Senior Scientist, Quality Control (Temporary Position)
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
Performs laboratory testing within a GMP environment in support of one or more of the following areas; raw materials, in-process
product, finished product, stability, and/or validation. Uses scientific education and/or experiences to generate results in accordance
with GMP/procedural requirements and scientific principles. Interprets data output to determine conformance with product
specifications. Reviews and verifies data generated by others to determine conformance with product specifications. Understands
internal business process, to make appropriate prioritization of their assigned work duties. Has experience and command of multiple laboratory techniques to perform them with minimal error. Can train other laboratory personnel on any technique they currently have in their training matrix.
Responsibilities
Understands, implements, and maintains GMP with respect to laboratory records, procedures, and systems in accordance with procedural requirements.
Proposes and implements changes to maintain procedural requirements.
Performs analytical test methods as written to support product/material release with minimal error.
Proposes and implements changes to improve laboratory techniques and methodology.
Can independently troubleshoot and resolve analytical techniques and instrument issues.
Interprets experimental data for conformance with product/material specifications.
Understands and identifies laboratory technique or instrumental performance in accordance with scientific principles.
Initiates appropriate exception documents in accordance with procedural requirements.
Implements and ensures improvement ideas are completed to facilitate team objectives.
Proposes and implements scientific protocols to determine exception event cause.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Science, preferably Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry with 6 years of experience in related field. Master's Degree in Science, preferably Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry with 4 years of experience in related field. PhD in Science, preferably Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry with 2 years of experience in related field.
Strong Technical Writing skills.
Previous experience in the Biologics industry is highly desidred.
Manages multiple priorities and comply with deadlines.
Maintains their certifications as needed for assigned job tasks.
Demonstrates strong analytical skills and logical thought process.
This is an AbbVie temporary position.
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 roleat the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors 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
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 136 comparable Senior Quality roles across 36 biopharma companies.
Salary context
33 of 136 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.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 136 comparable roles
+ 15 more countries
Seniority mix
136 of 136 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
0 of 136 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.
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.
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.
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.