Associate Scientist

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

Bioassay and Impurity Testing Group: We are seeking candidates to join us in building capabilities to lead the industry in the advancement of novel products to the market through innovation and execution of analytical testing. Working within a team setting, the qualified candidate will be responsible for the development of analytical methods to monitor the intended mechanism of action of drug candidates and assays to evaluate process-related impurities in biological candidates in clinical development. The qualified candidate will have experience with PCR assays and/or immunoassays, which may be used for release testing and product characterization to ensure residual host impurities are controlled. This data is required to elucidate structure-function and to confirm suitable quality of clinical supplies in a broad biologic's portfolio, including vaccines. The candidate will work across analytical functions and projects. Prior experience working in a GMP environment is desirable. Excellent writing skills and the ability to document and communicate results to a wide array of scientists and management will be critical. Ability to multitask while working with multiple people in a team-based environment is a requirement.

How You Will Achieve It

• The candidate is responsible for qualification and testing of qPCR-based assays and/or immunoassays and their associated critical reagents in a GMP environment.
• The candidate is expected to document and report lab work according to GMP practices.
• The candidate must be able to interact effectively with multi-disciplinary project teams.
• The candidate is expected to tabulate data, provide data interpretation to their teams and to their customers.
• The candidate is expected to revise/review/author test technical reports.
• The candidate is expected to have intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel).

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree in biology, biochemistry, immunology, biotechnology or related field with experience performing qPCR-based assays and/or immunoassays (e.g. ELISA).
• Proven record of delivering results in a fast paced environment and effective communication to project teams.
• Demonstrated technical writing skills and good interpersonal skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience in GxP (GLP, GMP) environment and implementation of continuous improvement practices.
• Cell based assay experience.
• Methodqualification experience.

Other Job Details:

• Last Date to Apply for Job: January 26, 2021
• Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus: YES

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