AbbVie Posted July 29, 2026

Senior Scientist I - Bioinformatics, Biotherapeutics and Genetic Medicine

Worcester, MA Full-time
Biostatistics & Data Science Senior

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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

Biotherapeutics and Genetic Medicine (BGM), a part of Discovery Research within AbbVie’s R&D, is a global organization dedicated to the discovery and optimization of innovative drug candidate molecules for biotherapeutic modalities (monoclonal antibodies, multispecifics, proteins, conjugates, etc.) and genetic medicines (AAV, LNPs, siRNA, etc.) across all therapeutic areas.

We are seeking a highly driven and innovative scientist with expertise in bioinformatics to design, develop, and optimize data capture workflows and dynamic visualization dashboards for biologics discovery.

Responsibilities:

Independently design digital workflows or tools to streamline biologics discovery and evaluate improvements in operational efficiency

Identify, champion and test software solutions and that map to the needs of BGM

Proactively identify scientist needs that further our digital transformation strategy and propose solutions to meet them

Pilot new software and AI tools to evaluate utility for BGM and train others on how to use them

Design and implement standard analyses and visualizations that balance customization and increased efficiency

Represent BGM to Informatics and external software vendor providers as a technical and strategy expert.

Collaborate across groups with different priorities and drive toward alignment

Understand and communicate nuance of wet-lab workflows to enable integrated, harmonized data capture and champion data stewardship.

Proactively communicate roadblocks and identify potential paths forward

Communicate impact at internal and external forums

Qualifications

BS, MS, or PhD in a related scientific discipline or bioinformatics with typically 10+ (BS), 8+ (MS), or 0-3 (PhD) years of experience.

Strong foundational knowledge of molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and genetics

Hands on experience in a biology or biochemistry lab setting

Hands-on experience with commonly used bioinformatics tools and platforms (e.g., SnapGene, Geneious, Genedata Biologics, Pipebio, Benchling)

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, SQL, and at least one other programming language (e.g.  Python, or R)

Demonstrated expertise in retrieving, preprocessing, and managing large datasets from databases

Proven ability to develop interactive data visualizations and dashboards (experience with Power BI, Tableau, D3.js, or Spotfire preferred)

Experience with CRO data management/data standardization

Experience with the integration and automation of laboratory instrumentation for data acquisition

Ability to prioritize based on evolving needs and reach consensus among stakeholders

Preferred:

Practical experience utilizing relevant programming libraries and frameworks for custom application development (such as Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Streamlit)

Familiarity with the antibody or genetic medicine R&D and drug discovery process

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
Senior
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 62 comparable Senior Biostatistics & Data Science roles across 16 biopharma companies.

62Comparable roles tracked
54Currently active
16Companies hiring similar roles
13Countries represented

Salary context

21 of 62 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $96,500/yr – $183,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Sr. Computational Statistician (R2 – R3) · Lilly $46,842/yr – $117,289/yr
Highest disclosed · Principal Scientist, Biostatistics · Merck $190,800/yr – $300,300/yr
Peer group range $82,066 – $245,550 (median $180,500)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 62 comparable roles

United States30
India7
United Kingdom5
Japan4
Germany3
China2

+ 7 more countries

Seniority mix

62 of 62 peers have a known seniority level

Senior26
Principal25
Associate Director11

Therapeutic area mix

1 of 62 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology1

Similar opportunities

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.

60%similar
Lilly Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America Senior
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60%similar
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60%similar
Lilly Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America Senior
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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.

60%
Sr. Advisor - Statistics (RWE)
Lilly · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Sr. Computational Statistician
Lilly · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Senior Research Statistician (Hybrid)
AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Sr Specialist, Data Science
Merck · North Wales, Pennsylvania, United States of America · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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.