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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

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Drug Product Development (DPD)

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 Scientist, the selected candidate will be responsible for designing and performing analytical studies in support of sterile drug product development and commercialization. The selected candidate will be responsible for the execution and interpretation of analytical and bioanalytical measurements for drug development candidates and providing guidance to drug product development teams. This position entails collaborative interaction with multidisciplinary teams across Product Development to ensure awareness of current advanced technologies and instrumentation capabilities. Finally, the selected candidate will have an opportunity to learn oral drug product specific analytical techniques while gaining experience with different matrix roles on a drug product development team.

 
Key Responsibilities
The Scientist will collaborate as an individual contributor within a sterile product project matrix team. The selected candidate will support drug product formulation and process development.

• Analyze biologic and oral drug candidates to determine chemical and biophysical properties utilizing advanced analytical techniques.
• Develop fit-for-purpose analytical methods (e.g., electrophoretic- and/or chromatography-based) to support sterile drug product development.
• Conduct characterization, investigation, and troubleshooting to provide key insights and understanding for drug product CQA assessment.
• Independently analyze, review and document analytical data in compliance with regulatory requirements and generate timely and concise documentation of scientific results.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to resolve challenges encountered in drug development through experimental design and execution.
• Champion lab safety and lab organization.

Qualifications & Experience

Required:

• In-depth knowledge of analytical chemistry, with hands-on experience in chromatography techniques (HPLC, UPLC, 2D-LC) or electrophoretic techniques (CE-SDS, CZE, icIEF) for protein and nucleic acid analyses.
• Experience working with other analytical techniques such as LC/MS, SEC, Spectroscopy or light scattering techniques.
• Strong fundamental knowledge of protein/DNA/RNA structure and function. 
• Ability to 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:

Experience performing quantitative analysis as well as the analysis of nanoparticle, liposome, long acting injectable, and other novel sterile product drug delivery technologies.

Other Qualifications:

PhD (0-2 years industry or post-doc experience) or a MS degree with demonstrated industry experience (2-4 years) or BS degree with demonstrated industry experience (5-7years) in analytical chemistry or related fields. 

Development Value:

The Scientist will have interdepartmental responsibilities with regards to participating in workgroups, cross-functional teams, implementation/execution, and cultural initiatives.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

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