Demo

Principal Scientist (Formulation Development)

BioSpace
North Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/13/2025
Company Description

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 immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,YouTubeandLinkedIn.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive formulation & process development activities for late-stage clinical & commercial programs.
  • Lead scale-up, tech transfer, & validation to commercial manufacturing sites (internal & external).
  • Manage manufacturing activities including monitoring production campaigns, reviewing of batch records, & process batch data.
  • Support resolution of quality investigations or events.
  • Author & review CMC sections for regulatory submissions.
  • Present technical data & strategic decisions to cross functional teams & senior management.


Qualifications

Education & Experience

Must have a BS in pharmacy, pharmaceutics, chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, biotechnology or related discipline, & 5 years experience as a functional area lead managing small molecule oral solid drug product development.

Of Experience Required, Must Have 5 Years

  • leading late-stage oral tablet formulation development, scale-up, formulation characterization, & optimization, and process validation;
  • operating under cGMPs & associated regulatory & quality compliance in the pharmaceutical development & manufacturing environment;
  • overseeing clinical supply manufacturing;
  • preparing, written & oral reports, for peers, management & business stakeholders within a matrixed organization.


Alternatively, would accept MS in pharmacy, pharmaceutics, chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, biotechnology or related discipline & 2 years experience as a functional area lead managing small molecule oral solid drug product development. Of experience required, must have 2 years of (i), (ii), (iii), & (iv).

With either combination of education & experience required, must have experience writing CMC sections in at least 3 regulatory submissions for late stage clinical or commercial applications.

Experience may be gained concurrently.Would accept any suitable combination of training, education & work experience.

100% Telecommuting permitted.

Additional Information

Salary Range: $164,800.00 - $230,000.00 per year.

Apply online at https://careers.abbvie.com/en or send resume to Job.opportunity.abbvie@abbvie.com. Refer to Req ID:REF45973K

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 and long-term incentive programs.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community, and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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.

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visithttps://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:

https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

Salary : $164,800 - $230,000

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Principal Scientist (Formulation Development)?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Principal Scientist (Formulation Development) career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$103,625 - $127,928
Income Estimation: 
$88,975 - $120,741
Income Estimation: 
$68,121 - $81,836
Income Estimation: 
$71,928 - $87,026
Income Estimation: 
$125,958 - $157,570
Income Estimation: 
$68,606 - $89,684
Income Estimation: 
$88,975 - $120,741
Income Estimation: 
$68,121 - $81,836
Income Estimation: 
$71,928 - $87,026
Income Estimation: 
$125,958 - $157,570
Income Estimation: 
$82,813 - $108,410
Income Estimation: 
$120,989 - $162,093
Income Estimation: 
$74,806 - $91,633
Income Estimation: 
$71,928 - $87,026
Income Estimation: 
$145,337 - $174,569
Income Estimation: 
$102,775 - $137,396
Income Estimation: 
$153,127 - $203,425
Income Estimation: 
$139,626 - $193,276
Income Estimation: 
$164,650 - $211,440
Income Estimation: 
$130,030 - $173,363
Income Estimation: 
$130,030 - $173,363
Income Estimation: 
$194,895 - $259,743
Income Estimation: 
$192,057 - $260,440
Income Estimation: 
$249,515 - $311,938
Income Estimation: 
$155,477 - $213,492
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at BioSpace

BioSpace
Hired Organization Address Washington, DC Full Time
Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. ...
BioSpace
Hired Organization Address Washington, DC Full Time
Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. ...
BioSpace
Hired Organization Address Washington, DC Full Time
Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. ...
BioSpace
Hired Organization Address Washington, DC Full Time
Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. ...

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Principal Scientist (Formulation Development) jobs in the North Chicago, IL area that may be a better fit.

Principal Research Scientist I

BioSpace, North Chicago, IL

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!