Senior Scientist

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

• Serve as a subject matter contributor for drug product and packaging processes
• Contribute to standards and SOPs ​
• Support investigations and root cause analysis
• Contribute to CQAs, CPPs, and control strategies
• Design and execute technical and validation studies
• Technology Transfer & Lifecycle Management
• Support DP and packaging tech transfer
• Ensure knowledge capture via TPT
• Support lifecycle improvements
• Project & Documentation Responsibilities
• Own defined technical workstreams
• Author and review GMP documentation
• Support CMC submissions
• Scientific Excellence & Continuous Improvement
• Maintain scientific expertise
• Drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Good working knowledge of QA, cGMP, and the Pharmaceutical Regulatory framework.
• Good knowledge of various types of pharmaceutical packaging processes/technologies.
• Good knowledge of Technology Transfer and validation.
• Working knowledge Lean and 6 Sigma methodologies.
• Good leadership skills and ability to influence and work across organizational boundaries.
• Effective communication skills, good command of English and preferably another European language.

Education/Experience/ Licenses/Certifications:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Process/Packaging Engineering/Technology, Process/Packaging Development, or similar education in this field.
• 5-8 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical/Cosmetics/Food industry.
• Experience in the development/application design and their implementation.
• Knowledge and experience of pharmaceutical packaging materials.
• Demonstrated project leadership. Experience of multi-site/cross-site project management.

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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