Senior Principal Scientist - Drug Product Analytical Research and Development

Pfizer • Groton, CT

4d • Onsite

About The Position

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 that matter most. 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 In this role, you'll be working to help us achieve that goal by advancing products to the market through innovation and delivery of cutting-edge analytical testing. You will be part of a team which is focused on developing methods and strategies to support product and process development for small molecules, at all stages of clinical development. You will work across analytical functions and projects. A Senior Principal Scientist in Analytical Research and Development plays an important role during all phases of pharmaceutical development. The qualified candidate will take an active role by leading the analytical development strategies and performing and directing lab work for new drug candidates. The candidate will work with cross-functional development teams and apply a variety of analytical methodologies to support physical and chemical characterization of drug products. The candidate should be proficient with a breadth of analytical methodologies (e.g. chromatography, mass spectrometry, dissolution, spectroscopy, and NMR), with expertise in one or more techniques. The candidate should also be proficient with a wide variety of software and information systems and have a demonstrated ability to learn new techniques and solve complex analytical problems. It is your hard work and dedication that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe. How You Will Achieve It As a project lead, you will be responsible for developing analytical strategies in support of pharmaceutical drug products during all development phases, including supporting manufacturing process development, developing, validating and transferring analytical methods, designing stability studies to understand drug degradation mechanisms and for shelf-life assignments, and developing impurity control strategies. You will perform lab work and will plan, direct, and review the lab work of other scientists in a matrix environment. The role requires collaboration with colleagues to identify appropriate analytical approaches, including use of computational predictive tools, modeling software and data visualization tools where appropriate. You will critically review and interpret scientific data to derive clear conclusions and provide direction for future work and will communicate results and conclusions through various media including presentations and technical reports. As a subject matter expert, you will evaluate new approaches, instrumentation or analytical technologies and mentor other scientists. You will author relevant sections of the quality modules of regulatory submissions.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry or related field, with 8+ years of pharmaceutical R&D experience required.
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including visualization of data, presentations and authoring technical articles.
• Demonstrated ability to meet timelines and interact with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new techniques and solve complex analytical problems.
• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and effective interpersonal and communication skills are required.
• Proficient with a wide variety of software and information systems.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge and the ability to operate analytical techniques such as HPLC-MS, GC-MS, spectroscopy, and physical techniques such as particle size and dissolution that are commonly used for the characterization of pharmaceutical substances and products is desired.
• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

Responsibilities

• Developing analytical strategies in support of pharmaceutical drug products during all development phases, including supporting manufacturing process development, developing, validating and transferring analytical methods, designing stability studies to understand drug degradation mechanisms and for shelf-life assignments, and developing impurity control strategies.
• Perform lab work and will plan, direct, and review the lab work of other scientists in a matrix environment.
• Collaborate with colleagues to identify appropriate analytical approaches, including use of computational predictive tools, modeling software and data visualization tools where appropriate.
• Critically review and interpret scientific data to derive clear conclusions and provide direction for future work and will communicate results and conclusions through various media including presentations and technical reports.
• Evaluate new approaches, instrumentation or analytical technologies and mentor other scientists.
• Author relevant sections of the quality modules of regulatory submissions.

Benefits

• In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 17.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program.
• We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees