Senior Associate Scientist, Pharmaceutical Formulations R&D
Zoetis is the largest animal health company in the world, with an industry-leading veterinary medicine research and development team. We seek a talented formulation scientist to join and actively contribute to our research and development team's efforts to develop novel veterinary therapeutics.
Position Responsibilities:
- Support research and development of novel pharmaceutical drug products, including sterile liquids, oral solids, suspensions, topicals, and various other dosage forms.
- Execute discovery-stage pre-formulation studies for pharmaceutical drug candidates.
- Perform drug product and raw material characterization and analysis independently, such as pH, density, viscosity, hardness, etc.
- Operate common pharmaceutical laboratory equipment and associated processes independently.
- Author technical documents such as batch records, formulation memos, study protocols, development reports, etc.
- Perform internal safety inspections and execute corrective actions.
- Coordinate with internal and external partners (CROs & CMOs) throughout the development process.
- Ability to accommodate local, domestic, and international business travel up to 10% annually.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- BS (with >5 years' experience), or MS (with 0-5 years' experience) in chemistry, pharmaceutics, chemical/biomedical engineering, or related field.
- Hands-on knowledge of pharmaceutical formulation development and laboratory best practices.
- Experience authoring scientific technical documents.
- Effective communication and leadership skills.
- Experience working in matrix-like teams and collaborating with diverse scientists, globally.
Other Desirable Attributes:
- Experience operating specialty pharmaceutical lab equipment, such as spray driers, homogenizers, tablet presses, fluid beds, etc.
- Experience with advanced statistical and graphing software such as JMP or GraphPad, and in executing Design of Experiment (DoE) approaches and instituting Quality by Design (QbD).
- Familiarity with basic pharmacokinetic concepts.
- Familiarity with manufacturing process development, scale-up, technology transfer to pilot/commercial scale.
- Familiarity with the Animal Health industry and associated regulatory requirements
About Zoetis
At Zoetis, our purpose is to nurture the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. As a Fortune 500 company and the world leader in animal health, we discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other technologies for companion animals and livestock. We know our people drive our success. Our award-winning culture, built around our Core Beliefs, focuses on our colleagues' careers, connection and support. We offer competitive healthcare and retirement savings benefits, along with an array of benefits, policies and programs to support employee well-being in every sense, from health and financial wellness to family and lifestyle resources.
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