Process Development Scientist - Scale-Up & Innovation

Pfizer; North Carolina; On-site; USD 69,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with matching contributions

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Pfizer is seeking a skilled MSAT professional to support manufacturing of vaccines and drug substances in a dynamic, on-site environment in the United States. The role focuses on process scale-down studies, data analysis, and driving continuous improvements across manufacturing steps.

Responsibilities include serving as a Technical Expert, troubleshooting processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure safety, compliance, and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or related discipline.
• MBA or MS with any years of experience.
• Strong working knowledge of chemistry and ability to safely perform laboratory work.
• Ability to perform complex data analysis.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting technical issues.
• Experience in planning and carrying out experiments independently.
• Competence with MS Office as well as complex laboratory instrumentation and software.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to immediate work group goals and collaborate with team members to achieve project objectives.
• Perform process scale-down studies for characterizing and supporting manufacturing of therapeutic vaccines and other drug substances.
• Implement technology and continuous process development to ensure success.
• Serve as a Technical Expert for manufacturing methods, conducting studies and recommending improvements for reliability, cost, safety, compliance, and environmental performance.
• Troubleshoot and improve established manufacturing processes, ensuring robustness and efficiency.
• Represent MSAT in cross-functional project teams and participate in technical writing and review.
• Maintain laboratory areas and equipment in a clean, safe, and functional order, complying with safety and regulatory requirements.
• Independently plan and perform work assignments, interpret and present data, and support product transfers, new product development, and cost improvement projects.
• Design and execute studies while prioritizing work to meet deadlines and solving moderately complex problems under moderate supervision.

Skills

Data analysis

Independent experiments

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Laboratory safety

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Chemical Engineering or related

MBA/MS with any years of experience

Tools

MS Office

Laboratory instrumentation

Job description

Pfizer is seeking a skilled MSAT professional to support manufacturing of vaccines and drug substances in a dynamic, on-site environment in the United States. The role focuses on process scale-down studies, data analysis, and driving continuous improvements across manufacturing steps.

Responsibilities include serving as a Technical Expert, troubleshooting processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure safety, compliance, and efficiency.