Associate Scientist, Analytical Development

Working with Us 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. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us . Business Unit Overview Our Chemical Process Development (CPD) team is committed to CMC design, development, and commercialization of innovative drug substances 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 designing our medicines. Here, you’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities that are uncommon in scale and scope.

Summary This Analytical Development role will be responsible for developing effective collaborations within CPD project teams consisting of organic chemists, chemical engineers, and analytical scientists to support an increasingly complex portfolio of small molecules and milla-molecular (ADCs, peptides, oligonucleotides) drug candidates. Accountable for providing fit-for-purpose analytical methods and analyses which provide key insights and process knowledge for scale-up and process optimization studies for projects within the portfolio. Facilitate analytical problem solving by utilizing various analytical techniques in the development of drug substance programs. Accountable for collaborating within project teams to provide innovative analytical approaches to help solve challenging problems encountered to support route selection and process optimization studies conducted by chemists and chemical engineers.  Partners with other Analytical Functions within CPD, and across Product Development to evolve, integrate and optimize analytical support to create a world-class analytical function.

The Associate Scientist will collaborate as an individual contributor within an analytical project matrix team for multiple development candidates across BMS sites to develop analytical methodology to support drug substance process development. This includes: Development of in-process and release analytical methods throughout the synthetic chemistry of drug substances including chromatography-based methods such as HPLC/UHPLC/SEC/GC/IC, as well as other pharmaceutically relevant techniques ( e.g ., KF, LOD, titration, etc .), under the supervision of a senior scientist. Critical analysis of analytical results with the goal of improving the robustness of analytical methods and enhancing understanding of key quality attributes. Responsible for actively collaborating with other key scientists within the team.  Expected to consistently display a can-do attitude and demonstrate the willingness and capability to adapt and grow within a complex and changing environment.  Review and discuss analytical results and conclusions both orally and in writing. Qualifications & Experience Required: BS or MS in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or equivalent, with 1–5 years of demonstrated pharmaceutical industry experience in relevant analytical