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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Job Description The Biologics CMC Development team at AbbVie in the Bay Area has a long and rich history of biologics development. Now located in a new state of the art facility in South San Francisco, the team leverages its comprehensive end-to-end CMC capabilities to work collaboratively through all phases of CMC development with a primary focus on advancing complex biologic therapies, such as bi-specifics and novel modalities, to human clinical studies and eventual licensure. This role is within a team of highly experienced scientists and managers who have directly enabled the development/IND submissions of 20+ novel oncology drugs and successfully filed two BLAs. This position is an onsite role in a lab-based function. To be successful candidates must enjoy and thrive in an onsite, highly collaborative lab environment with daily face-to-face cross-functional interactions between scientists. Responsibilities include: + Develop, optimize, and scale-up purification processes + Work with contract labs and carry out viral clearance studies + Support transfer processes to GMP manufacturing site for clinical material production + Work efficiently, collaboratively, and cross-functionally toward project timelines and goals + Write technical reports + Author and deliver technical presentations Qualifications Degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Chemistry or other sciences with Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and typically 3 years of experience and MS or equivalent education and no additional experience. + Must have CMC protein purification development experience with standard bioprocess unit operations such as chromatography separations (resin/membrane: affinity, CEX, AEX, HIC, MM) and filtration operations (depth filtration, virus filtration, sterile filtration, TFF) + Must have extensive experience with AKTA chromatographic instruments and Unicorn method writing (for systems such as AKTA Avant, AKTA Purifier, AKTA Pure, AKTA Ready or similar) + Must have excellent attention to detail and ability to keep detailed written records + Demonstrated ability to independently design, execute and interpret critical experiments to answer scientific questions + Demonstrated ability to learn, understand and master new experimental techniques + Able to work collaboratively within and outside of the group + Able to author technical reports and presentations + Has a strong understanding of bioprocess engineering concepts + Has strong planning, time management and analytical skills + Demonstrated scientific writing skills and strong verbal communication skills including scientific data presentations + Has proficiency with Microsoft Office software, ability to learn new software applications Preferred: + Has hands on experience with monoclonal antibody or antibody-like molecule purification at GMP, pilot and/or laboratory scale + Has hands on experience with unit operation development including cell culture harvest, affinity chromatography, polishing chromatography, virus filtration and ultrafiltration/diafiltration. + Has an understanding of analytical techniques, such as HPLC, LAL, and ELISA + Has a strong understanding of statistical analysis 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, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html Salary: $80,500 - $153,000