Principal Research Scientist I

ZipRecruiter; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking a Senior Scientist to lead CMC drug product projects, particularly in parenteral drug product development. This role requires significant laboratory expertise and experience in regulatory compliance to drive product development from clinical phases to commercial scale. The candidate will collaborate cross-functionally and author reports for regulatory submissions, making a substantial impact on product development strategies.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision

401(k) eligibility

Short-term and long-term incentive programs

Qualifications

• 14+ years of experience for Bachelors or 12+ for Masters, or 6+ for PhD.
• Experience in manufacturing process development for monoclonal antibodies.
• Strong understanding of aseptic manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct experiments for parenteral drug product development.
• Lead cross-functional project teams for tech transfer activities.
• Author regulatory submissions and develop comprehensive project plans.

Skills

Laboratory skills

Scientific problem solving

Technical report writing

Communication

Education

Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry

Job description

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionCompany 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. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.

Job Description

The PDS&T Parenterals/Eye Care group is seeking a motivated Senior Scientist as a CMC drug product project lead, specifically for parenteral drug product process development and commercial site scale up and tech transfer. The candidate will independently design and execute lab studies to develop robust manufacturing processes for clinical phase and commercial products. This person will generate and analyze precise, reliable, and reproducible data in a timely manner, independently or under the direction of a more senior scientific leader. This position will be an integral part of the product development and CMC teams and is highly collaborative across functions such as analytical, process engineering, internal and external manufacturing, quality assurance, CMC regulatory affairs, supply chain and Operations Manufacturing Sites.

Responsibilities:

• Independently design and conduct critical experiments that further project goals. Implement and may innovate new experimental protocols/techniques for parenteral DP characterization studies to enable process scale up.
• Interpret results and draw conclusions from own multistage experiments, note significant deviations, then suggest, design, and pursue relevant experiments.
• Tech transfer activities for parenteral DP from development scale up to clinical/commercial scale.
• Support drug product manufacture at GMP facilities from clinical to PPQ and commercial batches.
• Understand relevant scientific literature and apply theoretical framework to solving problems within scientific discipline in a timely manner.
• Authoring of comprehensive, scientifically sound reports, e.g. development reports or risk assessments that serve as source documents for regulatory submissions. Author portions of regulatory submissions to designated health authorities related to these reports.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines and development and/or scale up tech transfer strategy; technical projects at all stages of development are included, from phase II clinical through commercial.
• Lead cross-functional PDS&T product teams and represent the CMC team and/or PDS&T in interface with PDS&T leadership, other Operations functions, other AbbVie functions and external partners. Participate in or coordinate Governance efforts such as Product Performance Teams or gate reviews.
• Prepare and review submissions through registration of the product as well as post-approval life-cycle management. Serve as a peer reviewer for submissions and under stand how regulatory submissions limit operational changes.
• Establish and foster partnerships with key customers and counterpart functions to facilitate effective collaboration. Identify and promote best practices among PDS&T CMC leads.
• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding code of conduct, safety, appropriate handling of materials, controlled drug and radioactive compounds, GxP compliance, and animal care where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, pharmaceutics, or related disciplines with typically 14+ years of experience; MS or equivalent education with typically 12+ years of experience; PhD with typically 6+ years of experience.
• Strong laboratory skills and experience focused on manufacturing process development for monoclonal antibodies, antibody constructs/conjugates or other parenteral formulations.
• Scientific problem solving, experimental design, and trouble shooting skills.
• Solid understanding of the various unit operations of aseptic manufacturing such as bulk freeze thaw, compounding/mixing, filtration, filling and lyophilization for liquid and lyophilized products.
• Experience in laboratory documentation systems, including ELN, and demonstrated experience with technical report writing. Technical understanding and experience with small molecule products manufacturing, development, quality and analytics is required.
• Knowledge and experience with FDA and global regulatory requirements for CMC issues is required.
• Ability to influence internal and external experts on CMC regulatory issues, independently.
• Demonstrated excellence in writing, presentation, and overall communication.

Additional Information

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

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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