Senior Scientist - Analytical Chemistry

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

You will play an important role during all phases of pharmaceutical development. You will take an active role by developing and leading digital initiatives (e. g. modelling/algorithm driven) to accelerate chromatographic method development for pharmaceutical analysis and efficient management of scientific data. You will also have opportunities to work with cross-functional development teams and apply a variety of methodologies to support physical and chemical characterization of drug products , drive analytical development strategies for new drug candidates.

As a senior scientist your job is to define and drive efficient digital solutions at the interface of analytical sciences and wholistic medicines development. We are looking for someone who is passionate about use of data in conjunction with digital tools to harness information for efficient solutions to difficult problems.

You will support Pfizer's small molecule portfolio using a combination of digital skills and analytical chemistry knowledge for a range of applications including but not limited to separation sciences, spectroscopy, and in process monitoring methodologies. Additional key responsibilities comprise scientific data management to deliver on analytics for research and manufacturing environments to elevate work efficiencies for end-to-end medicines development.

How You Will Achieve It

• Develop and lead digital initiatives to accelerate the chromatographic method development for pharmaceutical analysis. e.g., use of methods and algorithms to enable prediction of chromatographic behaviour of target compounds based on chemical structures.
  
• Proficient with a wide variety of software and information systems, apply knowledge of novel separation techniques with curiosity to continue learning new techniques to solve complex analytical problems by integrating with related digital applications.
  
• Collaborates with colleagues and subject matter experts to assess the most appropriate analytical approach to support project activities, including use of computational predictive tools, modelling software and data visualization tools
  
• Responsible for developing analytical strategies in support of pharmaceutical drug products during all development phases, including clinical studies, manufacturing process development, developing, validating and transferring analytical methods, designing stability studies for shelf-life assignments, and developing impurity control strategies.
  
• Perform lab work and delegate responsibilities and review peer lab work as appropriate,
  
• Through effective communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary team members, present data at team meetings and be actively involved in solving technical challenges that arise during development.
  
• The candidate must be able to collaborate with and mentor peers as well as effectively interact with colleagues at all levels of the organization.
  
• Author relevant sections of global regulatory submissions in support of new drug approvals. They will also prepare technical reports, critically review data, and may evaluate new instrumentation and analytical techniques/approaches.
  
• Proficient with a breadth of relevant methodologies such as, chromatography, dissolution, IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, particle size analysis and NMR, with expertise in one or more of these techniques.
  

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Ph.D in Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related field, with 0+ years of relevant industrial experience or BS in relevant field with 5+ years of industry experience
  
• Fundamental understanding of separation sciences (i.e. Quantitative Structure-Retention Relationships); analytical method development and validation, hands-on experience with chromatography modeling software (e.g., Drylab, ACD Labs), computational predictive tools. Multi-platform source data integration and knowledge of data visualization tools such as Spotfire or Tableau.
  
• Demonstrated ability to meet timelines with minimal supervision and interact with multi-disciplinary teams.
  
• Demonstrated ability to learn new techniques and solve complex analytical problems.
  
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including visualization of data and drafting reports.
  
• Experience with a wide-variety of software and information systems.
  
• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, the ability to multitask, and effective interpersonal and communication skills.
  

Nice-to-Have

• Experience in pharmaceutical industry (GMP knowledge, dissolution science)
  
• Strong computational/programming skills: proficient in programming with knowledge of a variety of commercial computational packages, familiar with Linux, AWS, cloud computing and high performance computing environment.
  

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Some limited travel to Pfizer locations can be expected; colleague will also work through online collaborations with remote Pfizer sites.

Relocation support available

Work Location Assignment:On Premise

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment. As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

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