Senior Scientist I​/II, Analytical Chemistry - Particle and Material Analysis

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 - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, Linked In and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Abb Vie Analytical Research & Development (Analytical R&D) is a global analytical scientific organization responsible for all CMC analytical activities related to the development of Abb Vie's pharmaceutical products.  Our scope includes Abb Vie's diverse pipeline of innovative small molecule medicines and spans from the selection of Discovery candidate molecules to Late Stage Clinical.  We are building a world-class team of scientists and leaders who will drive the advancement of industry-leading analytical capabilities and make meaningful contributions to advance Abb Vie's pipeline of innovative medicines.  Careers

in Abb Vie Analytical R&D provide unique opportunities to work with global and cross-functional teams to drive exceptional science and innovative product development strategies.  We are looking for diverse candidates with strong scientific experience to join the Abb Vie Analytical R&D team and can offer exciting and rewarding career opportunities for these candidates.

This Senior Scientist position will be in a technical specialty group - Physical Analytical Chemistry (PAC) within Analytical Structure Performance and Characterization (SPC) center. The PAC group is a global team of experienced and innovative scientists which utilize a diverse set of physical analytical tools to advance CMC development programs by providing insights and driving the understanding of materials, processes, and products.

Additionally, the group contributes to development and justification of control strategies and authors relevant sections of regulatory submissions across all development phases.

The primary deliverables for this role are the application of physical analytical technologies in support of drug substance and drug product development, which include the design and execution of experimental studies and, when appropriate, the development of test methods. The primary area of focus is the application of particle characterization, solid form development, microscopy and imaging (optical, electron and X-ray) technologies and the development of insights driving deeper understanding of pharmaceutical materials, processes, and products.

Other areas include the application of thermal analysis and/or vibrational spectroscopy.

Responsibilities:

* Utilize understanding of a range of physical analytical chemistry techniques to conduct research and development studies and route cause analysis related to pharmaceutical materials, processes, and products

* Support new product development with advanced methods development and validations, technical transfer packages, and generation of technical data in support regulatory requirements.

* Highly autonomous and productive in performing laboratory research, method development, problem-solving, requiring only minimal direction from or interaction with supervisor.

* Formulate conclusions and design follow-on experiments based on multidisciplinary data.

* May initiate new areas of investigation that are scientifically meaningful, reliable, and can be incorporated directly into a research or development program.

* Process, interpret, and visualize data to facilitate project team decisions.

* Communicate and collaborate with cross-functional groups and departments.

* Routinely demonstrate scientific initiative and creativity in research or development activities and maintain a high level of productivity in the lab.

* Responsible for method development, testing procedures, and implementation of analytical control strategies to help the advancement of drug discovery candidates.

* Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding code of…