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Scientist

Pfizer Groton, Connecticut On-site senior full-time

Salary

$79,400 to $132,400 per year

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Description

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.

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.

Responsibilities

  • Develop analytical strategies in support of pharmaceutical drug substance and/or drug products during all development phases
  • Collaborate with colleagues and subject matter experts to assess the most appropriate analytical approach
  • Perform lab work and delegate responsibilities and review peer lab work as appropriate
  • Present data at team meetings and be actively involved in solving technical challenges
  • Author relevant sections of global regulatory submissions in support of new drug approvals
  • Prepare technical reports, critically review data, and may evaluate new instrumentation and analytical techniques/approaches

Qualifications

  • 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

Benefits

  • Comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives
  • 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
  • Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

Skills

Required

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • chromatography
  • dissolution
  • IR spectroscopy
  • mass spectrometry
  • particle size analysis
  • NMR

Nice to have

  • peptide therapeutics
  • trace level impurity analysis
  • global regulatory submission processes
  • separation technology
  • LIMS
  • Chromatographic Software
  • Veeva
  • electronic notebooks
  • computational predictive tools
  • modelling software
  • data visualization tools
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