Senior Scientist, Analytical Development

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Business Unit Summary
Our Drug Product Development team is committed to CMC design, development, and commercialization of innovative drug products to improve patient lives. We leverage the best people, collaboration, and cutting-edge innovation to achieve this commitment. BMS's internal engine of innovation includes unrivaled industry leading expertise in CMC development of small molecules, protein biotherapeutics, protein degraders, and other therapeutic modalities. We collaborate closely with our colleagues in R&D and Commercial to design our drug products. Here, you'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities that are uncommon in scale and scope.

Position Summary
As a Senior Scientist, the selected candidate will be responsible for development of analytical methods in support of solid oral and sterile drug product development and commercialization. The Senior Scientist will facilitate analytical problem solving in the development of drug product programs and participate as a member of a multidisciplinary drug product development team. This position requires significant collaborative interaction with drug product development scientists and scientists in GMP operations. The successful candidate will utilize various analytical techniques in problem solving and analysis of drug product formulations and must be able to effectively communicate with other team members and key stakeholders. The Senior Scientist may also serve as a drug product analytical lead who will drive analytical strategy and support for small molecule drug product development activities.

Key Responsibilities
The Senior Scientist will collaborate as an individual contributor or drug product analytical lead within project matrix teams for multiple development candidates across BMS sites to develop analytical methodology to support stability and release of clinical drug product and will also support drug product formulation and process development including characterization of the process and finished product. This includes:
Development of drug product analytical methods including chromatography-based methods such as HPLC/UPLC/SEC/GC, Dissolution, LC-MS, KF and electrophoretic-based methods such as iCIEF/CGE/CZE.
Critical analysis of analytical results with the goal of improving the robustness of analytical methods and enhancing understanding of key drug product quality attributes.
Conduct and assess developmental stability experiments to inform formulation design and packaging selection for drug products.
Review and discuss analytical results and conclusions both orally and in writing.

Qualifications & Experience
Required:
Completed BS and minimum of 7 years;MS and minimum of 4 years; or Ph.D. and minimum of 2 years in Chemistry (or relevant discipline) with pharmaceutical laboratory experience in the core analytical techniques of HPLC and Dissolution.
Extensive experience with various analytical techniques including HPLC, Dissolution and KF.
Ability to independently execute and document scientific experiments and effectively communicate study results.
Demonstrated problem solving skills and strong desire to grow scientifically.
The ability to collaborate and work effectively with individuals and as part of cross-functional teams.
Strong written and oral communication skills.

Ideal Candidates Would Also Have:
Knowledge in analytical method development validation requirements as defined by ICH.
Familiarity with modern laboratory equipment and automation.
Understanding in formulation development, pharmaceutical processing related to drug product development.
Experience in building the CMC dossier for regulatory submissions within the development section as an author/reviewer.
Experience with Capillary Electrophoresis.

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On-site Protocol
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