Principal Research Scientist II – Psychiatry Drug Discovery

Company Description

Abb Vie'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. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and You Tube.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated neuroscientist with strong drug discovery expertise to join our Discovery Psychiatry team. The successful candidate willapplydrugdiscoveryprinciples into exploratory through late-stage discovery programs and integrateknowledgeacrossin vitroand in vivo electrophysiological approaches. Candidatemusthave a strong understanding ofneural circuits,multimodalneurophysiologicalmethodologiesandtranslationalutility. This role is an exciting opportunity to support psychiatry research from target validation,compound profiling,through clinical development in adynamic, collaborativedrugdiscovery environment.

• Establish Drug Discovery framework in Psychiatry portfolio

• Contribute to the development and implementation ofresearchworkflows thatintegratecomplex multimodal datasets

• Ensure alignment of development anddiscoverywith broader cross-functional program team goals

• Support strategic decision-making in psychiatry drug discovery

• Provide scientific guidance and mentoring to junior scientists and research associates

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science related field with 16 years of related work;
  Master’s Degree Science or PharmD with 14 years of related work;
  PhD in Science or related field with 8 years of related work experience.

• Industry experience within early discovery for Psychiatry

• Demonstrated experience with neurophysiologyand/orfunctionalapproaches, including experience in the design and execution ofstudies investigating synaptic and circuitmodulationrelevant to psychiatric indications

• Strong ability to work in cross-functional teams and effectively communicate scientific findings to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience building translational frameworks or predictive approaches for functional biology data

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.
  
  Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

• This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentive programs.

Note:

No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.

The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

Abb Vie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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