Scientist, Drug Product Development

Bristol Myers Squibb•New Brunswick, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us. Drug Product Development (DPD) Our Drug Product Development team is committed to CMC design, development, and commercialization of innovative drug products to improve patient lives. We leverage the best people, collaboration, and cutting-edge innovation to achieve this commitment. BMS’s internal engine of innovation includes unrivaled industry leading expertise in CMC development of small molecules, protein biotherapeutics, protein degraders, and other therapeutic modalities. We collaborate closely with our colleagues in R&D and Commercial to design our drug products. Here, you’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities that are uncommon in scale and scope. Position Summary: BMS is seeking a scientist to join the Sterile Product & Device Development team, within the Drug Product Development (DPD) organization, located in New Brunswick, NJ. DPD is responsible for the product and process design, development, characterization, and technology transfer to enable development of Bristol Myers Squibb’s drug candidates from the preclinical stage to commercial process readiness. We are seeking a collaborative, self-motivated, and results-oriented scientist/engineer with a passion for problem solving to extend and enhance patient lives. The successful candidate excels in a collaborative, cross-functional, matrix team environment to enable the development of new parenteral drug products, including biologics, small molecule parenteral products, and emerging modalities such as, but not limited to, antibody-drug conjugates, long acting injectables, gene therapy, oligonucleotides, nucleic acids and nanoparticulate delivery. The scientist will conduct studies on new drug candidates to define physical and chemical properties using a wide variety of analytical characterization tools, as well as develop patient centric parenteral dosage forms and their manufacturing processes to enable clinical and commercial use.

Requirements

Ph.D. with 0-3 years of experience with a degree in Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering or related disciplines.
Ability to solve problems using scientific, engineering, analytical, and numerical analysis techniques to support drug product development from early development to product launch as a member of a multidisciplinary project team.
Experience in experimental design and execution as well as independent interpretation of data generated via a wide variety of analytical characterization techniques, available from experiments designed by self or others.
Knowledge of the fundamental principles of pharmaceutical science essential for the development of therapeutics.
Experienced in analytical and/or formulation development and pharmaceutical processing related to drug product development
Excellent team player with good interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills.
Hands-on computer skills and knowledge of statistics.
Ability to learn new techniques and apply these to address cross-functional development challenges.

Responsibilities

Facilitate problem solving using scientific, engineering, analytical techniques to support drug product development as a member of a multidisciplinary project team.
Enthusiastically work at the bench to solve challenging pharmaceutical development challenges applying his/her scientific or engineering expertise.
Conduct experiments on new drug candidates and formulations to define biophysical/physical and chemical properties using various analytical characterization tools.
Develop dosage forms for clinical and commercial use throughout various stages of development.
Generate data and knowledge for regulatory filings through planning and execution of experimental plans with minimal supervision, within project timelines.
Integrate and interpret research data and present conclusions as appropriate at various project meetings.
Conduct process development, optimization and scale-up studies; bring this knowledge to project teams to enable successful drug product technology transfer to clinical manufacturing and commercial sites.
Issue periodic reports and ensure compliance to safety rules and regulations, experimental best practices, electronic laboratory notebook, and other expectations and trainings based on corporate and regulatory guidelines.
Participate in appropriate portfolio and strategy initiative teams.

Benefits

Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day. All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

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