Associate Scientist II or Scientist I, Cell Culture

4 weeks ago


Worcester, MA, United States Abbvie Full time

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

The Biotherapeutics and Genetic Medicine Group at AbbVie Bioresearch Center in Worcester, MA is seeking a highly motivated scientist to join the rAAV technologies cell culture group. The position is focused on AAV manufacturing, both at small and intermediate scales. The candidate will work collaboratively with our therapeutic area teams to advance AbbVie’s rAAV pipeline. The ideal candidate will have biotechnology experience in rAAV production. He/she/they will be responsible for assisting with the development and execution of AAV upstream to support research and preclinical studies.

Key Responsibilities Include:

  • rAAV production using a wide variety of culture environments, including fixed bed bioreactors, adherent cell culture.

  • Maintain cell stocks and cell cultures.

  • DoE to optimize rAAV production.

  • Maintain a high level of productivity in the team with clear daily, detailed, and accurate documentation of experiments and development of protocols.

  • Collaborate with cross functional teams to meet project goals, and advance novel vectors into pipeline.

  • Build strong relationships with key stakeholders inside and outside ABC.

  • Present science, plans and data updates to project teams.

  • Author technical reports and protocols

  • Understand and enforce company culture, teamwork, safety, appropriate handling of materials in a BSL2 environment.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education with typically 3-5 years of experience, or Master’s Degree or equivalent education with typically 0-2 years of experience.

  • Proficient in rAAV production using mammalian cell culture.

  • Experience with adherent and/or suspension cell culture.

  • Experience with ELISA, ddpcr and other analytical methods is a plus.

  • Experience with Design of Experiment (DoE).

  • Ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment.

  • Self-motivated with excellent attention to detail and ability to multi-task. Strong organizational, planning and trouble-shooting skills.

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Strong scientific curiosity with a passion for problem-solving and optimization

Key Leadership Competencies:

  • Builds strong relationships with peers and cross-functional team members.

  • Learns quickly, grasps the 'essence' and can change the course quickly when needed.

  • Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo.

  • Embraces a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation.

Position will be filled at level commensurate with extent of education, experience, and accomplishment.
Associate Scientist II or Scientist I

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 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.



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