AbbVie · 3 hours ago
Senior Scientist, Multispecific Antibody Engineering (Oncology)
Worcester, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$106K/yr - $202K/yr
8+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines to address serious health issues. They are seeking a highly skilled scientist to support the design, engineering, and manufacturing of multispecific biopharmaceutical products, particularly in oncology.
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Responsibilities
Responsible for design, engineering and production of multispecific biologics to support oncology
Evaluate and integrate state-of-the-art technology to improve therapeutic production platforms, and demonstrate creative “out-of-the-box” thinking to solve difficult problems
Serve as a Multispecifics Engineering representative for cross-functional teams, and contribute scientific insights into multiple projects across various therapeutic areas; recognized expert in multispecifics design and production
Serve as the Biologics lead on projects to coordinate activities and transitions from hit generation through candidate nomination
Identify and solve technical problems independently, conceive and implement innovative process research ideas
Ensure consistency and quality of technical reports
Provide project update, analysis and advice to cross-functional teams and senior management
Present original work internally across departments and at internal and external scientific conferences; may author or co-author peer-reviewed scientific papers or patents
Qualification
Required
PhD, MS, or BS degree in Biochemistry, Biochemical engineering or related disciplines with typically 0-5 (PhD), 8-11 (MS), or 10-13 (BS) years of experience, ideally in multispecifics biologics engineering
Extensive experience with protein, biologics, fragments, and multi-specifics design, expression and purification
Experience with purification and automation instruments e.g. Akta, Kingfisher, Hamilton
Sound scientific understanding of current state of protein expression/separation/analytical technologies and ability to explore and develop new approaches for innovative purification
Experience with CRO coordination
Experience with in vitro analytical techniques for protein characterization (e.g. SEC, MS, DSF)
Strong molecular biology skills (e.g. molecular cloning) and experience with sequence analysis tools (Vector NTI, Geneious, Genedata)
Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to rapid change in priorities
Candidate must be a goal-oriented team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to operate in a fast-paced multi-disciplinary environment, and strong can-do attitude
Preferred
Design experience of multispefics for ADC
Experience with developability screening for multispecifics
Knowledge of biologic pipeline progression from exploratory through candidate nomination with program management experience
Recognized in the scientific community through a sustained record of peer-reviewed publications and patents
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Short-term incentive programs
Long-term incentive programs
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
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