Pfizer is looking to deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives by developing and bringing new medicines to market, and this role will play a pivotal part in achieving that goal by driving the commitment to quality in everything they do.
Requirements
- PhD in Analytical Chemistry or related field, with 0+ years of R&D experience; or MSc in Analytical Chemistry or related subject with 7+ years’ of R&D experience
- Experienced with HPLC for quantitative method development and dissolution
- Demonstrated ability to learn new techniques and solve complex analytical problems
- Working knowledge and the ability to operate analytical techniques such as HPLC-MS, GC-MS, spectroscopy, and physical techniques such as particle size and dissolution
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry space and the drug product process development
- Proficient with a wide variety of software and information systems
Responsibilities
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses of organic and inorganic compounds to assess their chemical and physical properties throughout the drug product development lifecycle
- Develop chromatographic and dissolution methods in support of drug development
- Apply expertise in separations and chromatography as well as dissolution and other analytical methodologies (e.g. spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and NMR) to enable drug development
- Support manufacturing process development
- Designing, validating, and transferring analytical methods
- Planning stability studies to assess degradation mechanisms and determine shelf-life
- Developing impurity control strategies
Other
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including visualization of data, presentations and authoring technical articles
- Demonstrated ability to meet timelines with minimal supervision and interact with multi-disciplinary teams
- Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and effective interpersonal and communication skills are required
- Ability to work in a laboratory setting
- Adherence to standard operating procedures and some travel may be required
