first in human and late-stage project teams
• Lead AI capabilities buildout for natural language driven problem solving with models
• Build and maintain robust computational guidance and workflow, build computing infrastructure by working with IT and Information research organizations
• Play a key role in using AI to streamline and automate model building process. Develop AI skills for automated documentation and knowledge management interfaces (Model execution and result analysis triggered by user prompts)
• Publish research in peer-reviewed journals and present work at scientific conferences.
• Proactively seek out new information in the literature and incorporate this into individual project(s) as well as the overall program.
• Seize opportunities to pursue project relevant leads that are in line with the group’s strategy.
• 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.
• May mentor/supervise a team of one or more and guide and evaluate the performance of those individuals; is accountable for the effective performance of the team/individuals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and typically 12 years of experience, Master’s Degree or equivalent education and typically 10 years of experience, PhD and typically 4 years of experience.
• Possess thorough theoretical and practical understanding of own scientific discipline.
• Effective writer and communicator of research or other regulatory materials.
• Familiarity with protein homology modeling and using AI/ML approaches in Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) prediction is preferred.
• Strong programming skills (Python and shell scripting) and experience working in HPC and/or cloud computing environments are highly preferred

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 thisposting 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 anduntil 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. 

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