Pfizer is seeking to advance vaccine development efforts by evaluating novel vaccine candidates using animal models, to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in conducting preclinical studies using laboratory animals, ability to work independently using knowledge and work experience.
- Proficiency in using personal computers – including word processing, spreadsheets, PRISM, PowerPoint, and other relevant scientific software.
- Uses own scientific judgment to apply and adapt standard methods and techniques with increased independence by applying prior work experience
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with internal teams to design and conduct animal studies for evaluating vaccine candidates, utilizing a variety of laboratory animals.
- Conduct animal procedures to assess the immunogenicity and efficacy of vaccines, including tissue harvesting and studying human pathogen infection and disease.
- Perform manipulations and procedures on laboratory animals and handle microorganisms and clinical samples in a Biosafety Level (BSL) 2 environment.
- Support laboratory operations by preparing media, stocking reagents, ordering supplies, and processing samples, while working effectively in a matrixed team environment.
- Ensure compliance with cGMP/GLP and other regulatory requirements, where applicable.
- Analyze data and present experimental results in meetings.
- Document all work in electronic notebooks and write progress reports as required.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree with 6 to 8 years of experience or MS with 4 to 6 years of relevant laboratory and/or vivarium experience required.
- Motivated, flexible, and willing to learn new skill sets.
- Sitting, standing, walking, and repetitive procedures, light lifting; ability to analyze data and design experiments and present scientific concepts to colleagues.
- Permanent work authorization in the United States.
- E-Verify employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.
