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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Responsible for drug release/dissolution method development, establishing testing procedures, and specifications to support advancement of projects to advance projects through the development pipeline while working with other functional areas.
• Awareness of regulatory requirements related to dissolution testing of drug products to design, conduct and interpret scientific experiments.
• Support dissolution method development and validations, technical transfer packages, and generation of technical data in support regulatory requirements.
• Highly autonomous and productive in performing laboratory research or method development, requiring only minimal direction from or interaction with supervisor.
• Proficiency in conducting dissolution tests, documenting utilizing electronic notebooks, analyzing samples using HPLC systems and data analysis software
• Process, interpret, and visualize data to identify trends, formulate conclusions and design follow-on experiments based on multidisciplinary data.
• Report and present scientific/technical results internally, create external publications, and present at scientific conferences.
• Communicate and collaborate with cross-functional groups and departments to facilitate project team decisions.
• May initiate new areas of investigation that are scientifically meaningful, reliable, and can be incorporated directly into a development program.
• Routinely demonstrate scientific initiative and creativity in development activities and maintain a high level of productivity in the lab.
• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding code of conduct, safety, appropriate handling of materials, controlled drug and radioactive compounds, and GxP compliance, where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Medical Technology, Biology, Chemical Engineering or related field typically with 10 to 12 (BS), 8 to 10 (MS), or 0 to 4 (Ph.D.) years related industry experience.
• Hands on dissolution method development and HPLC analysis including data acquisition systems
• Strong technical background in pharmaceutical drug product development and excellent analytical problem-solving skills. Capable of independently developing and troubleshoot analytical methods.
• Self-motivated, hard-working, detail-oriented individual able to work in a fast-paced team environment.
• Experience in the use of computerized data handling systems, data analysis and statistical approaches
• High-quality written and oral communication skills and ability to interact effectively with interdisciplinary scientists and engineers.

Key Leadership Competencies

• Builds strong relationships with peers and cross functionally with partners outside of team to enable higher performance.
• Learns fast, grasps the "essence" and can change course quickly where indicated.
• Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo.
• Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement.
• Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality.
• Strong dissolution development experience and submitting to agencies
• Experience working in regulated environments (e.g., GMP).
• Proven scientific leadership skills.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to positively impact interdisciplinary and international teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including strategic and creative thinking.

Additional Information

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

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• 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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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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