Scientist, Compound Management

2 weeks ago


Groton, United States Pfizer Full time

Why Patients Need You

What You Will Achieve

As a Scientist, you will be at the center of our operations and you’ll find that everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to quality. You will be part of a team that is addressing the critical task of rejuvenating our pipeline with innovative, differentiated First-In-Class/ Only-In-Class programs in the years to come. An Automation Scientist in Analytical Technology and Compound Management (ATCM) within the Liquid Store plays an important role specializing in automation, troubleshooting, data handling and material logistics to facilitate the transfer of compounds in our corporate collection in the proper format for screening both across the Pfizer enterprise and externally. This is a lab-based role which requires hands-on interactions with automated, liquid handling systems and an expert knowledge of our workflows and systems with the expectation that they can provide immediate assistance, education, and training for colleagues, contractors, and visitors on an as needed basis.

It is your innovative scientific temperament that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It
- Contribute to achievement of goals of the team and influence at the work group/project team level.
- Perform laboratory experiments to help establish robust disease biology, biochemical and cell-based compound screening assays and carry out in vivo evaluation across a broad array of target classes for the project teams.
- Prepare and present experimental results to project teams.
- Provide expert customer support by addressing reported issues from stakeholders, which may require in lab demonstrations for better understanding, especially related to compound deliverables and if necessary, develop and report innovative enhancement requirements to improve workflows and minimize risks for issues.
- Contribute towards maintaining the Pfizer compound collection and develop innovative solutions which contribute towards good compound stewardship.
- Collaborate with team members and partners to design and continuously improve workflows to ensure on-time delivery of requests.
- Develop expert level knowledge in the operation and troubleshooting of lab automation to support the production of high quality near and assay ready plates for screening campaigns delivered within defined SLAs.
- Educate colleagues, contractors, collaborators, and stakeholders on best practices to ensure high quality, efficient, streamlined end to end workflows to minimize cycle times and maximize screening support capacity.
- Comply with all safety training and good laboratory practices.

**Qualifications**:
Must-Have
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Computer Science or a related field with 6+ years of relevant experience.
- Excellent organization and planning skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team, while demonstrating strong motivation with a dedicated work ethic with a commitment to timely delivery of high-quality work products while overcoming obstacles in a fast-paced environment with a continuous improvement mind-set.
- Demonstrate ability to Identify opportunities to develop as an individual, enable innovation, and continuous improvement in workflows and operations in a manner which applies learnings based on changing needs through customer interactions.
- Experience in eliciting, documenting, and translating functional and technical requirements into business impactful solutions associated with laboratory liquid sample handling equipment.
- Experience programming automated systems and troubleshooting both hardware and software related issues efficiently to minimize downtime.
- Demonstrate ability to collaborate well with external vendors and stakeholders to improve and ensure automated system robustness to maximize total capacity and efficiency while minimizing risks for issues and errors.
- Ability to use appropriate software to perform analysis of data
- Excellent organization and planning skills, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment independently or as part of a team, strong motivation with a dedicated work ethic
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Nice-to-Have
- Master’s degree in engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, or a related field, with 4+ years relevant work experience.
- Experience with Azenta, HiRes Biosystems, Beckman, Agilent, and Hamilton systems.
- Experience with Teams, Power Apps, Jira, Pipeline Pilot, SQL, TOAD, Visual Basic, Java, and Oracle databases.
- Demonstration of verbal and written communication skills. Past oral and/or poster presentations at conferences or society meetings.
- Demonstrated ability to forge strong collaborative relationships inside and outside organizational walls and across multiple cultures: academic, industrial, and CROs.
- Basic understanding of primary pharma



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