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, as well as products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize complex bioassays and target-binding potency assays critical for the 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 your discipline.

Requirements

• Must possess an MS degree in biology, biochemistry, cell/molecular biology, pharmacology, toxicology, or a related field.
• 1 year of working experience in an academic and/or industry setting as a development scientist.
• 1 year of experience developing binding potency assays including ELISA, TR-FRET, Octet, flow cytometry, and other cell-based formats to characterize and test protein therapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, ADCs, and/or other biologic modalities.
• Experience independently designing and conducting critical experiments that further project goals.
• Experience working in a matrixed organization within a cross-functional scientific environment within an oncology discovery research organization.
• Experience 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 (5 days per week).