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Data Scientist II

BioSpace
North Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 8/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/27/2026
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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Job Description

The Data Scientist II is a technical expert that will help address critical business needs by focusing on exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, building and validating predictive/statistical models, and translating model outputs into actionable financial insights (e.g., risk scoring, fraud detection, algorithmic trading). Additionally, the role involves developing and implementing solutions using generative AI and agentic AI technologies to automate data analysis, enhance predictive modeling, and support intelligent decision-making processes within financial contexts.

A continuous drive to improve existing methods and processes is essential. This position is expected to demonstrate proficiency in a broad range of techniques and methods for data and health sciences, including data warehousing, statistics, and/or machine learning.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze complex datasets to generate insights, make predictions, and solve business problems.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and business analysts to implement solutions and communicate findings.
  • Lead solutioning for finance use cases across predictive analytics, classical ML, and gen AI.
  • Translate business problems into analytic and AI approaches.
  • Own experimentation, model evaluation, and feature design.
  • Work with junior data scientists to raise the technical quality of outputs.
  • Support prompt engineering, RAG design, evaluation frameworks, and responsible AI practices.
  • Partner with architects and ML engineers to ensure solutions are deployable and useful.
  • Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies, including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance, and data security.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree - preferably in Computer Science or Data Science - and at least 5 years of relevant experience OR Masters degree in relevant field and at least 4 years of experience.
  • Programming skills in Python, R, or SQL.
  • Hands-on experience in data science and data analytics.
  • Demonstrated experience in prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and evaluating generative or agentic models in a corporate context.
  • Ability to multitask and work within timelines.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn, understand and master new technologies.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of popular libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
  • Experience with Tableau and Power BI visualization tools.


Additional Information

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 thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemay ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may bemodified 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 toparticipate in our short-term incentiveprograms.


Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremains in the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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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