Analytical Chemistry Research Scientist (Contract)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals • Boston, MA

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About The Position

Vertex is seeking a highly motivated analytical chemist to provide commercial product analytical support. You will work directly with our contract manufacturing organizations and a highly diverse group of scientists at Vertex to support various tasks encountered in commercial manufacturing of drug products. To be considered for this position, the applicant will need to be a collaborative, experienced and competent analytical chemist with a strong understanding of development, implementation and troubleshooting of analytical methods in the pharmaceutical industry.

Requirements

• Experience with chromatography methods such as HPLC, GC, and other common analytical techniques used in pharmaceutical analysis
• Experience with compendial methods for analysis (e.g. KF, elemental impurity testing, and identification by spectroscopy)
• Proficient with data analytics and visualization tools
• Strong communication and technical writing skills including Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new projects rapidly and flexibility to accommodate changes in responsibilities or project priorities
• Bachelor's, or Master's in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Chemistry or other natural science
• Typically requires the following, or the equivalent combination of education and experience: Master's or Bachelor's and 2+ years

Responsibilities

• Method transfers for small molecule drug product to various CMOs or between internal groups
• Authoring/reviewing documentation to support new and existing commercial products (methods, transfer protocols/reports, lab notebooks, technical reports, etc.)
• Commercial data collection, interpretation, reviewing, trending, and report generation to support late-phase and commercial projects.

Benefits

• compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the third-party agency partner upon offer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree