Senior Principal Research Scientist, Computational Drug Discovery HitGen/LeadGen Team Lead

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Parental leave

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$111,944 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+13.7% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Data and ML aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

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About this role

Senior Principal Research Scientist, Computational Drug Discovery HitGen/LeadGen Team Lead North Chicago, IL, United States 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: Purpose This position brings an opportunity to make innovative contributions that will define how AbbVie leverages AI-enabled drug discovery across our small molecule portfolio. Reports to Head of Computational Drug Discovery (CDD) and will lead the computational HitGen/LeadGen (HGLG) team. Will implement and enable close collaboration between members of the HGLG team and partners in the Target Enabling Technologies (TET) and Global Medicinal Chemistry (GMEC) teams. Must possess a strong expertise in modern medicinal chemistry, including a deep understanding of modern computational and experimental strategies, and property-based drug design. The ideal candidate will have a strong and established background from having worked on a broad range of diverse early-stage campaigns, and an established external footprint and network. Past experience will have included mentorship of early/mid-career scientists in matrixed and/or direct reporting relationships. Responsibilities Consult with project team to establish desirable project-relevant hit/lead criteria, and assigning an HGLG member to the project team that

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