Senior Scientist II, CMC Data Strategy

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Senior Scientist II, CMC Data Strategy is a hands-on leader who will drive the tactical execution of AbbVie’s CMC digital transformation. This individual will partner closely with Development Sciences scientists to structure, capture, and integrate diverse CMC data, enabling automated workflows and data-driven decision making. Based in South San Francisco, this role plays a critical part in bringing strategy to life at the ground level, working directly with scientists across biologics and select agent spaces to implement workflows, digitize data capture, and ensure that digital tools are embedded into daily practice. With strong leadership support and growing site demand, the Senior Scientist will be the on-the-ground driver translating high-level vision into practical solutions. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead hands-on execution of CMC data projects, including digitization of workflows, integration of disparate data sources, and implementation of FAIR data principles. 
• Partner with Scientist and Leaders across the full spectrum of drug development to understand decision-making needs and ensure critical scientific data is captured, structured, and reusable. 
• Collaborate with data architects, IT, and platform owners to enable connectivity of scientific data across ELN, LIMS, SDMS, and instrument-based systems. 
• Act as a project leader to scope needs, define requirements, and deliver workflow automation solutions that directly support scientists in groups such as drug substance, drug product, and cell line development.  
• Manage diverse stakeholder expectations, effectively engaging both senior leadership and bench scientists to drive adoption of digital tools. 
• Troubleshoot and problem-solve in real time to ensure smooth execution of data workflows and portfolio initiatives. 
• Communicate progress and benefits of digital transformation locally, fostering a culture of data sharing and continuous improvement. 
• Travel approximately 25% of the time to AbbVie’s Irvine site to ensure alignment across teams and support portfolio delivery. 

Qualifications

• PhD in a scientific discipline (Analytical Development, Biologics, Process Development, or related CMC field) with 4+ years of relevant industry experience; Master’s with 10+ years industry experience; or Bachelor’s with 12+ years industry experience. 
• Strong domain expertise in CMC workflows (cell line development, cell culture, analytical development, process development, or formulation development). 
• Demonstrated hands-on experience implementing digital / data solutions at the lab or process level; not only strategy design, but practical execution. 
• Familiarity with ELN / LIMS / SDMS platforms (e.g., Benchling, IDBS, LabWare) and data integration approaches across scientific instruments and systems. 
• Working knowledge of workflow mapping tools (Visio, Lucidchart) and data wrangling or automation languages (Python, R, SQL). 
• Experience with data visualization tools (Spotfire, Tableau, Power BI) to translate raw data into actionable insights. 
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional technical and non-technical stakeholders, manage multiple priorities, and deliver projects to completion. 
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to influence across levels of the organization. 

Why This Role Is Exciting:

• Join a well-established Digital Transformation program with strong leadership support and clear strategic importance. 
• Play a pivotal role in shaping AbbVie’s data-driven future by embedding digital workflows at the bench level. 
• Work across highly innovative biologics development teams in South San Francisco and Irvine. 
• Make an immediate, visible impact by driving high-priority projects to completion and enabling downstream insights and efficiency gains. 

Key Stakeholders: Development Sciences scientists & leaders, Digital Transformation Use Case teams, Data Architects, Platform Owners, and Site Leadership. 

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• This is an on-site opportunity based at AbbVie's South San Francisco location (ABA) that will observe ~25% travel to other AbbVie Sites, namely, AbbVie's Irvine, CA location. 
• 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. ​
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-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 and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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