Principal Research Scientist II – Psychiatry Drug Discovery Full-time

Neuroscientist Position

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated neuroscientist with strong drug discovery expertise to join our Discovery Psychiatry team. The successful candidate will apply drug discovery principles into exploratory through late-stage discovery programs and integrate knowledge across in vitro and in vivo electrophysiological approaches. Candidate must have a strong understanding of neural circuits, multimodal neurophysiological methodologies and translational utility. This role is an exciting opportunity to support psychiatry research from target validation, compound profiling, through clinical development in a dynamic, collaborative drug discovery environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish Drug Discovery framework in Psychiatry portfolio
• Contribute to the development and implementation of research workflows that integrate complex multimodal datasets
• Ensure alignment of development and discovery with broader cross-functional program team goals
• Support strategic decision-making in psychiatry drug discovery
• Provide scientific guidance and mentoring to junior scientists and research associates

Qualifications

• 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.
• Industry experience within early discovery for Psychiatry
• Demonstrated experience with neurophysiology and/or functional approaches, including experience in the design and execution of studies investigating synaptic and circuit modulation relevant to psychiatric indications
• Strong ability to work in cross-functional teams and effectively communicate scientific findings to both technical and non-technical audiences

Desired Qualifications

• Experience building translational frameworks or predictive approaches for functional biology data

Compensation Range: $141500 – 268500 USD

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