Principal Research Scientist I, Oncology Biomarkers

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AbbVie Oncology is currently offering a unique opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Principal Research Scientist. In this role you will join an experienced team to lead biomarker efforts for Abbvie sponsored clinical trials. To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have experience in the development and execution of biomarker strategies in clinical trials. As a member of both research and clinical development project teams you will have the opportunity to work in a highly collaborative environment to support projects across all phases of clinical development.

KEY GOALS INCLUDE:

• Lead biomarker strategies for one or more clinical trials
• Serve as point of contact for all aspects of clinical biomarker strategy providing scientific expertise and leadership to programs
• Partner with clinical and discovery groups to create high quality biomarker strategies in the clinic
• Implement standardized and cutting edge tools to characterize drug mechanisms, implement diagnostic strategies, and inform back translation research
• Leadership of biomarker sub teams to enable cross functional collaboration on biomarker implementation
• Author biomarker sections of protocols, ICFs, IRB responses, regulatory documents, and others
• Pro-actively consult primary scientific literature, keep current on state of art technologies and emerging concepts in oncology

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD with typically 6+ years of experience in area or scientific area of discipline.
• Masters Degree with typically 12+years of related work experience
• Bachelors Degree with 14+years of related work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong scientific background in tumor biology (cell signaling, DNA damage repair, targeted therapies), Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) and ovarian cancer and gynecological malignancies supported by publication record in these areas
• Clinical development experience interacting with teams conducting clinical trials
• Demonstrated leadership in translational sciences, employing pharmacodynamic, predictive and exploratory biomarkers
• Experience in analysis of large datasets
• Experience in assay development, qualification and implementing biomarker assays on diverse platforms including IHC/IF, gene expression profiling, flow cytometry etc.
• Companion diagnostics development experience is a plus
• Effectively work in a cross-functional team environment, interacting with various levels within the organization as well as vendors/academic sites/KOLs
• Organization, orientation to details, and effective time management with an ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills in the English language

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

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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