Principal Scientist I, Analytical Development Lead (tLNP CMC)

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Analytical Development group within the Targeted LNP (tLNP) CMC Team at AbbVie is dedicated to advancing state-of-the-art analytical capabilities for mRNA-lipid nanoparticle therapeutics. Our team provides critical support across drug substance (DS) and drug product (DP) manufacturing, drug product formulation, and the development and implementation of robust analytical methodologies to ensure the quality and integrity of tLNP genetic medicines. We leverage advanced biophysical, separations, and mass spectrometry techniques to deeply characterize intact LNP particles. We foster close collaborations with cross-functional colleagues in CMC, drug product formulation, and external partners, and are currently growing a world-class team of scientists who will be instrumental in building and deploying the analytical toolbox necessary to deliver high-quality, innovative tLNP medicines to patients.

Position Description:

As an Analytical Lead within the Analytical Development team of AbbVie’s Targeted LNP (tLNP) CMC organization, you will be a cross-functional leader for scientific leadership in the development of advanced analytical methods to support tLNP characterization, process understanding, and product development. The successful candidate will independently develop innovative approaches and apply state-of-the-art electrophoresis and chromatography methods, serve as an analytical lead on development teams, and contribute to regulatory strategy and scientific innovation and coordinate testing with external manufacturing and testing organizations. This position also includes supervisory responsibilities, including leading and mentoring one or more scientists and supporting their performance and development. Additionally, the candidate must foster productive collaborations within the global Analytical CMC organization and with R&D cross-functional partners such as Discovery, Pre-Clinical Safety, Process Chemistry, Process Engineering, Drug Product Development, and Quality Assurance and CMC-Regulatory Affairs.

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