Scientist IV - Analytical Chemistry and Chemometrician. Digital & Innovation

Overview

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. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) 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 non-supervisory, full time, 3-year fixed-term, research position in USP’s Product Quality and Analytical Methods group, division of Digital and Innovation. The successful candidate will lead research investigating applications of chemometric modeling for analytical chemistry platforms with a focus on chromatography specifically /HPLC. The successful candidate will be skilled in analytical chemistry and data analysis and have a strong background in analytical data modeling using appropriate chemometric and multivariate modeling tools and techniques.

The candidate will be responsible for both hands-on laboratory research and computational data modeling. This position will work in collaboration with both laboratory and data scientists throughout this project. This position is an on-site, hands-on role that requires laboratory work.

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will 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.

Additionally, USP’s People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments.

The Scientist IV, PQAM has the following responsibilities:

• Skilled in analytical chemistry, especially in chromatography, HPLC specifically.
• Work independently with respect to the development and evaluation of chromatographic (i.e., HPLC) methods, procedures and data acquisition.
• Independently design and execute experiments, provide input on/draw conclusions, and clearly communicate the results with the project team.
• Routinely apply personal experience, academic training, and insights to address technical problems.
• Collaborate in a team setting to achieve goals.
• Experience in the collection and curation of scientific data suitable for data modeling.

• Develop and apply chemometric, multivariate models to interpret scientific/analytical/chemical data. Skilled in at least one programming language with the ability to create prototypes and rapidly test ideas.