AbbVie

Salary Min: 94000

Salary Max: 178500

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

The Process Chemistry in the Small Molecule API (SMAPI) division is responsible for the scale-up of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for the use in preclinical and early clinical studies. The Innovative Chemical Technologies group is a part of Process Chemistry and is responsible for developing and enabling new technologies that challenge the status quo in process development. Within the Innovative Chemical Technologies team is the Machine Learning team focused on applying the tools of computational chemistry and data science to improve the speed and efficiency of process development. Training in both practical application of data science and organic synthesis is required.

The Senior Scientist I Chemistry position has these key responsibilities:

• Develop new tools and models to explain/predict reaction outcomes and enable more rapid reaction discovery and optimization.
• Keep accurate and current records of research and/or project-related documents according to AbbVie policies.
• Staying current with advances in the data science and organic synthesis fields. Act as advocate to integrate this knowledge into the group’s research efforts. Generate new research or development strategies to effectively address project and divisional goals/needs.
• Show flexibility in providing support in Process Chemistry as project demands require.

Qualifications

• A PhD in organic chemistry or chemical engineering or data science. MS in organic chemistry and 5-8 years of experience
• Experience using the tools of machine learning to understand/predict reaction outcomes.
• Experience with gathering and analyzing large datasets.
• General programming experience in Python

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.

Additional Information

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

• 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. $94,000 - $178,500
• 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.

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 and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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