Job Information
AbbVie Scientist II, Analytical Chemist in North Chicago, Illinois
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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .
Job Description
The Product Development Science and Technology (PDS&T) is currently seeking a Scientist II, Analytical Chemistry to join our team. As a Scientist II, you will independently develop, optimize, validate and transfer new robust analytical methods to support the late-stage development pipeline programs and commercial products. The successful candidate will continuously seek to improve existing laboratory methods and processes while demonstrating expertise of a broad range of experimental techniques and methods of data analysis. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and efficacy of our products, making a direct impact on patients’ health and well-being. This position involves highly collaborative work where you will have the chance to work closely with cross-functional teams including process and product development, CMC, process engineering, internal and external manufacturing, quality assurance, and Operations Manufacturing Sites. This collaborative environment will allow you to expand your knowledge and skills while making meaningful contributions to our organization.
Responsibilities:
Utilize understanding of a range of analytical techniques to conduct research and development studies related to small-molecule drug products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, intermediates, starting materials, impurities and impurity profiling.
Support new product development with methods development, optimization, validations, and transfers to commercial sites.
Apply analytical separation and detection modes for complex impurity profiling of pharmaceutical products to further the understanding of emerging cGMP manufacturing processes.
Independently design, execute and interpret critical analytical experiments to answer scientific questions.
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.
May initiate new areas of investigation that are scientifically meaningful, reliable, and can be incorporated directly into a development program.
Process, interpret, and visualize data to facilitate project team decisions.
Communicate and collaborate with cross-functional groups and departments.
Routinely demonstrate scientific initiative and creativity in development activities and 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, and GxP compliance, where applicable.
Qualifications
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.
Hands-on experience with chromatographic methods development and validation, along with fundamental understanding.
Demonstrated ability to independently design, execute and interpret critical experiments to answer scientific questions.
Demonstrated ability to learn, understand and master new experimental techniques.
Ability to multitask and work within timelines.
Demonstrated scientific writing skills and strong verbal communication skills.
Strong technical background in analytical chemistry, excellent analytical problem-solving skills. Capable of independently developing and troubleshoot analytical methods.
Self-motivated, hard-working, detail-oriented individual able to work in a fast-paced team environment.
Key Leadership Competencies:
Builds strong relationships with peers and cross functionally with partners outside of team to enable higher performance.
Learns fast, grasps the "essence" and can change course quickly where indicated.
Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo.
Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement.
Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality.
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.
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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Salary: $80,500 - $153,000