Sr Scientist I, Automation Development Full-time

Senior Scientist I

AbbVie's Molecular Profiling and Drug Delivery (MPDD) function within the Small Molecule CMC organization is seeking a highly motivated, creative, and collaborative scientist with expertise in chemical automation, assay development, and integrated workflow design. The primary role of this position is to develop and implement automated and data-enabled workflows that accelerate decision-making and improve throughput in early development sciences.

This individual will contribute to the profiling of physiochemical properties, screening and development of preclinical formulations, and the advancement of platform workflows for emerging modalities of interest. This role will work closely with cross-functional partners across discovery and development sciences to build and optimize integrated capabilities that support faster, data-driven, more efficient pipeline progression.

The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience in assay development, automation, and the generation and interpretation of physicochemical data to inform developability. Experience with preclinical formulation strategies, workflow optimization, and enabling technologies for novel or complex modalities is highly desirable.

Level and compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. with 10+ (B.S.), 8+ (M.S.), and 0-3 (Ph.D.) years of experience in pharmaceutical or related industry.
• Familiarity and preferred hands-on experience in physicochemical property assessment related to understanding CMC developability profile and potential risk mitigation strategies.
• Hands-on experience in assay development, automation, and workflow optimization, with an ability to design and implement efficient, reproducible, and scalable laboratory processes.
• Strong understanding of physiochemical property profiling and its application to early developability assessment, including methods relevant to solubility, stability, and other compound attributes that inform pipeline decisions.
• Familiarity with preclinical formulation development and screening strategies, including support for enabling formulations for emerging or complex modalities.
• Familiarity with analytical, biophysical, and in vitro techniques used to generate high-quality data for early development decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to generate, structure, and capture data in a consistent and traceable manner to support predictive modeling and AI/ML applications.
• Experience collaborating with data scientists, computational chemists, or informatics partners.
• Excellent organizational skills, self-management, and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Competencies

• Builds strong relationships with peers and cross-functional partners to enable higher performance.
• Learns fast, grasps the “essence”, and can change course quickly where indicated.
• Connects ideas from disparate fields, integrates data and information quickly, and takes risks to achieve the highest performance.
• Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo. Demonstrates scientific curiosity and problem-solving ability.
• Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement.
• Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality.

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: $96500 – 183500 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.