Principal Research Scientist II

• Compensation: USD 141,500 - USD 268,500 - yearly

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  .

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Purpose Statement

As a recognized scientific leader in preclinical pharmacokinetics, provides scientific, operational, and people leadership for the US Pharmacokinetics Team within Quantitative, Translational and ADME Sciences (QTAS). Leads the development and execution of strategies that support discovery and development programs through high-quality pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic study design, analysis, reporting, and scientific consultation. Drives functional excellence through innovation, operational improvements, capability development, and talent growth while ensuring effective support of Abb Vie's pipeline priorities.

Major Responsibilities

Lead and develop the Pharmacokinetics Team, including performance management, coaching, recruitment, succession planning, and employee development.

Establish strategic direction and operational priorities for the Pharmacokinetics organization to support current and future portfolio needs.

Provide scientific leadership and oversight for non-clinical pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic study design, analysis, interpretation, and reporting.

Serve as a pharmacokinetics subject matter expert supporting project teams across therapeutic areas and stages of drug discovery and development.

Ensure delivery of high-quality PK/TK data packages, reports, and regulatory documentation supporting project progression and regulatory submissions.

Drive operational excellence initiatives focused on workflow optimization, automation, scalability, and continuous improvement of PK support activities.

Lead implementation of innovative technologies, data science approaches, visualization tools, and digital solutions that improve decision making and operational efficiency.

Develop andmaintainstrong cross-functional partnerships with Discovery Sciences,Pharmaceutical Sciences, CMC,and Toxicology stakeholders.

Champion animal welfare, compliance, and best scientific practices associated with preclinical pharmacokinetics activities.

Represent the function to senior leadership and communicate priorities, resource requirements, risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations.

Required

Bachelor’s degree plus 16 years of experience, or master’s degree plus 14 years of experience, or PhD plus 8 years of experience inpharmacokinetics, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical sciences, DMPK, toxicology, ora related scientific discipline.

Typically, 10+ years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience supporting drug discovery and development programs.

Proven experience leading scientific teams and developing talent.

Strong understanding of non-clinical study design, PK/TK analysis, interpretation, and reporting.

Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred

Demonstratedexpertisein preclinical pharmacokinetics andtoxicokinetics.

Experience supporting regulatory submissions and cross-functional project teams.

Demonstrated success driving organizational change and operational improvement initiatives.

Experience implementing digital, automation, analytics, or data science solutions within a scientific organization.

Experience leading complex cross-functional…