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Scientist - Portfolio Management

Employer
Pfizer
Location
Chesterfield, Missouri
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Mar 10, 2021

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Discipline
Health Sciences, Drug Development
Position Type
Full Time
Organization Type
All Industry, Pharma
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 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. With your deep knowledge in the discipline, you will be an active team member who influences at the project team level.

The Scientist - Portfolio Mgmt serves as a resource for ARD teams. In this role, they will support efforts for regulatory authoring including resource scheduling, budgeting, and associated project management. The colleague will work directly with ARD sub-teams and contracted service providers to properly plan for and track effort completed on behalf of the project team. In addition, the role will work with multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams to ensure efficient operation of Analytical teams and the organization overall. The role combines knowledge of ARD scientific disciplines, biologic drug development, general regulatory authoring expectations, and program/project management to ensure that deliverables are met.

Along with contributing to the forward progress of specific portfolio projects, the Scientist will support the design and implementation of best practices (roadmaps) for ARD project coordination. Internal ARD and cross-functional initiatives are within scope.

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 goals and influences at the work group/project team level.
  • Work directly with the ARD Line Portfolio Lead and ARD Project Leads on managing the ARD deliverables within the portfolio, primarily focused on late state regulatory authoring support.
  • Working within the ARD Portfolio and Operations Group to represent Analytical R&D business needs for regulatory authoring support including budgeting/planning, program management, accounting, and interactions with contracted resource organizations.
  • Work with ARD groups and project sub-teams to define operational planning including timelines, budget forecasts and FTE resource estimates based on internal guidance in advancement of plans that go to project teams/PMs.
  • Work within the ARD Portfolio and Operations Group to support portfolio system improvements, including establishing best practices (roadmaps), standard work process tools, and tracking of portfolio progression.



Qualifications

Must-Have
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 6+ years related experience in development of biological therapeutics within the biopharmaceutical industry.
  • Understanding of ARD deliverables during development for biomolecules.
  • Proven record of relevant skills and scientific expertise in analytical method development and troubleshooting.
  • Ability to support teams in a matrix environment.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple activities and objectives simultaneously.
  • Ability to work and communicate effectively across functional lines and organizations at all levels.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.


Nice-to-Have
  • Master's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience.
  • Familiarity with relevant regulatory or technical/scientific document authoring expectations. Experience with BLA/MAA regulatory filings.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with tools used for project planning, tracking and management, including Excel, SharePoint, MS Project, and/or visualization tools like Spotfire.


PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
  • Position requires occasional light lifting and periods of standing, sitting or walking.
  • A bility to perform mathematical calculations and ability to perform complex data analysis .


NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
  • Off-hours work may be needed where timelines or regulatory responses require.
  • Minimal work-related travel may be needed, NMT 5%.


Other Job Details
  • Last Date to Apply for Job: March 16, 2021
  • Locations: St Louis, MO or Andover, MA


Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

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