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Your contributions will be pivotal in translating advanced science and technologies into impactful therapies and vaccines, ultimately improving patient outcomes globally. Whether you are involved in discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy, or supporting clinical trials, you will leverage cutting-edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and deliver top-tier medicines to patients worldwide.\nWhat You Will Achieve\nIn this role, you will:\nContribute to immediate work group goals and collaborate with team members to achieve project objectives\nPerform process scale-down studies for characterizing and supporting the manufacturing of therapeutic vaccines and other drug substances\nImplement technology and continuous process development to ensure success\nServe as a Technical Expert for manufacturing methods, conducting scientific studies and recommending improvements for reliability, cost, safety, compliance, and environmental performance\nTroubleshoot and improve established manufacturing processes, ensuring robustness and efficiency\nRepresent MSAT in cross-functional project teams and participate in technical writing and review.\nMaintain laboratory areas and equipment in a clean, safe, and functional order, complying with safety and regulatory requirements\nIndependently plan and perform work assignments, interpret and present data, and provide support for product transfers, new product development, and cost improvement projects\nDesign and execute studies while prioritizing work to meet project deadlines and solving moderately complex problems under moderate supervision\nHere Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)\nBachelor’s Degree with at least 3 years of experience or an MBA/MS with any years of experience.\nDegree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or related discipline. \nStrong working knowledge of chemistry and ability to safely perform laboratory work\nAbility to perform complex data analysis\nProficiency in troubleshooting technical issues\nExperience in planning and carrying out experiments independently\nCompetence with MS Office as well as complex laboratory instrumentation and software\nExcellent oral and written communication skills\nBonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)\nHands-on experience in bioconjugation chemistry, normal flow filtration, and tangential flow filtration of proteins and/or polysaccharides\nStrong knowledge and experience with international CMC regulatory requirements\nFamiliarity with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (part of GxP)\nAbility to work effectively in a team environment\nStrong organizational and time management skills\nExperience with statistical experimental design and analysis using relevant software packages\nExperience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity. Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use\nPHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS\nAbility to perform mathematical calculations, analyze scientific data, draw scientifically sound conclusions and follow laboratory procedures.\nNON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS\nFlexible work hours (shift or weekend work) may be required to complete experiments at times.\nMust wear personal protective equipment when required for lab safety (e.g. safety shoes, lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, goggles, face shield).\n Other Job Details:\n\nLast day to Apply: October 21, 2026\nWork Location Assignment: On Premise\nThe annual base salary for this position ranges from $68,600.00 to $114,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 7.5% of the base salary. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.\nCandidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.\nU.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.\nSunshine Act\nPfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.\nEEO & Employment Eligibility\nPfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.\nPfizer endeavors to makewww.pfizer.com/careers accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process and/or interviewing, please . This is to be used solely for accommodation requests with respect to the accessibility of our website, online application process and/or interviewing. Requests for any other reason will not be returned.\nTo learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.\nResearch and Development","description_format":"text","description_chars":7322,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Relocation assistance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Prescription Drugs","Oncology Therapeutics","Infectious Disease Therapeutics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-20T09:37:33Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-22T13:22:24Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":114300,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/pfizer-senior-associate-scientist-process-development","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/pfizer-senior-associate-scientist-process-development.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T01:13:36Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1999,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3480},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3480"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fpfizer-senior-associate-scientist-process-development"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fpfizer-senior-associate-scientist-process-development"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fpfizer-senior-associate-scientist-process-development"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/pfizer-senior-associate-scientist-process-development\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fpfizer-senior-associate-scientist-process-development"}]}