AbbVie Posted October 23, 2026

Precision Medicine Lead - Immunology

Shanghai, Shanghai Full-time
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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

As a China Precision Medicine Scientific Lead - Immunology, he/she will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment to lead the development and execution of Precision Medicine strategies for Immunology programs in early/late-stage clinical development. The successful candidate will work with global Precision Medicine Team responsible for development and execution of translational research and clinical biomarker strategies (predictive/pharmacodynamic/resistance biomarkers, molecular response endpoints, indication selection and combination strategies) in alignment with the overall asset strategy, and ensuring successful execution of drug-diagnostic co-development in collaboration with the Companion Diagnostics group within Precision Medicine. This role requires an exceptional translational scientist with outstanding 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:

Lead 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

Manage the design, conduct, interpretation, and reporting of biomarker data/activities in line with the development, regulatory, and commercial strategies

Lead 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.

Lead 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.

Qualifications

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.

Strong scientific background in immunology or related field supported by publication record in these areas

Expertise in dermatology or rheumatology highly desirable

Knowledge of 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

Ability to 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 with data management and visualization tools and collaborating with computational biology to analyze complex data sets emerging from clinical trials

Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to present the results in clear and concise manner

Strong interpersonal, influencing and collaboration skills to work in a team-oriented, matrix environment, and the ability to work through conflicts

Additional Information

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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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Drug Discovery & Preclinical Research
Therapeutic area
Immunology
Location
Shanghai, Shanghai
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

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We currently track 895 comparable Drug Discovery & Preclinical Research roles across 86 biopharma companies.

895Comparable roles tracked
834Currently active
86Companies hiring similar roles
32Countries represented

Salary context

345 of 895 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

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Highest disclosed · Vice President, Therapeutics Immunology · ModernaTX, Inc. $272,200/yr – $490,100/yr
Peer group range $0 – $381,150 (median $155,000)

Where these roles are based

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United States611
China43
Germany36
United Kingdom31
Switzerland30
France27

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Seniority mix

642 of 895 peers have a known seniority level

Senior214
Principal146
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc69
Director61
Associate57
Associate Director31
Manager26
Senior Director23
Executive/VP15

Therapeutic area mix

119 of 895 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Immunology49
Oncology42
Neuroscience14
Cardiovascular / CVRM8
Respiratory3
Vaccines & Infectious Disease2
Rare Disease1

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