Process R&D Chemist

Use Your Power for Purpose

At Pfizer our purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients lives. Your contributions will directly impact the development of new therapies and vaccines ultimately improving the lives of patients around the world. By leveraging cutting-edge design and process development capabilities you will help accelerate the delivery of best-in-class medicines to patients globally.

About Pfizer Process Development Centre

The Pfizer global Process Development Centre (PDC) is an innovative team which develops new API processes and technology for the Pfizer global manufacturing network. Additionally the PDC leads and supports various supply assurance projects for the global manufacturing network. Our team works closely with global research and operations teams enabling the manufacture of life saving medicines.

About the role

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Research Chemist to join our team based in Cork Ireland. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team working with leading edge technology. The PDC is a vibrant dynamic team with excellent career development and advancement opportunities. This role will require attendance at our facility in Cork.

What we offer

• An attractive and competitive package of pay and conditions.
• Excellent opportunities for career enhancement and development.
• A well-establishedfurther education programme.
• Opportunity to travel to other Pfizer sites and locations.
• A strong personal development programme.

About the position

Reporting to the Senior Process Development Manager the successful candidates key responsibilities commensurate with the position are:

• Apply synthetic chemistry and mechanistic expertise to support commercial API processes at relevant API sites.
• Apply highly specialised synthetic chemistry theoretical and process development skills to design and maintain safe efficient and robust processes including full-scale qualification and/or commercial validation batches meeting contemporary regulatory standards.
• Contribute a range of highly innovative chemistry and process development ideas to support global process development projects.
• Demonstrate problem solving delivering chemistry and process understanding.
• Investigate new technologies and process development approaches to bring added value to Pfizer Global Supply.
• Complete reports memos and eLN experiments to a high standard and meeting required deadlines.
• Contribute to the PDC chemistry team program of continuous improvement.
• Ensure the ongoing safe and efficient operation of PDC facilities.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• A minimum of a PhD in synthetic chemistry.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry within a process development role is desirable but not required.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of synthetic chemistry and reaction mechanisms including the ability to apply knowledge to solve problems.
• Knowledge of contemporary quality and regulatory guidance pertaining to the control of impurities including potentially genotoxic impurities is desirable.
• Knowledge of process development and scale-up principles process validation and technical transfers.
• Excellent practical synthetic laboratory experience and skills across a broad range of chemistries.
• Background in impurity isolation and identification to support the development and troubleshooting of chemical processes.
• A proven ability to plan and work independently.
• The ability to determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results; develops advanced ideas and guides their development into a final product.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Positive interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a dynamic matrix team driven environment.