Principal Research Scientist II, AI/ML Team Lead (all genders) (permanent / full-time)

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 job that makes possibilities real in patients' lives. And yours.

The job that helps you get ahead in life. Moving mountains together.

Welcome to AbbVie! As part of an international company with 48,000 employees worldwide and around 3,000 employees in Germany, you will have the opportunity of addressing some of tomorrows unmet medical needs in close collaboration with your colleagues. Are you passionate about improving global health care? Do you want to contribute to improving patients' quality of life through your expertise? In a challenging work environment that offers opportunities of developing and increasing your own skills? Youve come to the right place!

Moving mountains together – as Principal Research Scientist II, AI/ML Team Lead (all genders) (permanent / full-time)

Responsibilities

Computational Drug Discovery (CDD) at AbbVie is a multifunctional, global organization that drives computational approaches to small molecule drug discovery, supporting all therapeutic areas. The mission of this organization is to apply state-of-the-art computational chemistry, machine learning and physics-based methods to better understand protein structure/function and to accelerate the drug discovery process from hit generation to clinical candidate selection.

We are making significant investments in AI/ML methods to support all elements of the CDD mission, and we are searching for a leader to bolster our expertise in the application of AI/ML methods for drug discovery programs. You will contribute to guiding the future direction of AI/ML in this space.

This position offers the flexibility to be based onsite in North Chicago, IL, Worcester, MA, South San Francisco, CA or Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for contributing to the scientific and strategic incorporation of AI/ML tools into existing CDD workflows.
• Strategic Direction:
  • Interface closely throughout CDD membership to identify opportunities for incorporating AI/ML strategies to enhance contributions to drug discovery pipeline.
  • Collaborate with experts to leverage external innovation, manage external research collaborations.
  • Make decisions based on review of available information and data.
  • Manage multiple projects within the AI/ML team, enabling pipeline-driving science.
• Scientific Leadership: 
  • Identify, develop, optimize, validate, and deploy innovative methods for data mining, molecular generation, scoring and modeling that leverage AI/ML models and big data to enhance and apply molecular design capabilities.
  • Interface with AbbVie IT infrastructure teams to ensure effective deployment of AI/ML capabilities.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science related field with 16 years of related work; Master’s Degree Science or PharmD with 14 years of related work; PhD in Science or related field with 8 years of related work experience.
• Managerial experience leading a scientific research team.
• Strong track record of people, technical, and research project management with significant impact.
• Strong track record of high-impact scientific achievement including a robust publication record.
• Established network with key academic and industrial opinion leaders in machine learning and physics based computational research.
• Knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art modeling, simulation and machine learning technologies / workflows as well as computing infrastructure to be able to leverage rich data collections to accelerate discovery in a fast paced and creative environment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills with ability to navigate multiple stakeholders while engaging and motivating your staff.

Here's how we can move mountains together

• with a diverse work environment where you can have a real impact
• with an open corporate culture
• with an attractive salary
• with an intensive onboarding process with a mentor at your side
• with flexible work models for a healthy work-life balance
• with a corporate health management that offers comprehensive health and exercise programs
• with company social benefits
• with a wide range of career opportunities in an international organization
• with top-tier, attractive development opportunities
• with a strong international network

Multiple times, we have been globally recognized as a "Great Place to Work" and we are proud to provide our employees with the flexibility to maintain a healthy work-life balance. We take our impact on the environment and our communities seriously and therefore focus on giving something back on a regular basis. We are committed to equality, equity, diversity and inclusion (EED&I) – a commitment that is fundamental to us. This includes appreciating different perspectives, creating an inclusive culture and treating all employees with dignity and respect.

At AbbVie, your individual contributions count – help us move mountains together. Be a part of our success, grow with us and accomplish more than you could have imagined. Sounds like the perfect career opportunity for you? We look forward to receiving your application! All you need is a complete CV – we will discuss everything else with you in person.

Have questions? Email [email protected] – We look forward to hearing from you! 

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