Senior Scientist II – CMC Developmental Sciences

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

Key Responsibilities

• Perform on various aspects of hands-on CHO cell line development, characterization studies, cell culture process development or protein purification in a well-supported and dynamic environment to help advance novel biotherapeutics into human clinical studies. 
• Implement  & interpret data from preclinical studies including molecular markers &  platforms such as flow cytometry, IHC, next generation sequencing, microarrays, & others.
• Train colleagues in established methodology, troubleshooting of assays, & in development of novel techniques.
• Develop scientific presentations  & reports for internal review meetings, & external collaborators.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Must have a MS in Cell & Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Bioengineering, or Chemical Engineering, & 3 years of academic or industry laboratory research experience.

Of experience required, must have 3 years:

1. performing cell line &/or cell culture development utilizing knowledge of cell/molecular biology research & signaling & tumor/immune cell interactions;
2. performing bioreactor processes, cell culture optimization & molecular biology techniques;
3. working with lab automation;
4. engaging in sample prep & data analysis for Next Gen Sequencing;
5. developing  novel assays by applying cell culture &  molecular biology knowledge;
6. leading scientists to perform Cell Culture Process Optimization; &
7. training & mentoring junior scientists/students in academic lab.

Alternatively, would accept PhD in Cell & Molecular Bi