AbbVie: Precision Medicine Scientific Lead - Immunology — Shanghai, Shanghai, China

About AbbVie

AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical business focused on discovering and delivering medicines and related health solutions. Its employer introduction identifies immunology, oncology and neuroscience among its therapeutic areas, alongside the Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. The organisation's stated mission connects current health problems with the development of treatments for future medical needs. Its activities therefore have both scientific and product-delivery dimensions, with different functions supporting research, medicines and services within the named therapeutic and aesthetics areas.

The position and its setting

AbbVie lists Precision Medicine Scientific Lead - Immunology in Shanghai, Shanghai, China, under reference R00152625. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 23 October 2026
• Brands: AbbVie

Responsibilities and work described

• This role requires an translational scientist with communication and leadership skills to drive effective decisions with key cross-functional stakeholders and enable execution of the overall Precision Medicine strategy for the program
• In this role you will:
• Leadership: the development, planning and implementation of translational and biomarker strategic plans for one or more clinical programs
• Responsibility may extend from early translational development activities to mature product life cycle strategies
• Management: the design, conduct, interpretation, and reporting of biomarker data/activities in line with the development, regulatory, and commercial strategies
• Leadership: asset-specific translational projects/teams in a matrix environment
• Work: with internal Operations group to coordinate activities such as sample management, technical validation of assays both internally and at external CROs, review of SOWs, and data management
• In collaboration with appropriate stakeholders ensure that clinical translational budgets, timelines, publication strategies, and regulatory compliance requirements are incorporated into program strategy
• Author and review all translational medicine aspects of clinical and regulatory documents including development plans, study protocols, HGRAC application dossier, clinical study reports, and regulatory submissions
• Leadership: scientific collaborations and therapeutic area key opinion leader interactions in collaboration with partners from Medical Affairs, Commercial, or other functions
• Proactively consult primary scientific literature, keep current on state of art technologies and emerging concepts in immunology

Essential requirements and candidate background

• PhD, PharmD and/or MD with 5+ years or MS with 10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of Translational Sciences and immunology Therapeutic Area required
• Will hire at level according to experience
• Scientific background in immunology or related field supported by publication record in these areas
• Manage clinical translational programs and teams with minimal supervision
• Organization, detail oriented, and effective time management with an ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Familiarity: data management and visualization tools and collaborating with computational biology to analyze complex data sets emerging from clinical trials
• Written and oral communication skills, ability to present the results in clear and concise manner
• Interpersonal, influencing and collaboration skills to work in a team-oriented, matrix environment, and the ability to work through conflicts

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Expertise in dermatology or rheumatology highly desirable
• Knowledge: clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials, companion diagnostics/in vitro diagnostics, protocol design, and/or experience in development strategy preferred
• Demonstrated leadership in translational sciences (employing pharmacodynamic, predictive and exploratory biomarkers) and experience with development of assays including ligand binding assays, IHC/IF, gene expression profiling, flow cytometry, single-cell genomics, spatial biology is a plus

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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Pay and application dates

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How to apply to AbbVie

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Practical preparation: pharmacy

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Relevant skills

• pharmacy
• assay development
• compliance
• stakeholder management
• communication
• clinical trials