Senior Scientist II, Chemistry - job 1 of 3

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.

The Process Chemistry department is responsible for the scale-up of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for the use in preclinical and early clinical studies.  The Separations group is a part of Process Chemistry and is responsible for preparative scale purification of APIs in a GMP environment using reverse phase, normal phase, chiral phase and other types of chromatography.  The separations team also works collaboratively to identify trace impurities and deliver other chromatography driven results with our project teams.  Training in both separation science as well as organic synthesis is required.

The Senior Scientist II Chemistry position has these key responsibilities: 

• Direct workflow around chromatographic separations to facilitate project goals across different projects, modalities and phases of development.
• Keep accurate and current records of research and/or project-related documents according to AbbVie policies.
• Staying current with advances in the separations field.  Act as advocate to integrate this knowledge into the group’s research efforts.  Generate new research or development strategies to effectively address project and divisional goals/needs.  Collaborate with functional and technical experts to facilitate scientific achievement. 
• Show flexibility in providing support in Process Chemistry as project demands require.

• 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.
• A PhD in organic or analytical chemistry preferred
• Experience leading direct reports
• Experience with chromatography at large scale and in a GMP environment.
• Experience with handling and separating potent compounds
• Experience in working with small molecules, antibody drug conjugates, drug linkers and peptides
• Experience with machine learning, including the ability to write codes in Python
• Track record of seeking out new information in the literature and incorporate this into individual projects as well as the overall program

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

Level and compensation will be commensurate with experience.

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.​ Salary: $106,500 - $202,500

• 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. 

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