Associate Scientific Director

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Position Summary

The Associate Scientific Director will be an analytical team lead (ATL) for drug candidates across all stages of development and, as needed, within our commercial product portfolio. They will serve as a member of a cross functional CMC team responsible for analytical related CMC strategy development. Collaborating with various functional areas, they will identify drug substance and drug product critical quality attributes and establish controls and testing to deliver quality products.

They will drive analytical controls adhering to ICH guidelines and Health Authority requirements. The Associate Scientific Director will have a direct impact on the division and also influence in the broader BMS community.

Key Responsibilities

Associate Scientific Director will primarily be an individual contributor and leader of a matrix team of analytical scientists, and a core member on the CMC team. The Associate Scientific Director will collaborate across BMS sites with functional Analytical Leads, Drug Substance and Drug Product Leads, Quality Lead, and Regulatory Lead to generate and execute analytical strategies for the product quality.

• Understanding of product critical quality attributes and establish methods, specifications, analytical control strategies for product development.
• Serve on a cross functional team responsible for analytical related CMC strategy development.
• In-depth knowledge on method development, validation, and tech transfer.
• Well versed in ICH and country specific requirements to support analytical control strategy.
• Review and discuss analytical results and conclusions both orally and in writing.
• Author/ review/approve reports as source documents for inclusion in regulatory filings and support the generation of appropriate responses to questions from regulatory authorities.
• Experience in managing external manufacturing and testing laboratories as required for the product.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to scientific staff. Develop, coach and mentor others in matrix environment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Completed BS and minimum of 12 years; MS minimum of 9 years; or Ph.D. and minimum of 7 years in Chemistry (or relevant discipline) with pharmaceutical experience.
• Fluency in synthetic chemistry, drug substance processing, formulation development, pharmaceutical processing with a deep understanding of pharmaceutical sciences related to drug product development
• A demonstrated record of scientific accomplishment, laboratory experimentation, publications, and presentations.
• Understands writing/approval of risk assessments and understands both GMP and GLP requirements for drug product development.
• Mastery of chemistry with extensive expertise in measurement science.
• Experience in the development and performance of analytical tests for a variety of drug substances and products (including solid oral dosage forms, topicals, parentals etc.).
• Knowledge of dissolution method development and testing, and biopharmaceutical assessment.
• Understands drug development and works to build CMC dossier for regulatory submissions as an author/reviewer.
• Experience in worldwide commercialization of small molecule drug products, with recent approvals in major markets. The ideal candidate would have a history of drug approvals as an analytical expert in both drug substance and drug product analytical development.

Ideal Candidates Would Also Have:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills as a team member/leader in an environment where individual initiative, collaboration and accountability are valued.
• Familiar with modern laboratory equipment and automation.
• Understands and applies Quality by Design principles when required.
• Experience leading Matrix teams.

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On-site Protocol
Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

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