AbbVie's Product Development Science & Technology (PDS&T) organization is seeking a highly motivated, talented, and creative Principal Research Scientist I to be a key contributor within our Global Material and Parenteral Packaging Science team within PDS&T, offering advanced technical expertise in the field of Container Closure Systems (CCS), parenteral manufacturing and combination products.

This role demands leadership in the development and life cycle for primary packaging components and collaboration with manufacturing, quality, procurement, development, device teams and external partners to ensure successful development and commercialization of the drug product.

In your role as technical expert for CCS you will work collaboratively with experts in global multi-functional teams and serve as Technical Lead on your own projects and contribute CCS insights into multiple other projects from early development through to product launch, technical commercial support and life cycle management. 
 

As Technical Lead you will:

• Deliver technical expertise in the development of container closure systems, including vials, prefilled syringes, and prefilled cartridges, by employing cutting-edge methodologies to conduct comprehensive analyses and evaluations of their protection, safety, compatibility, and performance attributes
• Provide technical leadership of primary packaging selection and qualification for sterile dosage forms, development of specifications for primary packaging components, internal/external tech transfer and life cycle management for commercial products
• Additionally, the role requires partnering with device development teams to ensure that system-level requirements for combination products are meticulously developed, verified, and validated in alignment with design controls.
• Support continuity of supply for marketed products and ensure technical performance, processability and safety of the primary packaging components and systems
• Lead CCS related technical impact assessment for investigations, complaints and change control