Senior Scientist II, Occupational & Environmental Toxicologist

About the role

The Senior Scientist II, Occupational & Environmental Toxicologist will support patient, environmental, and employee safety by completing risk assessments for occupational, environmental, manufacturing, and regulatory filings. This role supports programs across AbbVie’s therapeutic areas and involves a wide range of modalities from early discovery through development to marketed products.

Responsibilities

• Critically evaluate literature and toxicology reports/summaries and utilize tools such as read-across and in silico data to generate toxicology product risk assessments.
• Support programs across AbbVie’s therapeutic areas and involve a broad range of modalities from early discovery through development to marketed products.
• Engage in related external working groups to help drive industry standards and stay informed of upcoming regulations.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members in GEO Tox and adjacent departments.
• Plan and monitor studies at contract research organizations (CROs) for environmental assessments to support regulatory filings.
• Plan and monitor studies at contract research organizations (CROs) for worker safety studies to occupational safety and handling.
• Support evaluation/implementation of relevant new approach methodologies (NAM).
• Provide technical support for occupational health (hazard) categorizations and chemical registrations, including Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals GHS/CLP, and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in toxicology or related discipline and typically 12 years of experience OR Master's Degree in toxicology or related discipline and typically 10 years of experience OR PhD in toxicology or related discipline and typically 4 years of experience.
• Proven record of successfully evaluating safety risks.
• Excellent collaboration, multi-tasking, and communication skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication and attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet project deadlines.

Desired skills

• Occupational Exposure Banding, Performance-based exposure control limits, or evaluating toxicity data for Safety Data Sheets.
• Risk assessment authoring.
• In depth knowledge and experience with regulatory guidance, i.e., ICHQ3C, ICHQ3D, ICHQ3E, ICHM7, ISO-10993-X.
• Toxicity data mining in databases and literature.
• Broad range of software proficiency as well as in silico predictive tools for toxicity, i.e., QSAR, OECD.
• Board-certification preferred but not required.

Pay

$94,000 - $178,500 USD