Senior Scientist, Pharmacy I

North Chicago, IL

• Function: Operations
• Job Type: Full-time

Job ID: R00133324
Company Description
AbbVie’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.
Job Description
Purpose: Support the AbbVie Technical Operation functions and the AbbVie Technical Centers worldwide. Identify and resolve manufacturing issues for commercial and Research and Development products. Provides technical support to cross-functional teams during development, commercial launch or problem solving for a given drug product. Accountable to suggest and direct product improvements or alternate manufacturing strategies that meet the highest standards in quality, customer service and regulatory compliance. Errors in process changes could lead to audit citations and regulatory action or affect programs & projects.

Qualifications

• BS with 5-8 years of experience preferred. OR
• MS with 3-6 years of experience preferred. OR
• PhD/ PhramD with 1-2 years of experience.
• Strong technical background in pharmaceutical dosage forms. Developed problem solving abilities. Scientific report writing skills. Knowledge and experience in working in a cGMP environment. Knowledge of regulatory issues involved with CMC. Good organizational skills. Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Functions as a team player. Has knowledge of related areas of development to incorporate into local problem solving. Must be able to work with commercial operations to determine prioritization of projects and meet tight timelines. Use good judgment to make sound decisions. Needs to be adaptable and maintain the ability to give clear directions flexible in an ever changing and challenging environment

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• 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 to participate in our short-term incentive programs

• Provide guidance (scientific and administrative) for junior pharmaceutical scientists.
• Liaison between functional groups as well as sister divisions (ie Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Validation, Materials Management, R&D, Analytical Test Labs, Stability and API)
• Capable of working totally independently and providing technical support to a project team.
• Provide individual technical support of all scale-up activities and maintain timelines for on-going projects.
• Write/co-author process memos and scientific reports in support of Regulatory Submissions, Regulatory Field Alerts and supportive quality control and manufacturing documents.
• Responsibility of writing and/or reviewing deviations, NCMRs and investigations in terms of the technical content.
• Anticipate, recognize and resolve problems.
• Provides guidance/mentoring for summer interns in the department.
• Provides technical support for introduction of new products and for process improvements to existing products.
• VRB (Validation Review Board) involvement of reviewing all changes in the plant that require validation and provide technical support of product validation.

Qualifications

• BS with 5-8 years of experience preferred. OR
• MS with 3-6 years of experience preferred. OR
• PhD/ PhramD with 1-2 years of experience.
• Strong technical background in pharmaceutical dosage forms. Developed problem solving abilities. Scientific report writing skills. Knowledge and experience in working in a cGMP environment. Knowledge of regulatory issues involved with CMC. Good organizational skills. Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Functions as a team player. Has knowledge of related areas of development to incorporate into local problem solving. Must be able to work with commercial operations to determine prioritization of projects and meet tight timelines. Use good judgment to make sound decisions. Needs to be adaptable and maintain the ability to give clear directions flexible in an ever changing and challenging environment.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• 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 to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages 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 and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie 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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