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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 XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Biologics Drug Product Development group within AbbVie is a global organization responsible for developing and characterizing drug product formulations and manufacturing processes for biologic therapeutics (antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), neurotoxins, and novel biologic formats) from preclinical development through clinical proof of concept. We have an exciting opportunity available for an Associate Scientist I/II to join our team at our Bay Area site in South San Francisco, CA. This position requires an onsite presence and involves lab-based functions. Successful candidates will thrive in a collaborative lab environment.

Key responsibilities include: 

  • Execute formulation composition and drug product process development studies for sterile liquids and lyophilized dosage forms
  • Manufacture drug product formulation batches for evaluating formulation stability and/or to support animal studies
  • Conduct stability studies to enable selection of formulation composition and container closure for liquid and lyophilized dosage forms for protein therapeutics
  • Conduct clinical in-use studies to guide dose solution administration
  • Analyze data, interpret results and draw conclusions from multistage experiments; note significant deviations and propose relevant new experiments
  • Use data analytics to optimize workflows, data entry, and data digitalization
  • Generate high-quality data based on sound scientific principles and document results in electronic lab notebook
  • Effectively organize and present scientific data in presentations and document studies by authoring reports that support regulatory filings.
  • Support functional technical initiatives by investigating and developing novel experimental approaches and/or technologies in the field of drug product development
  • Maintain oversight of day-to-day laboratory activities; manage inventory of raw materials and drug product packaging and manufacturing supplies; coordinate ordering, shipping, and receiving

Qualifications

  • Degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent
    • For Associate Scientist I: Bachelor’s degree and typically 0-3 years of experience
    • For Associate Scientist II: Bachelor’s degree and typically 3-5 years of experience or Master’s degree and typically 0-2 years of experience.
  • Strong technical background encompassing protein chemistry and protein handling
  • Technical ability to execute and troubleshoot experiments through rational and critical thinking.
  • Hands-on experience with analytical techniques used for protein characterization and stability testing
  • Must be highly organized and detail-oriented.
  • Eagerness to learn and apply new scientific techniques.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong collaborative skills for working effectively within the team.
  • Prior experience in protein formulation development, lyophilization process development, drug delivery, or analytical functions is highly preferred.

Additional Information

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

  • ​​This is an on-site role based in South San Francisco, CA. 
  • 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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