Sr Scientist I Chemistry

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 Product Development Science & Technology is seeking a Senior Scientist (process chemist) to conduct late-stage chemical process development, supporting projects from registration through commercialization and throughout the product lifecycle. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated scientist, with a proven track record of accomplishment in the field of organic synthesis, to work in a multi-functional team environment.

• Routinely demonstrate scientific initiative and creativity in research or development activities.

• 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 research or development program.

• A primary author of publications, presentations, regulatory documents and/or primary inventor of patents.

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

• Maintain a high level of productivity in the lab and/or pilot plant.

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

• Direct mentorship of others

Key Responsibilities:

• We seek a highly motivated scientist, with a proven track record of accomplishment in the field of organic synthesis, to work in a multi-functional team environment.

• The candidate will be responsible for developing and executing synthetic organic chemistry that provides practical access to potential therapies, which may include small molecules and/or antibody drug conjugates.

• The position involves multi-disciplinary interactions with organic chemists, analytical chemists, engineers, and solid state scientists.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education and typically 10 years of experience, Master's Degree or equivalent education and typically 8 years of experience, PhD and no experience necessary.

• A broad range of functional expertise in modern synthetic organic chemistry, compound purification, spectral analysis/interpretation.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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.

• Adheres to corporate standards regarding code of conduct, safety, quality, and appropriate handling of materials.

Additional Information

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