Job Description - Senior Associate Scientist, Drug Product Design (DPD), Materials Science

Why Patients Need You

Pfizer’s purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. We are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity, and excellence. Research and Development is at the heart of fulfilling Pfizer’s purpose as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the therapies and vaccines that matter most. Whether you are in the discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy or supporting clinical trials, 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 we offer

A competitive compensation and flexible benefits package, a good work-life balance, annual bonus, and a fun rewarding career with opportunities every day to work with other highly talented scientists. Opportunities to learn new technical and interpersonal skills, develop existing strengths, coach, and mentor other colleagues, while pursuing our purpose – to find breakthroughs that change patients’ lives.

What You Will Achieve

When you join Pfizer, you'll be joining a company and team with a desire to bring new, cutting-edge medicines to patients around the world. As a member of our team, you'll use science and technology to design, characterize and develop the solid form of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and drug product formulations from discovery to commercial launch. You will be able to leverage your existing scientific knowledge, as well as develop in new areas, to evaluate the chemical & physical stability, bioperformance and manufacturability of the drug product across a diverse range of therapeutic areas.

As a Senior Associate 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. Your significant experience of applying knowledge of principles, concepts, and practices of the discipline will make you a critical member of the team. Your skill and knowledge will help in making decisions that require choosing among limited options. You are proactive in contributing to all team discussions and creating an environment of collaboration.

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

• Apply technical skills to projects/ assignments within own work group/project team.
• Undertake high quality scientific experimentation to further the development of API and/or dosage forms for novel drug candidates.
• Conduct solid-state physical and chemical characterization of small molecules of pharmaceutical relevance.  This includes particle characterization (e.g., particle size, shape) and solid-state characterization (e.g., spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, thermal analysis).
• Communicate within the DPD team the results of literature searches and other areas of active learning to enable project development.
• Ensure accurate, timely entries are made in e-laboratory notebook system according to accepted good practice. In addition, compile and prepare technical reports in relation to project work.
• Ensure safe working practices are followed and maintained both in own and others’ work (using personal protective equipment where appropriate).
• Support the authorship of development reports, and regulatory submission documents (e.g. Common Technical Dossier for drug product filings).
• Support initiatives to develop best practices, test methods and work processes to drive efficiencies.

Qualifications  

Must-Have

• Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS) in pharmaceutical science, chemistry, engineering (chemical or mechanical), biology, physics, or related field with 3+ years of experience or a Master’s Degree (MA/MS) in the same fields.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong foundational understanding of basic principles of physical, organic and analytical chemistry.

Nice-to-Have

• Strong foundational understanding of basic principles of physical, organic and analytical chemistry.
• Experience conducting and optimizing routine laboratory or pilot-scale experiments.
• Comfort in using computational models.

Flexible working   

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!   

Employee Equal Opportunities   

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.    

 
Work Location Assignment: On Premise

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.