Genetic, Environmental, and Occupational Toxicology (GEO Tox) is a diverse team of scientists with the goals of supporting patient, environmental, and employee safety. The candidate will complete risk assessments supporting occupational, environmental, manufacturing, and regulatory filings. The position will support programs across AbbVie’s therapeutic areas and involve a broad range of modalities across all stages from early discovery throughout development to marketed products.

We are seeking an experienced toxicologist with a risk assessment background to join our team in Development Sciences, Pre-clinical Safety.

Responsibilities:

• Critically evaluate literature and toxicology reports/summaries and utilize tools such as read-across and in silico data to generate toxicology product risk assessments. This includes toxicology support for extractables and leachables, health-based exposure limits (HBELs) including permitted daily exposure limits (PDEs) and occupational exposure limits (OELs), environmental risk assessments (ERA), and other contaminants.
• Successful collaboration with multi-functional teams to align on safety banding for implementation throughout the company.
• Engage in related external working groups to help drive industry standards and stay informed of upcoming regulations.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members in GEO Tox and adjacent departments.
• Plan and monitor studies at contract research organizations (CROs) for environmental assessments to support regulatory filings.
• Plan and monitor studies at contract research organizations (CROs) for worker safety studies to occupational safety and handling.
• Support evaluation/implementation of relevant new approach methodologies (NAM)
• Provide technical support for occupational health (hazard) categorizations and chemical registrations, including Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals GHS/CLP, and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).