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Senior Scientist, Innovative Parenteral Product Development

Employer
Pfizer
Location
Lake Forest, Illinois
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
May 6, 2021

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Discipline
Health Sciences, Drug Development
Position Type
Full Time
Job Type
Senior Scientist
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.

Role Summary:

Our Pharmaceutical Sciences function supports Pfizer's early to late stage portfolio translating new chemical entities into commercial drug products. Pharmaceutical Sciences is a fully integrated Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls capability that encompasses state of the art active pharmaceutical ingredient synthesis and drug product design as well as cGMP manufacturing and clinical trials supply chain. Operating within PCOE, the Innovative Parenteral Product Development (IPPD) group utilizes expertise in analytical chemistry, materials science, formulation design and process development to deliver innovative new parenteral medicines.

We are seeking a strongly trained scientist to work in a team environment (under supervision of a team leader) engaged in the design, development, analyses and characterization of innovative parenteral pharmaceutical dosage forms.

You will predominantly be working in IPPD on novel drug product and technology projects. You will be responsible for experimental design, planning and execution of high-quality work, interpretation and reporting of data and communication to enable the design, development, optimization, scale-up and technology transfer of pharmaceutical dosage forms. Under the mentorship of subject matter experts, your existing knowledge and experience will be enhanced through engagement in a program of active learning and training tailored to accelerate your contribution to the diverse business of IPPD.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Leads and plans formulation/analytical assignments and activities to meet established project goals and timelines. Design and undertake high quality scientific experimentation to further the analytical development of dosage forms for novel drug candidates or product enhancement projects, which may include formulation, characterization and biopharmaceutics assessment to derive appropriate data. Role also encompasses documentation of experiments in line with IPPD and site guidelines and authoring of technical reports.

Define analytical/formulation methodology to support the manufacture of clinical supplies and commercial drug product based on development and application of advanced analytical understanding and provide scientific / technical support to colleagues in GMP manufacturing facilities where appropriate.

Contribute to the drafting of the relevant sections of the Quality modules of regulatory documentation.

Interpret scientific data to derive clear conclusions and provide direction for future work. Provide technical support to the Pharmaceutical Sciences multidisciplinary team to facilitate and influence the development of quality drug products.

Develop and maintain a contemporary in-depth understanding of the science, technology and regulation of parenteral pharmaceutical dosage forms and apply this knowledge to development of assigned drug candidates.

Communicate effectively to IPPD line managers and the wider development team and present data at departmental technical and governance meetings.

Share lessons and experience with colleagues and look for opportunities to develop novel technologies, processes and digital/computational tools to advance science of formulation and process development for dosage forms.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline with outstanding academic performance OR MS or BS with qualification 9+ years work experience in a relevant area practical work experience gained in an operational R&D role in pharmaceutical, drug delivery or allied industries in a relevant area (e.g. analytical development, testing and characterization of parenteral dosage forms).
  • Recognized scientific knowledge base and technical ability in requisite analytical tools (e.g. HPLC/UPLC, spectroscopic methods) to understand parenteral products.
  • The ability to use computational predictive tools, modelling software or data visualization tools.
  • Evidence of the ability to exercise sound scientific and technical judgement.
  • Good experimentalist with experience and competence in a wide range of lab technologies.
  • Effective oral and written communication.
  • Able to contribute effectively as a member of multidisciplinary teams.


Other Job Details:
  • Last Date to Apply for Job: May 6, 2021
  • Eligible for Relocation Package: no
  • Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus: yes


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