Principal Research Scientist , Engineering

Company Description

About Abb Vie

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.

Processengineers support API and natural products projects through all phases of late-stage development, commercialization,and product life cycle.

This position is responsible forassessing key unit operations (e.g., reactions, crystallizations) for process robustness, scientific understanding, and potential scale-up risksfrom the lab to a manufacturing environment.

Effective cross-functional interactions withotherfunctions (e.g.,technical,quality, regulatory) and on-site manufacturing personnelarekeyforsuccessful job performance.

Purpose
Lead research and/or project activities with a group of scientists within the individual’s area of expertise by effectively mentoring,guiding and/or supervising scientific personnel. Oversee the design, implementation, and optimization of processes for key modalities (e.g., small molecule APIs, antibody drug conjugates, peptides, and natural products) from development to commercialization. Independently conceive,executeand communicate novel multi-disciplinary research or development strategies that achieve project and area goals.

Serve as a lead scientist on his/her own project and contribute scientific insights into multiple other projects.

Responsibilities

• Leveragecore chemical engineering principles(chemicalkinetics,transport phenomena, thermodynamics, mathematical modeling) in experimental design, thought processin problem-solving, and data analysis.
• Understand and adhere to corporate standardsregardingcode of conduct, safety,appropriate handlingof materials, controlleddrugand radioactive compounds, andGxPcompliance.
• Effectively function as a principalinvestigator, generating original technical ideas and research or development strategies.
• Demonstrate creative 'out of the box' thinking to solve difficult problems and championnew technologies to achieve project goals.
• Independently responsible for project science within his/her area of expertise on one or more project teams.
• Make significant contributions to projectteamthrough lab-based, or other work environments, activities.
• Generate new scientific proposals and lead those efforts. Anticipate and critically evaluate scientific or regulatory advances or competitive threats and respond with appropriate newstrategies.
• Recognized and sought out as an expert in his/her discipline within the company andpossibly externally.
• Primary author of publications, presentations, regulatorydocumentsand/or primary inventor of patents.
  
  Present at leading scientific conferences.
• Mentor/supervise a team of one or more and evaluate the performance of those individuals; is accountable for the effective performance of the team/individuals.

• BS, MS, or PhD in chemical engineering or a related field and
  14+ (BS),12+ (MS), or6+ (PhD) years of relevant industrial experience.
• Possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Possessthorough theoretical and practical understanding ofownscientific discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to function as a principalinvestigator, generating original technical ideas and research or development strategies.
• Recognized and sought out as an expert in his/her discipline within the company andpossibly externally.
• Experienced anddemonstratedsuccess as primary author of publications, presentations, regulatorydocumentsand/or primary inventor of patents.
• Demonstrated scientific communication and presentation skills by presenting at leading scientific conferences.

Key Leadership

Competencies:

• Builds strong relationships with peers and cross-functionally with partners outside ofteam.
• Learnsfast,understandskeyobjectives, and can changecoursequickly whereindicated.
• Raises the bar and is never…