Senior Scientist, Quality Control Full-time

Laboratory Testing Scientist

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.

Purpose:

Performs laboratory testing within a GMP environment in support of one or more of the following areas; raw materials, in-process product, finished product, stability, and/or validation. Uses scientific education and/or experiences to generate results in accordance with GMP/procedural requirements and scientific principles. Interprets data output to determine conformance with product specifications. Reviews and verifies data generated by others to determine conformance with product specifications. Understands internal business process, to make appropriate prioritization of their assigned work duties. Has experience and command of multiple laboratory techniques to perform them with minimal error. Can train other laboratory personnel on any technique they currently have in their training matrix.

Responsibilities:

• Understands, implements, and maintains GMP with respect to laboratory records, procedures, and systems in accordance with procedural requirements.
• Proposes and implements changes to maintain procedural requirements.
• Performs analytical test methods as written to support product/material release with minimal error.
• Proposes and implements changes to improve laboratory techniques and methodology.
• Can independently troubleshoot and resolve analytical techniques and instrument issues.
• Interprets experimental data for conformance with product/material specifications.
• Understands and identifies laboratory technique or instrumental performance in accordance with scientific principles.
• Initiates appropriate exception documents in accordance with procedural requirements.
• Implements and ensures improvement ideas are completed to facilitate team objectives.
• Proposes and implements scientific protocols to determine exception event cause.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, preferably Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry with six (6) years of experience in related field.
• Master's Degree in Science, preferably Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry with four (4) years of experience in related field.
• PhD in Science, preferably Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry with two (2) years of experience in related field.
• Manages multiple priorities and comply with deadlines.
• Maintains their certifications as needed for assigned job tasks.
• Demonstrates strong analytical skills and logical thought process.
• Test Method Transfer, Method Validation, Equipment Qualification, New Product Introduction, Analytical Laboratory experience.

Additional Information:

• 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.

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Pay Range: $78500 – 153000 USD

Where We Work: Role is exclusively performed at a site or office and onsite presence is required. Employees who are site/office-based and can occasionally perform their role virtually work both in the office and remotely*, following the policies and regulations in place at their location. US Employees must be in the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Three days in the office is the minimum; some individuals or teams may require more in-office days due to meetings, business/project needs or their role.