Senior Scientist II, Healthcare Quality and Safety Education

Who is USP? The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world’s leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. USP is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration, embodied in our core value of Passion for Quality. Over 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations work to strengthen the supply of safe, high‑quality medicines worldwide.

USP is proud to be an equal‑employment‑opportunity employer (EEOEE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit‑based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds, regardless of background, to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

This is a professional individual contributor position that will be part of the Healthcare, Quality & Safety (HQS) Center of Excellence
. The role will contribute to the development of current and future educational material that supports the HQS education portfolio. Collaborating with documentary scientists in the Healthcare Quality and Safety team and the USP education team, the incumbent will develop education material on key topics such as pharmacogenomics, compounding, health literacy, medication safety, and other emerging areas. The material will be used to drive and sustain outreach to stakeholders at conferences, through direct engagement, web pages, and other media to promote adoption of HQS standards and solutions.

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you play a vital role in increasing global access to high‑quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence‑based decision‑making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.

• Lead the development, planning, and coordination of educational content, including course materials and curriculum design, to enable understanding and adoption of HQS standards across the four expert committees (Personalized Medicine; Healthcare Information & Technology; Healthcare Safety, Quality, & Nomenclature; and Compounding).
• Identify and advance opportunities to develop and deliver education materials and related resources that help external stakeholders understand and adopt current and emerging HQS standards and solutions.
• Participate in the design and development of education material that strengthens medication safety across the medication management lifecycle.
• Revise and refine educational content to reflect stakeholder needs and evolving developments across pharmacogenomics, compounding, medication safety & automation, and healthcare needs.
• Participate in the design and execution of high‑impact education initiatives for stakeholder forums, workshops, roundtable discussions, training, and continuous learning programs to deepen stakeholder understanding, engagement, and adoption of HQS standards and solutions.
• Assist in the development of research summaries, concept papers, stimulus articles, and other position papers related to HQS work.
• Analyze and interpret educational data and material for improvement and new offerings.
• Assist in the engagement, evaluation, and trending of participants’ feedback.

• Degree in pharmacy, medicine, nursing, or science or relevant field with not less than 5 years of relevant experience in the healthcare or consumer products industry.
• Pharmacy Technician with a minimum of 10 years of experience in compounding.
• Minimum of 5 years educator experience in a community or institutional setting.
• Experience in supporting compliance or accreditation related to USP Compounding Standards.

• Knowledge of existing guidelines and requirements for continuous education.
• Familiarity with learning management systems.
• Proficient computer skills…