Principal Data Scientist
AbbVie
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This role pays more than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $137,743–$202,289 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $180k versus about $170k for comparable roles.
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AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions in immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care. Its products include Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq.
AbbVie currently has 297 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $109,500–$208,500 across 271 roles with salary data.
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Principal Data Scientist serves as the technical lead within the Analytics and Performance Excellence team, overseeing a portfolio of advanced analytics products for personalized commercial engagement and performance optimization. This role is responsible for the end-to-end technical strategy, model design, development, and validation of AI/ML and statistical solutions to drive data-driven decision making in a pharmaceutical context. The candidate will build predictive and inferential models using multi-source data to analyze customer behavior and evaluate cross-channel engagement patterns. Key technologies include Python, R, SQL, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, PySpark, and deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow. The role also involves productionizing solutions in cloud environments using tools such as Databricks and MLflow. Essential skills include causal inference, experimentation, feature engineering, and translating complex technical findings into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
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Median $162025 from 276 postings across 61 companies.
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