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Associate Principal Scientist –Analytical, Inhalation products
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp · 🇺🇸 US - Durham - NC
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- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 99 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp paid sponsored hires in similar roles15 certified filings for “Associate Director Oncology Outcomes Research” (Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists) in MD: $126k–$185k, median $140k. Most were filed at wage level II (47%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 99 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Join us at AstraZeneca, where we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Technical Operations Science & Innovation (TOSI) team which is part of the Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D) organisation. This is your chance to make a meaningful impact on people's lives with life-changing medicines. This is an Associate Principal Scientist role. The Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D) organisation, part of Operations , is responsible for drug product design, development and technical support for drug substance and products throughout the life cycle. This role will have a significant impact on the overall success of Operations as well as ensuring the commercial viability of current products. The activities of the group help to ensure availability of all AstraZeneca products to the commercial organisation. The role therefore has a substantial impact on both financial and reputational aspects of the business. This role is based at AstraZeneca’s Durham, US site. What you’ll do In this role, you will provide expert technical analytical support to commercial Inhalation Products manufactured internally at AZ sites and externally at contract facilities. You will be responsible for the provision of technical expertise to aid in the resolution of method/manufacturing/formulation issues and complaints impacting supply or manufacturability. You will also be delivering technical expertise to support product supply strategy projects and business continuity plans through delivery of the drug product control, manufacturability strategy and product quality risk management activities throughout the lifecycle. There will also be opportunities to represent the QC units during the New Product Introduction phase, working with the development team and manufacturing sites. Other responsibilities: • Support AZ manufacturing and QC testing sites, CMOs, and import labs to ensure performance, robustness and compliance of AZ commercial drug products and related analytical methods. This will involve practical problem-solving activities in support of issue investigations (OOS/OOT) and analytical methods lifecycle management. • Support major changes, business continuity plans and market access projects in collaboration with multiple functions (e.g., Global external sourcing, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Regulatory Affairs, and Manufacturing). This will involve analytical technology transfers of commercial products to multiple locations as well as support to local registrations and regulatory variations, including preparation of analytical parts of regulatory dossiers. • Assist in defining technical standards impacting commercial products specific to regulatory expectations and analytical standards (including pharmacopeial standards) • Executing Technical leadership and influencing in Pharmaceutical Teams and within TOSI • Analytical methods improvements and analytical innovation projects for commercial products, in collaboration with other technical teams and Expert Working Groups. This includes performance improvements, sustainability improvements, lead time reduction, enhanced control strategy, automation etc. in alignment with Ops 2030 and PT&D 2030 targets. Essential requirements • Bachelor of Science in an appropriate subject area (e.g. Chemistry, Pharmacy, Analytical and Pharmaceutical Sciences) with proven experience relevant to the pharmaceutical industry, ideally on inhalation medicines. MS or PhD desirable. • 5+ years of experience in multiple pharmaceutical development subject areas, such as, analytical, formulation, process engineering, stability, modelling and validation • An understanding of the overall drug development and commercialisatio