FSP Associate Research Scientist: QC Strategy & Analytical Sciences

ThermoFisher Scientific; New Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards

Stock Purchase Plan

PTO and holidays

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific in New Jersey seeks a results‑driven professional to support the Quality Control Strategy & Analytical Science (QCSAS) functions. You will plan, create, and execute commercial projects with Contract Testing Labs (CTLs) under QCSAS, interfacing with multidisciplinary staff and Global Procurement to advance our pipeline.

The role requires a Bachelor's in life sciences and 6–8 years in pharmaceutical analytics, with strong project-management, communication, and MS Office

Qualifications

• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Managing external project activities, including drafting SOWs and leading progress meetings with CTLs.
• Establishing SPOC model with CTLs and maintaining relationships.
• Coordinating planning, forecasting, budgeting, and smooth execution of external work.
• Ensuring CTLs follow SOPs, Quality Agreements, and regulatory requirements.
• Liaising between technical teams, compliance, and CTLs.

Job description

Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Thermo Fisher's clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our customers to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner.

Summary:

This role will support the Quality Control Strategy & Analytical Science (QCSAS) functions with the planning, creation, and execution of commercial projects with Contract Testing Labs (CTL) under the sponsorship of QCSAS. The position will interface extensively with inter disciplinary scientific staff, Quality/Compliance, Global Procurement (GP) and other functional areas. This role provides an excellent opportunity to utilize both scientific and project management skills set to contribute to the advancement of our growing pipeline and exciting portfolio.

Key Responsbilities:

• Managing overall external project activities, including but not limited to drafting the Scope of Work (SOW) document, facilitating and/or leading project progress meetings with CTLs, follow ups, alliance management, issue resolution/escalations and complete project close out activities.
• Establish and implement the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) model with our strategic and other partner CTLs.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with CTLs, planning, forecasting, coordinates project work, lead initiatives, assisting with gathering pricing information, contracting, metrics tracking and smooth execution.
• Ensures that CTLs follow applicable processes, SOPs and Quality Agreements.
• Liaise between technical teams, compliance and CTLs.
• Reviews project needs, estimate resources, budget and facilitates need for external work. Make recommendations when appropriate to move external work to internally supported work streams or other analytical collaborators.
• Seek to influence and drive changes to bring efficiencies and streamline processes.
• Ensures compliance with and maintains required training in relevant and departmental SOPs, GMPs, safety, and other guidelines.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant life sciences program field
• AND 6-8 years of relevant experience within the pharmaceutical industry and with hands on experience in analytical chemistry with a focus on CMC development and/or commercial of novel drug candidates.
• Experience in working/managing CTLs, primarily in analytical support is preferred.
• Thorough understanding of cGMP’s is strongly preferred.
• Very good understanding of the drug development process and associated regulatory framework is essential.
• Must be able to work with CTLs and influence multi-departmental initiatives, work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Must be an effective communicator (oral and written) with good follow up skills and working with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent project management skills - facilitation, planning, managing, budgeting, and execution.
• Great collaborator and be able to work very well in a team with multiple stakeholders.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote) are essential.

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Environment:

Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.

Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical working hours.

Able to lift and move objects up to 25 pounds

Able to work in non-traditional work environments.

Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with

proficiency.

May have exposure to potentially hazardous elements, including infectious agents, typically found in healthcare or laboratory environments.

Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility/Disability Access

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Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in New Jersey is $90,000.00–$110,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.