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Senior Associate Scientist, Conjugation

Employer
Pfizer
Location
Pearl River, New York
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
May 20, 2022

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Discipline
Physical Sciences, Chemistry
Position Type
Full Time
Job Type
Staff Scientist
Organization Type
All Industry, Pharma
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

As a Senior Associate Scientist in the Early Bioprocess Development within Pfizer Vaccine Research and Development, 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. Y ou will join a large team of Scientists focused on conjugation process development for manufacturing carbohydrate-based conjugate vaccines . Primary duties include supporting the development and optimization of conjugation methods, purification, and analysis of intermediates and glycoconjugates using chemical and chromatographic methods. The individual will become a key contributor towards supporting the early development and scale up of glycoconjugate vaccines. Careful documentation of work and presentation of data is required. All work is to be done in a compliant manner according to SOP guidelines and cGMP/GLP regulations, where applicable.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Support the development, optimization and scale-up of glycoconjugate vaccine process development.
  • In process analysis of glycoconjugates and intermediates.
  • Continuously evaluate each process and technique to determine if it is robust, appropriate, and scalable. If an operation has shortcomings or can be improved, propose solution in discussion with other group members to advance objectives.
  • Collaborate with colleagues within Vaccine Research and Development organization including Early Bioprocess fermentation, purification, analytical and formulation development groups.
  • Participate in the technology transfer of developed process to clinical manufacturing site, both internally and externally, and provide the technical support as needed.
  • Fully document laboratory experiments in electronic notebook in a timely and compliant manner and prepare technical reports as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.


QUALIFICATIONS
  • BS degree in Chemistry/Biochemistry or related discipline with minimum 3 years laboratory experience or MS degree in Chemistry/Organic Chemistry or related discipline.
  • Strong background in organic chemistry is required.
  • Experience in carbohydrate chemistry is preferred.
  • Experience operating and maintaining relevant instruments, resolving technical problems related to instruments, and executing analytical methods.
  • Hands on experience with various analytical techniques such as HPLC, MALS, UV-Vis, NMR, and other routine lab instruments.
  • Proficiency with personal computers including word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, and relevant scientific software is desirable.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
  • Experience with documentation of laboratory notebook in an electronic format.


OTHER JOB DETAILS

Eligible for Relocation Package

Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus

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