Senior Principal Research Scientist Engineering

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience—and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

About the role

The successful Process Engineering candidate will play a key technical team leader role in the R&D Process Engineering function. In addition to a strong background in fundamentals of chemical engineering, the ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in biologics, peptides, ADC development, and genetic medicines as a strong technical team leader. The candidate must have demonstrated initiative in building and sustaining cross-functional collaborations. The successful candidate is also expected to lead the identification and development of novel approaches and technologies to enhance process development efficiency and commercialization of novel modalities. The candidate must exhibit collaborative behavior in proactively identifying process challenges on a wide range of pipeline and innovation projects, take a leadership role in cross-functional teams to deliver specific project needs, and take on a scientific leadership role in developing and implementing solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust manufacturing processes, supporting assets including novel modalities through all phases of clinical development.
• Lead project teams towards process development and characterization of new synthetic and large molecule assets.
• Influence process development of toxins, cosmetic active ingredients, and genetic medicines proactively.
• Lead scale-up of laboratory processes in the pilot plant.
• Set project strategies, define project responsibilities and timelines, and provide leadership in a matrixed team setting.
• Address challenging problems with biochemical reactions, separations, and/or isolations using expertise in reaction kinetics, transport phenomena, and mathematical modeling.
• Establish, communicate, and execute research plans.
• Exhibit a collaborative nature in identifying process challenges on a wide range of projects and communicate findings and recommendations effectively through multi-disciplinary interactions with organic chemists, analytical chemists, process development engineers, pilot plant engineers, drug product development scientists, program managers, and regulatory affairs specialists.
• Author and/or review technical documents summarizing process development efforts and contribute to regulatory filings.
• Strengthen the scientific brand of Process Engineering while providing mentorship to direct reports and process engineering colleagues.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Chemical/Bio Engineering or a related field and 18+ (BS), 16+ (MS), or 10+ (PhD) years of relevant biopharmaceuticals industrial experience.
• Ph.D. candidates with pertinent research exposure are also encouraged to apply.
• Strong foundations in chemical engineering and the proven ability to demonstrate skills in this field.
• Ability to solve challenging technical problems and champion next-generation innovative technologies to achieve project goals around novel modalities.
• Strong team player with demonstrated scientific leadership, possessing effective oral and written communication skills for facilitating co-creation and leading cross-functional process development teams.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Eligibility to participate in short-term incentive programs.

Job level will be commensurate with academic and/or industrial work experience.