Senior Scientist, Formulation Development, Oral Drug Product Development

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.

Business Unit Overview

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

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking a Senior Scientist to join the Oral Product Development group within the Drug Product Development function. The drug product development group supports the formulation and process development of Bristol Myers Squibb ’s drug candidates from preclinical stage to commercial process readiness.  This position is responsible for formulation design, development, characterization, and technology transfer to enable development of small molecule drug products (DPs). The incumbent will be accountable as an individual contributor to support formulation development as well as providing necessary guidance and support of drug product control strategy for drug candidates across all stages of development.

Key Responsibilities

The Senior Scientist will collaborate across BMS sites with Drug Product, Analytical, API, Quality, and Regulatory functions to execute drug product formulation/process development, formulation strategies, control strategies, and support of drug application submissions and approval.

Key member of a dynamic scientifically driven team, dedicated to the design, development, and characterization of robust small molecule drug product formulations.

Develop oral formulations for clinical studies and commercialization.

Lead drug product formulation and process development including evaluating the need and potential for enhancing oral bioavailability, stability, and processability of drug candidates through appropriate formulation strategies.

Support preparation of CMC regulatory documents.

Support departmental initiatives for assigned projects and methodologies.

Maintain safety, regulatory, and compliance standards as they relate to the development of pharmaceuticals.

Prepare technical reports, batch records, SOPs, publications, and oral presentations as required.

Collaborate with cross-functional team members to develop and optimize formulations and enable technology transfer to CMOs and other sites for manufacturing and scale up activities.

Develop, coach and mentor others as appropriate for the position.

Qualifications & Experience

 

Qualifications:

Completed BS in Pharmaceutical Science, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline with 7-9 years of pharmaceutical development experience; MS with 4-6 years of experience; or Ph.D. with 2-4 years of experience.

Experience:

Experienced in formulation development, pharmaceutical processing related to drug product development and hands on experience.

Fundamental understanding of drug substance, excipients, pharmaceutical unit operations (blending, milling, sieving, granulation, tableting, encapsulation, coating, spray drying), intermediate and critical quality attributes, statistics, risk assessment approaches, and cGMP principles.

Experienced in building the CMC dossier for regulatory submissions within the development section as an author/reviewer. Basic knowledge of regulatory requirements.

Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Strong capabilities in experimental design and execution.

Ability to work independently.

Ability to provide leadership, guidance, and training to others within the department.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability and interest to serve as a team member/leader in an environment where individual initiative, collaboration, and accountability are valued.

Organizational and interdepartmental responsibilities with regards to leading workgroups, cross-functional teams, strategy development/ implementation/execution, and cultural initiatives.

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.

Compensation Overview:

New Brunswick - NJ - US: $118,140 - $143,160


The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full-time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully – carefully considering the nature of the role, required skills, work location, schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors, and individual, team or Company performance.

Benefits:

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, you may be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefit plans – including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).

U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), which provides paid time off without a set accrual limit, subject to manager approval, along with 11 paid company holidays each year.

Non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval), 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.

Depending on eligibility, employees may also have access to additional time-off benefits, including paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs. Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

U.S.-based job seekers can explore full benefit offerings at https://careers.bms.com/benefits

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.

Supporting People with Disabilities

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.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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