Scientist 1, Oncology | Drug Discovery

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. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  . Follow @abbvie on  X ,  Facebook ,  Instagram ,  YouTube ,  LinkedIn and  Tik Tok .

Job Description

Scientist 1, Oncology | Drug Discovery, AbbVie Biotherapeutics Inc., South San Francisco, CA: Onsite (onsite 5 days per week).

Key Responsibilities

• Develop & optimize complex bioassays & target-binding potency assays critical for development of complex biotherapeutics. Investigate, identify, develop, and optimize new methods and techniques to generate reliable and reproducible data in a timely manner.   
• Develop new techniques, explore new approaches & technologies, perform troubleshooting & optimization experiments, & present your work to various cross-functional teams.
• Read and adapt scientific literature to accomplish assignments and demonstrate broad and versatile technical expertise within discipline.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Must possess a MS degree in biology, biochemistry, cell/molecular biology, pharmacology, &/or toxicology or a related field & 1 year working in an academic &/or industry setting as a development scientist.

Of work experience required, must have 1 year:

1. developing binding potency assays including ELISA, TR-FRET, Octet, flow cytometry, & other cell-based formats, to characterize & test protein therapeutics including monoclonal antibodies, ADCs, &/or other biologic modalities;
2. independently designing and conducting critical experiments that further project goals;
3. working in a matrixed organization within a cross-functional scientific environment within an oncology discovery research organization; &
4. authoring technical reports, drafting SOPs, writing biology sections of regulatory filings, & giving scientific presentations to peers & management.

Work experience may be gained concurrently.

Additional Information

Pay Rate: $112,549 per year.

Apply online at or send resume to View email address on careers.abbvie.com . Refer to Req ID: REF49861T

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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 and long-term incentive programs.

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