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Job DescriptionThe Laboratory Head, Quantitative, Translational and ADME Sciences, provides scientific, operational, and strategic leadership for a bioanalytical laboratory responsible for analyzing clinical trial patient samples and generating biomarker and immunophenotyping data to support pharmacodynamic assessments, patient stratification, and clinical decision-making throughout clinical development. The Laboratory Head is also accountable for establishing and maintaining a robust laboratory quality system to ensure reliable, inspection-ready data suitable for regulatory submissions. Operating within Development Sciences-China of AbbVie and working closely with cross-functional teams, this role drives the development and implementation of innovative bioanalytical capabilities while ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality data that support clinical development and accelerate clinical proof of concept (cPOC).
Key Responsibilities
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing laboratory team, fostering a culture of scientific rigor, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
- Manage the daily operations of the laboratory, ensuring efficient workflow, personnel safety, high-quality data generation, and timely delivery of clinical sample analyses.
- Supervise laboratory personnel, assign work, provide training and coaching, and ensure staff competency in laboratory procedures, instrumentation, and quality requirements.
- Provide scientific and technical leadership in biomarker and bioanalytical strategies, assay selection, technology evaluation, troubleshooting, and implementation of emerging analytical platforms.
- Establish, maintain, and continuously improve laboratory quality systems for the analysis of clinical trial samples and generation of data supporting global regulatory submissions.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements through robust laboratory practices, including development, enforcement and maintenance of laboratory policies, SOPs, personnel training and competency assessment, assay qualification and validation, equipment qualification and maintenance, sample chain of custody and traceability, documentation and record management, data integrity, deviation and CAPA management, and inspection readiness.
- Ensure robust assay performance, sample integrity, data quality, documentation, and timely reporting throughout the biomarker testing workflow.
- Oversee laboratory infrastructure, instrumentation, reagent inventory, vendor relationships, equipment qualification, maintenance, and laboratory safety.
- Partner closely with both China and global cross-functional teams, including Clinical Development, Precision Medicine and Companion Diagnostics, Discovery Research, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, and external collaborators, to align laboratory activities with clinical study objectives and regulatory milestones.
- Ensure laboratory activities are inspection-ready and conducted in accordance with applicable SOPs, quality systems, and regulatory expectations.
- Ph.D. in Immunology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Bioanalytical Sciences, or a related scientific discipline, with a minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in bioanalytical, translational, or clinical biomarker laboratories. Experience analyzing clinical trial samples and generating data to support clinical development and regulatory submissions is required.
- Demonstrated leadership experience in establishing, managing, and developing high-performing laboratory teams and implementing laboratory quality systems that ensure regulatory-compliant, inspection-ready operations.
- Proven expertise in biomarker and bioanalytical assay development, qualification, validation, and implementation using multiplex ligand-binding assay platforms, including Olink and/or Alamar Argo HT, as well as high-throughput spectral flow cytometry platforms such as Cytek Aurora.
- Strong understanding of quality systems for laboratories supporting clinical development and regulatory submissions, including laboratory documentation practices, assay qualification and validation, instrument qualification, sample management and traceability, data integrity (ALCOA+ principles), quality assurance, deviation and CAPA management, and inspection readiness. Experience operating within GCLP or comparable regulated laboratory environments is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional collaborations with Clinical Development, Precision Medicine and Companion Diagnostics, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, external partners, and global senior leadership to support clinical programs and regulatory milestones.
- Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, and strategic planning skills, with a proven ability to build scientific capabilities, optimize laboratory operations, and mentor multidisciplinary teams.
- Professional proficiency in both Chinese and English.
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Skills Required
- Ph.D. in Immunology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Bioanalytical Sciences, or related discipline with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience analyzing clinical trial samples and supporting regulatory submissions
- Demonstrated leadership establishing, managing, and developing laboratory teams and implementing laboratory quality systems for regulatory-compliant, inspection-ready operations
- Proven expertise in biomarker and bioanalytical assay development, qualification, validation, and implementation using multiplex ligand-binding assay platforms (e.g., Olink, Alamar Argo HT) and high-throughput spectral flow cytometry (e.g., Cytek Aurora)
- Strong understanding of laboratory quality systems, documentation, assay and instrument qualification, sample management and traceability, ALCOA+ data integrity principles, deviation and CAPA management
- Experience operating within GCLP or comparable regulated laboratory environments
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaborations with Clinical Development, Precision Medicine/Companion Diagnostics, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and external partners
- Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, and strategic planning skills with experience mentoring multidisciplinary teams
- Professional proficiency in both Chinese and English
AbbVie Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AbbVie and has not been reviewed or approved by AbbVie.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are portrayed as a standout, with a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% and an additional annual company contribution based on age and service. Feedback suggests this materially boosts perceived total compensation for many U.S. employees.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave are emphasized, including up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave in the U.S. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful differentiator for employees balancing family needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as extensive, with tiered vacation that scales with tenure, 17 company holidays, and two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Feedback suggests the breadth of leave contributes notably to overall benefits satisfaction.
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AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.
