Associate Scientist II, Process Development - Pipeline

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Job Description

Seeking talented and passionate individuals to join our growing team, working together to advance cutting-edge scientific research, experiments and analytics. This role is based at AbbVie Waltham’s new, state-of-the-art laboratory designed to enable next-generation innovation. 

We are looking for a technical expert that will support late-stage process development activities of novel antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).  Independently execute laboratory experiments to address critical project needs, in close collaboration with supervisor. Continuously seek to improve personal skillset with respect to laboratory methods and processes.  Follow and read relevant literature associated with assignments.  Demonstrate proficiency in experimental techniques used in day-to-day responsibilities.  Collaborate effectively with cross-functional groups to support project goals.        

Responsibilities: 

• Execute, and interpret critical experiments to answer scientific questions related to pharmaceutical development activities. Proactively learn about broad objectives of the project to understand significance and impact of individual contributions.
• Meet experimental and project timelines in accordance with CMC strategy.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, including analytical chemists, process chemists, and manufacturing personnel.
• Support development projects with hands-on laboratory experimentation and data generation.
• Learn and understand new experimental techniques, and develop proficiency in most commonly used techniques and analytical methods.
• Maintain detailed and organized electronic laboratory notebook, and compile data into scientific presentations and reports to