Senior Principal Scientist - Packaging Engineering Brunswick - NJ - US R1603042 Posted ho

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** 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.

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** 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
** The Senior Principal Scientist for Solid Oral Dose Packaging is a senior role within our pharmaceutical operations team.
This position is responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of solid oral dose packaging operations, ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant production of pharmaceutical products by working closely with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and innovation in the packaging processes for assigned projects.

** Key Responsibilities
** The Senior Principal Scientist will collaborate across BMS sites with Drug Product, Analytical, API, Quality, Regulatory, and MS&T functions to execute drug product packaging development, clinical packaging strategies, provide support of drug application submissions and approvals.

The selected candidate will be responsible for the package development activities for oral solid dosage forms.
* Conducts tests with several packaging materials and final package for stability studies.
* Coordinate the packaging of stability supplies for new products.
* Provide technical expertise to the manufacturing teams, assisting with the resolution of problems associated with packaging/component equipment conflicts.
* Source, test, qualify and document new packaging components across a wide variety of types of materials and formats.
* Coordinates both internal and external resources to complete projects.
* Recommend improvements to packaging component design.
* Has in-depth knowledge of plastic injection molding and IBM and EBM molding manufacturing processes to provide guidance to suppliers to gain the correct desired outcome.
* Has in depth knowledge of thermoforming and cold form processes to provide guidance to suppliers.
* Works with packaging material suppliers to incorporate new areas of innovation into future development opportunities.
* Provide packaging technical assistance for quality and regulatory activities including developing test methods and preparation of technical documents for regulatory filings.
* Develop Instruction for Use and drive human factor studies for pediatric products.
* Responsible for driving the development of new technology to resolve packaging related issues.
* Responsible for successful project execution according to established objectives, timelines, and costs.
* This candidate must have the ability to manage multiple package development activities from concept through launch and be able to translate pharmaceutical and packaging industry trends to business opportunities.
** Qualifications & Experience*
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* Required:

*** Bachelor's degree in Packaging Science, Packaging Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
* Minimum of 11 years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical or consumer products industry
* ** Primary Packaging Expertise:
** Demonstrated expertise in product primary packaging development, including plastic bottles and blister systems
* ** Technical Proficiency:**  + Proven experience designing and developing primary packaging systems  + Hands-on experience authoring and executing packaging test protocols  + Familiarity with global packaging regulations and compliance requirements
* Track record of successfully managing complex, cross-functional packaging projects
* Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to thrive in…