Senior Principal Scientist

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Our Analytical Strategy and Operations team creates transformative medicines of tomorrow based on the cutting-edge science of today. Working within Global Product Development and Supply this team uses state-of-the art technologies to develop, enable and execute analytical and CMC strategies that ensure safety, quality and efficacy of life-saving medicines administered to patients in clinical studies. Our team is involved at the earliest stages of Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical product development through the successful commercial launch. As a member of our team, you will get the chance to play a pivotal role to positively impact patients’ lives while developing professionally to achieve your own career goals.

Position Summary:

The Senior Principal Scientist will be an CMC analytical lead (CMC-AL) for drug candidates across all stages of development and, as needed, within our commercial product portfolio. They will serve as a member of a cross functional CMC team responsible for analytical related CMC strategy development. Collaborating with various functional areas, they will identify drug substance and drug product critical quality attributes and establish controls and testing to deliver quality products.

They will drive analytical controls adhering to ICH guidelines and Health Authority requirements. The Senior Principal Scientist will have a direct impact on the division and also influence in the broader BMS community.

Role & Responsibilities:

The Senior Principal Scientist will primarily be an individual contributor and leader of a matrix team of analytical scientists, and a core member on the CMC team. The Senior Principal Scientist will collaborate across BMS sites with functional Analytical Leads, Drug Substance and Drug Product Leads, Quality Lead, and Regulatory Lead to generate and execute analytical strategies for the product quality.

• Understanding of product critical quality attributes and establish methods, specifications, analytical control strategies for product development.
• Serve on a cross functional team responsible for analytical related CMC strategy development.
• Review and discuss analytical results and conclusions both orally and in writing.
• Author/ review/approve reports as source documents for inclusion in regulatory filings and support the generation of appropriate responses to questions from regulatory authorities.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to scientific staff. Develop, coach and mentor others in matrix environment.

Desired Experience:

Required:

• Completed BS and 12-15 years; MS and 9-12 years; or Ph.D. and 6-8 years of experience in Chemistry (or relevant discipline) with pharmaceutical experience.
• A demonstrated record of scientific accomplishment, laboratory experimentation, publications, and presentations.
• Understands writing/approval of risk assessments and understands both GMP and GLP requirements for drug product development.
• Fluency in synthetic chemistry, drug substance processing, formulation development, pharmaceutical processing with a deep understanding of pharmaceutical sciences related to drug product development
• Mastery of chemistry with extensive expertise in measurement science.
• Experience in the development and performance of analytical tests for a variety of drug substances and products (including solid oral dosage forms, topicals, parental etc.).
• Knowledge of dissolution method development and testing, and biopharmaceutical assessment.
• In-depth knowledge on method development, validation, and tech transfer.
• Well versed in ICH and country specific requirements to support analytical con