AbbVie Posted August 7, 2026

Data Scientist

Worcester, MA Full-time
Biostatistics & Data Science

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About this opportunity

Company Description

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

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a cross-functional team preparing data and enabling modeling activities in support of Product Development and Manufacturing Sciences organizations at AbbVie.

Within the Product Development laboratories, the objective is to partner with modeling SMEs and the Digital organization to prepare data from source systems and data lakes, and enable model execution for statistical, hybrid and mechanistic models, with the ultimate objective to streamline and automate the process from data collection through model execution in a “Lab-in-the-Loop” environment.  This environment should enable end-to-end automation of laboratory data and modeling in a way that is accessible for all laboratory scientists to access. It should also provide an opportunity to gain a deep understanding of bioprocess data, and also to learn multivariate, hybrid and machine learning modeling in support of deeper scientific insights, and upholding the highest standards of quality and productivity.

Responsibilities:

Partner with Manufacturing Sciences, the objective is to compile, clean and feature engineer the same laboratory and commercial data sets for multivariate and hybrid “Digital Twin” process models,

Partner with the Digital organization to deliver end-to-end data pipelines, products, and models from successful proofs of concept.

Routinely demonstrate scientific initiative and creativity in research or development activities.

Highly autonomous and productive in performing laboratory research or method development, requiring only minimal direction from or interaction with supervisor.

Formulate conclusions and design follow-on experiments based on multidisciplinary data.

May initiate new areas of investigation that are scientifically meaningful, reliable, and can be incorporated directly into a research or development program.

A primary author of publications, presentations, regulatory documents and/or primary inventor of patents.

Demonstrates high proficiency across a wide range of relevant technologies.

Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding code of conduct, safety, appropriate handling of materials, controlled drug and radioactive compounds, GxP compliance, and animal care where applicable.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and typically 10 years of experience, Master’s Degree or equivalent education and typically 8 years of experience, PhD and no experience necessary.

Possess thorough theoretical and practical understanding of own scientific discipline.

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters in Data Engineering, Data Science or related

Prior experience in biotech or pharmaceuticals preferred

Strong experience in programming, including Python, SQL, etc.

Experience with standard cloud-based data lake infrastructure

Experience using source code management tools (e.g. GitHub)

Familiarity with data pipeline tools such as KNime, dbt, etc.

Familiarity with model management and pipeline tools preferred (ML Flow, DataBricks, etc.)

Familiarity or willingness to learn ServiceNow and support application owner and access review for data and modeling capabilities

Experience with biotech data systems preferred: AVEVA PI, LIMS, ELN, MES, ERP, etc.

Experience with laboratory automation and data

Some experience with BI tools preferred (e.g. Spotfire, PowerBI, etc.)

Experience in SIMCA, JMP, or hybrid modeling preferred

Interest in learning, or experience with process, statistical, hybrid, mechanistic, and/or machine learning models.

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 and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Biostatistics & Data Science
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Worcester, MA
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Biostatistics & Data Science role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 137 comparable Biostatistics & Data Science roles across 22 biopharma companies.

137Comparable roles tracked
118Currently active
22Companies hiring similar roles
17Countries represented

Salary context

45 of 137 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $96,500/yr – $183,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Sr. Computational Statistician (R2 – R3) · Lilly $46,842/yr – $117,289/yr
Peer group range $82,066 – $329,250 (median $180,500)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 137 comparable roles

United States77
United Kingdom11
India10
Japan7
Germany7
Poland5

+ 11 more countries

Seniority mix

105 of 137 peers have a known seniority level

Senior27
Principal25
Manager24
Director11
Associate Director11
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc3
Associate2
Executive/VP1
Senior Director1

Therapeutic area mix

14 of 137 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology14

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The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.