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Peptide Chemist, Senior Scientist I

AbbVie
North Chicago, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 May 2025

About the role

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

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013, following separation from Abbott. AbbVie combines the focus and passion of a leading-edge biotech with the expertise and capabilities of a long-established pharmaceutical leader, to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world's most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately 50,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. AbbVie Process Chemistry is seeking a Peptide Chemist, Senior Scientist I to conduct process research and development of small molecules, including Peptides, from pre-clinical through early clinical phases.

Key Responsibilities:

· The candidate will conduct process development and characterization for peptides and other modalities as a member of chemistry teams.

· Develop and characterize peptide (or other modalities) processes in the laboratory and translate them to scalable processes.

· Apply new methods and technologies to meet project goals.

· Provide significant contributions to technical memos and reports.

· The position involves multi-disciplinary interactions with organic chemists, analytical chemists, engineers, drug product development, and program management.

· The candidate will maintain and apply state-of-the-art chemical knowledge to solving challenging problems.

· The candidate will be responsible for developing chemical processes, understanding overall synthetic strategy, and collaborating to develop timely solutions in a matrixed team setting.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD Degree in Organic Chemistry with typically 10+ (BS), 8+ (MS) or 0+ (PhD) years of experience. Ca

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