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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 at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to work within the Precision Medicine Pathology Group to design and implement novel tissue-based assays to support the development and commercialization of medically-differentiated therapies in oncology and other therapeutic areas. This position will develop and validate tissue-based assays to support discovery, translational and CDx work across therapeutic areas. He/she will also be involved in the development of next generation tissue based assays in the areas of multiplexing, image analysis, and spatial profiling. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a highly collaborative environment and will participate as a member of multidisciplinary, cross-functional development project teams.

Major Responsibilities

• Independently designs, validates, and implements novel tissue-based assays for individual projects and/or therapeutic areas with a key responsibility to ensure delivery of highly specific and robust assays to meet project timelines.

• Performs histochemical, IHC, and IF staining using automated platforms such as Leica Autostainer XL, Ventana Discovery ULTRA, Leica BOND RX and Vectra Phenoimager XT

• Perform image capture and analysis, data entry and organization using platforms such as (but not limited to) Leica Aperio imager and associated software.

• Supports the general pathology needs of project teams through the effective design and execution of hypothesis-driven studies utilizing tissue based assays.

• Generate data and present findings to relevant project teams in departmental and cross-functional meetings.

• Supports the PMED Pathology lab through performing routine histological procedures including tissue accessioning, gross-dissection, tissue processing, embedding, sectioning, staining and image capture of frozen and FFPE tissues

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of histology experience, Master’s with 8+ years or PhD with 5+ years

• Expertise in standard histological techniques including grossing, processing, embedding, paraffin and cryo-sectioning

• Expertise in the development of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and other tissue-based assays including immunofluorescence (IF) multiplexing and in situ hybridization (ISH)

• Experience in quantitative image analysis software and its application to IHC and other tissue-based staining modalities

• Strong computer literacy

• Excellent organization and communication skills, and a motivation to learn new tools and techniques

• Ability to think strategically, manage time and workflows and work independently as well as part of a cross-functional team

Additional Information

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

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• 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 role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors 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. ​

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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. ​

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AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s 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.

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Salary: $78,500 - $141,000