Sr Scientist II, Biologics in vitro Discovery

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

Key Responsibilities

• Provide research strategies to enable discovery & development of therapeutic antibodies & for core therapeutics areas.
• Design & execute in vitro display technologies for lead antibody identification/optimization to generate stage-gate appropriate in vitro / cellular / in vivo data packages supporting PoC.
• Leverage expertise to develop & implement research to gain a detailed mechanistic understanding of molecular pharmacology of therapeutic molecules.
• Generate internal & external collaborations as necessary to further program goals.
• Drive antibody discovery programs within a multidisciplinary research group in an exciting, fast-paced team environment.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Must possess a MS in Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology or related, & 5 years of industry experience conducting scientific research, analysis & reporting of scientific data within the lab setting. Of experience required, must have 5 years: (i) performing experiments utilizing in vitro antibody discovery display technologies including phage, yeast; (ii) constructing & designing antibody/antibody fragment libraries; (iii) running flow cytometry & cell sorting; & (iv) identifying data or analytic issues, optimizing workflow for SOP, & assisting with providing solutions independently.

Alternatively, would accept a PhD in Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology or related, & 2 years of academic or industry experience conducting scientific research, analysis & reporting of scientific data within the lab setting. Of experience required, must have 2 years with (i), (ii), (iii), & (iv), with eviden