Senior Associate Scientist-Viral Vaccine

Why Patients Need You

Pfizer's purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Research and Development is at the heart of fulfilling Pfizer's purpose as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the therapies and vaccines that matter most. Whether you are in the discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy or supporting clinical trials, you will apply cutting edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and bring the best in class medicines to patients around the world.

What You Will Achieve

As a Senior Associate Scientist, you will be at the center of our operations and you'll find that everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to quality. You will be responsible for supporting the preclinical evaluation and early clinical development of candidate viral vaccines. You will perform various assays to monitor the immune responses elicited by vaccine candidates and maintaining cell lines, weekly processing of red blood cells, and preparing samples for testing. You will also assist with molecular and virology work to generate plasmid constructs for RNA and reverse genetic virus stocks plus optimizing RNA vaccines. Your skills and expertise will ensure that all work is to be done in a compliant manner according to relevant Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) guidelines and Good Lab Practices cGLP and/or (Current) Good Manufacturing Practices (part of GxP) cGMP guidelines.

Your significant experience of applying knowledge of principles, concepts, and practices of the discipline will make you a critical member of the team. You are proactive in contributing to all team discussions and creating an environment of collaboration.

It is your hard work and focus that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

• Contribute to achievement of immediate work group goals and collaborate with other team members.
  
• Satisfactorily completes all cGLP (current Good Laboratory Practices) and safety training in conformance with requirements.
  
• Perform sample preparation for preclinical and clinical serology in biofunctional assays to support vaccine development and clinical studies.
  
• Complete required documentation for laboratory work involving bio-functional assays.
  
• Execute qualifications/validations of new instruments and custom methods.
  
• Organize assigned work according to established departmental priorities.
  
• Collaborate with the Primary Pharmacology Group to ensure alignment around assay technology selection, assay quality criteria and validation requirements.
  
• Interact with external vendors to obtain quotes, and purchase reagents for clinical testing where applicable.
  
• Identify and report any experimental problems, proactively troubleshoot causative factors, and implement necessary corrections following discussion with supervisor.
  
• Manage manual and robotic sample preparation, use and maintenance of appropriate equipment, and preparation of relevant reagents.
  
• Train other analysts on established technologies and manage direct reports.
  

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Virology, or a related scientific field. MS with 2 years of research experience, or BS with4 years of laboratory research experience, industry experience preferred.
  
• Perform molecular techniques that include (but are not limited to) recombinant DNA techniques, sequence analysis, DNA/RNA isolation, RT-qPCR, RNA manipulation and analysis.
  
• Experience in biochemical assay development for manipulating and analyzing RNA (e.g. IVT, RNA purification/quantification).
  
• Determine and analyze RNA structure and modification and optimize RNA structure for functionality.
  
• In collaboration with manager, interpret and summarize experimental data. Present experimental results at group meetings as needed.
  
• Must be detail oriented; possess problem solving skills, and the ability to handle multiple tasks.
  
• Must possess good interpersonal and communication skills. And be a team player in a cross-functional collaborative environment.
  
• Maintain laboratory notebooks in compliance with the Pfizer Laboratory Notebook Policy.
  
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
• Occasional work after-hour or on weekends as needed. Must adhere to Pfizer's and site safety regulations.
  

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with cell culture and cell-based assays is preferred.
  

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Other Job Details:

• Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus
  
• Relocation support availabl
  

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