Principal Research Scientist , Analytical R&D LNP and Molecule

Principal Research Scientist I, Analytical R&D for LNP and Small Molecule

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 124500
• Salary Max: 236500
• Workday Global Grade: 19
• Compensation: USD 124,500 - USD 236,500 - 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 the Principal Research Scientist I position, we are seeking a highly motivated, experienced analytical scientist to serve as an Analytical Project Leader in New Chemical Entities (NCEs) drug substance and drug product across both preclinical and clinical programs. The candidate should have extensive expertise within an R&D environment with a fit-for-purpose mindset, experience with synthetic molecules in solid oral dosage forms, and additional experience with lipid nanoparticles highly desired.

The qualified candidate should be able to conceive, execute, and communicate novel strategies that achieve project goals and department imperatives across a multidisciplinary research and development organization. They must have experience as an analytical project lead and demonstrate a capability to manage CMC deliverables relevant to early‑phase clinical development and discovery programs with pre‑clinical candidate compounds.

The qualified candidate must foster productive collaborations within the global Analytical R&D organization and with R&D cross‑functional partners such as Discovery, Pre‑Clinical Safety, Process Chemistry, Process Engineering, Molecular Profiling and Drug Delivery, Drug Product Development, and Quality Assurance and CMC‑Regulatory.

The qualified candidate will be based at the Abb Vie Bioresearch Center in Worcester, MA, but must be able to provide 50% on‑site support at the Abb Vie Bioresearch Center in Worcester, MA and 50% on‑site support at the Abb Vie Cambridge Crossing site in Cambridge, MA according to project needs.

Responsibilities:

• Apply analytical separation and detection modes for complex impurity profiling of pharmaceutical products to advise the selection of molecules with properties suitable for development.
• Generate new scientific proposals and lead those efforts; anticipate and critically evaluate scientific or regulatory advances or competitive threats and respond proactively.
• Demonstrate scientific initiative and creativity in research or development activities and maintain a high level of productivity in the lab.
• Embrace the ideas of others, nurture innovation, and manage innovation to reality.
• Raise the bar and be never satisfied with the status quo.
• Understand and comply with Abb Vie safety, quality and regulatory policies and government regulations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry typically with a minimum of 14 (BS), 12 (MS), or 6 (Ph.D.) years of related industry experience.
• Strong technical background in analytical chemistry with excellent problem‑solving skills; capable of independently developing and troubleshooting analytical methods.
• Demonstrated leadership in solving technical challenges across therapeutic modalities, specifically the lipid nanoparticle (LNP) and small molecule spaces.
• Demonstrated experience with a variety of mass spectrometry (MS) instrumentation and applications for structure elucidation and trace quantitation highly desired.
• Fundamental understanding and working knowledge of analytical techniques including HPLC, UPLC, GC, DSC, TGA, DVS, PXRD, NMR, and dissolution.
• Familiarity with the role that physicochemical properties play in drug delivery and formulation design.
• Working knowledge of typical formulation approaches and routes of administration (i.e., IV, SC, IP, PO) across multiple species.
• Knowledge of preclinical and clinical formulation development principles relevant to lipid nanoparticle formulations.
• Demonstrate creative out‑of‑the‑box thinking to solve difficult problems.
• Self‑motivated, hard‑working, detail‑oriented individual…