Senior Data Scientist II – Therapeutic Modality Insights & Competitor Intelligence

AbbVies global Information Research (IR) group has a mission to unlock information that makes cures possible. Within IR the Enterprise Knowledge Accelerator (EKA) team is the trusted knowledge partner for clients in R&D and the Corporate Business & Strategy Office (CBSO). EKA drives innovation and enhances knowledge-sharing across the value chain for better and faster decisions that impact advancement in our pipeline. The team is a global organization with presences at the Lake County Illinois headquarters and Boston Massachusetts areas (US) as well as the Ludwigshafen site (Germany). Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and scientific expertise we deliver industry-leading capabilities to harness insights from published content for high-impact decision-making. Our team possesses the scientific and technical expertise to utilize and provide guidance on a wide range of knowledge sources ensuring high-quality answers for our clients. 

The Senior Data Scientist will join the Solutions for Published Insights and Client Enablement (SPICE) team supporting AbbVies R&D CBSO and other business functions enterprise wide. SPICE provides business partnership resource consultancy ad-hoc research support for business-critical questions knowledge and insights mining and analysis as well as designing and building innovative self-service solutions for insights generation from published resources and internal knowledge. This includes literature patent conference news clinical trial and competitive intelligence data such as competitor pipelines.  

As a Senior Data Scientist on the Solutions for Published Insights & Client Enablement (SPICE) team you will serve as the lead data scientist focused on advancing AbbVies competitiveness by driving Therapeutic Modality Knowledge & Intelligence Solutions. You will lead the creation of new methods and algorithms for extracting harmonizing and proactive monitoring of knowledge on emerging therapeutic approaches critically evaluate new technologies and scientific advances and integrate them into impactful business solutions to set AbbVie up for future success in a competitive landscape. You will play a critical role in identifying and filling strategic knowledge gaps around emerging therapeutic modalitiesincluding genetic medicines innovative biotherapeutics and RNA therapiesthrough the design and implementation of innovative GenAI-based and agentic knowledge solutions. Your leadership will enable AbbVie to leverage high-value insights extracted harmonized and integrated from literature patents news and competitor intelligence. In this role you will collaborate cross-functionally with other EKA/IR and business teams to develop and deploy AI-powered and data science solutions that support AbbVies pipeline strategy corporate strategy and R&D initiatives. The position requires a strong background in both science and technology and the ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new scientific advances in therapeutic modalities and information technology (such as generative AI solutions and AI agents) given the dynamic and expanding landscape. 

Responsibilities

• Conceive design and implement advanced AI-powered published insights solutions (incl. agentic workflows) that address significant scientific and strategic trends and knowledge gaps in therapeutic modalities.  

• Develop and deliver innovative high-quality intelligence solutions that systematically extract analyze summarize integrate and proactively monitor key knowledge about novel therapeutic modalities (such as gene/cell therapies and innovative RNA or antibody-based drugs) to address urgent scientific and business needs.  

• Apply broad expertise in knowledge & information science Generative AI/NLP data warehousing and software development to build robust data pipelines and analytical workflows for large and complex published (often unstructured) data including literature publications patents news/press releases and competitor pipelines. 

• Demonstrate deep knowledge of pharmaceutical R&D drug development and therapeutic modality trends 

• Operate with high autonomy and productivity proactively tackling complex problems and driving multiple projects with minimal supervision. 

• Pursue and evaluate relevant external and internal leads in novel modalities new technologies and data sourcesrapidly incorporating new findings into project strategies and generate novel actionable insights for R&D and business strategy. 

• Collaborate cross-functionally with scientific corporate strategy and other R&D teams to ensure solutions meet real-world needs fill knowledge gaps and democratize access to key intelligence.  

• Mentor or supervise junior data & information scientists 

• Stay at the forefront of emerging trends methodologies and technologies that can advance therapeutic modality & competitor intelligence at Abbvie. 

• Author high-impact presentations and publications communicating findings to diverse audiences. 

• Ensure adherence to AbbVies standards of compliance data security GxP and code of conduct. 

• Achieve great results while overwhelmingly demonstrating key AbbVie values and behaviors. 

Qualifications :

Required:

• PhD (with 4 years relevant experience) in life sciences (biology pharmacology chemistry biotechnology bioinformatics pharmacy medicine biomedical data science or related). Equivalent experience considered at Masters (10 years) or Bachelors (12 years) level.
• Deep knowledge of emerging therapeutic modalities such as biotherapeutics (ADCs mAbs multispecific antibodies cell therapies etc.) different types of degraders gene therapies (AAV lentiviral CAR-T CRISPR etc.) RNA therapies (mRNA siRNA ASO) as shown in recent industry advances 
• Demonstrated leadership in designing and delivering creative technology solutions that advance business and scientific objectives; proven ability to translate complex scientific/business questions into actionable large-scale information solutions.
• Solid background in programming informatics and data science. Proficiency in Python required.
• Hands-on expertise with extraction and integration of knowledge from literature patents competitive intelligence databases (e.g. Citeline Cortellis) and news/press release sources.
• Competence in using GenAI models for knowledge extraction (including prompting pitfalls etc.).
• Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new advances in therapeutic modalities and information technologies and balancing multiple projects with shifting priorities.
• Strong analytical organizational and problem-solving skills with superior attention to detail and high degree of reliability and integrity.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills; proven ability to present complex concepts clearly to scientists non-scientific audiences and different leadership levels
• Demonstrates scientific curiosity technical creativity and a proactive drive for innovation to break new ground in the field of information analysis and insights generation.

Beneficial:

• Pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Experience working in fast-paced dynamic multidisciplinary and collaborative settings and global teams.
• Familiarity with data engineering software development principles relational databases and SQL (e.g. Oracle Hadoop) as well as common formats/APIs (REST XML JSON Python libraries like Pydantic).
• Experience with embedding Gen AI models in larger Python-based workflows to automate knowledge extraction tasks.
• Basic understanding of agents and agentic workflows (MCP A2A).

Additional Information :

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

• 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. 

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 Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable 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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