Senior Scientist, Chemistry II

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 Centralized Organic Synthesis Group (COSG) is a team of synthetic organic chemists that works at the interface between Medicinal and Process Chemistry.  The group works directly with small molecule Discovery project teams from pre-Lead Optimization through the clinical candidate nomination process. The team is charged with providing chemistry strategies, novel cores and intermediates for structure-activity relationships, optimized routes for active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and is expected to be a source for synthetic expertise.  As project teams proceed toward a clinical candidate, COSG chemists execute large-scale synthesis campaigns to support preclinical toxicology studies and transfer high-quality synthetic routes to the Process Chemistry team. COSG chemists are exposed to several projects at once and are expected to collaborate with all relevant stakeholders and technical experts to achieve project and Discovery goals. The applicant must have a passion for hands-on synthetic organic chemistry.

Primary Job Function: 

• Conceive and execute synthetic organic chemistry research and development that achieves project and area goals.
• Provide high-quality intermediates and API for the Medicinal Chemistry teams and toxicology studies. 
• Generate new scientific proposals and lead those efforts to advance our understanding of project chemistry. Investigate, identify, develop, and optimize new methods/ techniques.
• Act as a lead scientist in an area of expertise on one or more projects.
• Critically evaluate relevant scientific advances and integrate this knowledge into research programs.

Core Job Responsibilities:

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