Senior Scientist, Microbiology

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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

This position leads protocol-driven microbiological method validations and support testing for the Clinical Supply organization and the BMS network of microbiologists. Testing will focus on microbiological testing (initially endotoxin and container closure integrity testing, but expanding to mycoplasma, minute virus of mouse and rapid sterility). Position will design studies and will seek out and implement new technology, while keeping track of data in electronic systems or notebooks. This position contains a portion of hands-on laboratory-based experimentation and office-based data analysis and experimental design, supporting new and existing products in BMS. 

Role & Responsibilities:

• Applies scientific and/or technical skills and functional knowledge to independently conduct and interpret experiments/research/studies in assigned area
• Perform protocol-driven microbiological testing (endotoxin, bioburden, mycoplasma, etc.)
• Based on interpretation of results, designs and executes the next logical step in a series of related experiments/studies. 
• Suggests modifications to protocols or alternative protocols, introducing new ideas on how to design, execute, and analyze experiments. 
• Uses literature to solve scientific development problems of increasing complexity. 
• Consistently acts as a technical point of contact, or SME within own work group/project team/functional area.
• Maintains awareness of technical & business advances impacting their discipline.  Contributes to process/technology improvements.
• Provide strategic microbiology support, working directly with development and commercial site leads and other key members of Operations, IT and Quality functions.
• Supports the investigation and implementation of new technologies and methods.
• Supports complex investigations involving microbiological assays, generation of CAPAs and change controls.
• Mentors junior staff and reviews technical data for microbiological assays.
• Provides support for the preparation, review and approval of microbiological methods and validation sections of regulatory filings, as well as responses to regulatory agency questions regarding microbiological assays.
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