Job Description

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. You will perform qualitative and quantitative analyses of organic, inorganic compounds, or biologics to determine chemical and physical properties during chemical syntheses, fermentation or drug product development process.

You will be using your scientific judgment to adapt standard methods and techniques by applying prior work experience and consulting others. Your ability to plan will help in preparing short-term work activities on projects. Your creativity in developing novel processes and new ideas will be used frequently. You will undertake mentoring activities to guide your team members.

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.
• Assist in the establishment of analytical procedures and interpret results/technical data.
• Communicate progress, plans, requirements and risks to the senior analyst, manager, stakeholders in partner groups and higher management informally and, if required, formally through written reports and presentations.
• Actively participate and report progress into cross-functional project teams to meet customer expectations, project milestones and Good Manufacturing Practices {also cGMP} standards.
• Prepare and review technical documents, including validation protocols and reports, analytical test procedures, investigation reports, and change controls.
• Develop analytical methodologies and strategies needed to progress biotherapeutic products in the pipeline.
• Support development, qualification, validation, and transfer of cell-based and immunoassays in support of diverse portfolio in varying stages of clinical development.
• Analyze and communicate experimental results both orally and in written reports to colleagues and management.
• Provide the necessary documentation for regulatory submissions as required and writes deficiency responses.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's Degree with a concentration in Chemistry with 6+ years of experience OR Master's Degree with 4+ years of experience with a concentration in Chemistry.

• Effective communication skills

• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, the ability to multitask, and effective interpersonal and communication skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Industrial experience in a GMP lab environment.

• The ability to use computational predictive tools, modelling software or data visualization tools.

• Ability to meet project milestones under general supervision, manage expectations for specific projects, ensure delivery of technology/transfer/submission-ready technology, data and documents.

• Experience in problem-solving skills and instrument troubleshooting.

• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, especially adherence to laboratory notebook practices.

• Experience with a wide variety of software and information systems (e.g. electronic lab notebooks, Empower and LIMS).

• Working knowledge and the ability to operate analytical techniques such as HPLC-MS, GC-MS, spectroscopy and physical techniques such as particle size, used for the characterization of pharmaceutical substances and products is desired

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to perform lab-based activities

Other Job Details

• Work Location Assignment: On Premise, colleagues work in a Pfizer site because it’s needed to get their job done. They may have flexibility to work remotely from time to time, but they are primarily on-site

• Relocation Support Available

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