Senior Scientist

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. MS&T is a science-driven organization dedicated to building deep scientific and technical knowledge of our products and processes across the full pharmaceutical lifecycle. The organization supports both internal and external manufacturing and packaging networks, ensuring robust, compliant, and efficient supply. The Senior Scientist, Drug Product & Packaging is an experienced individual contributor who provides strong scientific and technical expertise in support of drug product and packaging processes for commercial and late-stage products.

The role focuses on execution, problem solving, and technical depth within defined project scopes and operates with a high degree of autonomy while aligning with strategies and priorities set by senior MS&T leadership. The Senior Scientist is expected to independently handle complex technical assignments, contribute significantly to cross-functional teams, and apply sound scientific judgment to support reliable product supply, compliance, and continuous improvement.

• Serve as a subject matter contributor for drug product and packaging processes
• Contribute to standards and SOPs
• Support investigations and root cause analysis
• Contribute to CQAs, CPPs, and control strategies
• Design and execute technical and validation studies
• Technology Transfer & Lifecycle Management
• Support DP and packaging tech transfer
• Ensure knowledge capture via TPT
• Support lifecycle improvements
• Project & Documentation Responsibilities
• Own defined technical work streams
• Author and review GMP documentation
• Support CMC submissions
• Scientific Excellence & Continuous Improvement
• Maintain scientific expertise
• Drive continuous improvement

• Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  Good working knowledge of QA, cGMP, and the Pharmaceutical Regulatory framework. Good knowledge of various types of pharmaceutical packaging processes/technologies. Good knowledge of Technology Transfer and validation. Working knowledge Lean and 6 Sigma methodologies. Good leadership skills and ability to influence and work across organizational boundaries. Effective communication skills, good command of English and preferably another European language.

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Process/Packaging Engineering/Technology, Process/Packaging Development, or similar education in this field.
• 5-8 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical/Cosmetics/Food industry.
• Experience in the development/application design and their implementation.
• Knowledge and experience of pharmaceutical packaging materials.
• Demonstrated project leadership.
• Experience of multi-site/cross-site project management.

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings.

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