Scientist- Analytical Research and Development

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Use Your Power for Purpose At Pfizer, our purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Your work will leverage cutting-edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and deliver best-in-class medicines to patients globally. Whether you are involved in discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy, or supporting clinical trials, your contributions will be vital in helping Pfizer achieve new milestones and make a global impact on patient health. 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. You will be recognized as a technical expert and a scientific contributor. With your deep knowledge of the discipline, you will be an active team member whose decisions impact the projects. You will perform qualitative and quantitative analyses of organic and inorganic compounds to determine chemical and physical properties during chemical syntheses, or drug product development process. You will be using your scientific judgment to adapt standard methods and techniques by applying prior work experience. You will be forecasting and planning resource requirements for your project team.  Your creativity in developing novel processes and new ideas will be used frequently. You will undertake mentoring activities to guide team members. It is your innovative scientific temperament that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe. How You Will Achieve It • This colleague will be responsible for developing analytical strategies in support of pharmaceutical drug substance and/or drug products   during all development phases, including supporting manufacturing process development, developing, validating and transferring analytical methods, designing stability studies for shelf life assignments, and developing impurity control strategies. • 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 where appropriate. • Perform lab work and delegate responsibilities and review peer lab work as appropriate, • Through effective communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary team members, this colleague will have the opportunity to 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 wide variety of software and information systems and the curiosity to continue learning new techniques to solve complex analytical problems. • 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 • MS in Analytical Chemistry or related field with 4-6 of years of experience or BS with 6-8 years of experience • Demonstrated ability to meet timelines with minimal supervision and experience leading 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. • Att

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