Scientist 1, Oncology | Drug Discovery

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize complex bioassays and target-binding potency assays critical for development of complex biotherapeutics.
• Investigate, identify, develop, and optimize new methods and techniques to generate reliable and reproducible data in a timely manner.
• Develop new techniques, explore new approaches and technologies, perform troubleshooting and optimization experiments, and present your work to various cross-functional teams.
• Read and adapt scientific literature to accomplish assignments and demonstrate broad and versatile technical expertise within discipline.

Requirements

• Must possess a MS degree in biology, biochemistry, cell/molecular biology, pharmacology, and/or toxicology or a related field and 1 year working in an academic and/or industry setting as a development scientist.
• Of the required work experience, must have 1 year in:
  • Developing binding potency assays including ELISA, TR-FRET, Octet, flow cytometry, and other cell-based formats, to characterize and test protein therapeutics including monoclonal antibodies, ADCs, and/or other biologic modalities;
  • Independently designing and conducting critical experiments that further project goals;
  • Working in a matrixed organization within a cross-functional scientific environment within an oncology discovery research organization;
  • Authoring technical reports, drafting SOPs, writing biology sections of regulatory filings, and giving scientific presentations to peers and management.
• Work experience may be gained concurrently.

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Eligibility to participate in short-term and long-term incentive programs

Pay

$112,549 per year.

Schedule

Onsite (onsite 5 days per week).