Principal Research Scientist I, Discovery Biotherapeutics - In Vitro Technologies

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

Discovery Biotherapeutics at AbbVie is seeking a highly motivated Principal Research Scientist to lead a dynamic team supporting biologics drug discovery and engineering. The candidate will leverage expertise to develop and implement research plans for antibody identification/optimization supporting all AbbVie’s therapeutic areas. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience with in vitro display technologies for therapeutic discovery and engineering, a proven track record generating novel synthetic libraries, and project leadership to advance early- and late-stage discovery programs. They should possess excellent communication skills, be comfortable presenting in group settings, and having experience managing teams of 4 or more scientists. The applicant should be an enthusiastic creative scientist who will make tangible contributions to the continuous improvement and innovation within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team applying in vitro display technologies for biotherapeutics discovery and engineering to support all AbbVie therapeutic areas
• Implement novel selection strategies and build industry-leading libraries for discovery and screening of therapeutic candidates
• Identify and solve technical problems independently, conceive and implement innovative research ideas
• Evaluate and integrate state-of-the-art technology to improve therapeutic discovery platforms, and demonstrate creative “out-of-the-box” thinking to solve difficult problems
• Ensure consistency and quality of technical reports from employees supervised
• Lead one or more teams, and influence areas in own discipline within department
• Provide project updates, analyses