Job Description

Why Patients Need You

Pfizer’s purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Research and Development is at the heart of fulfilling Pfizer’s purpose as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the therapies and vaccines that matter most. Whether you are in the discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy or supporting clinical trials, you will apply cutting edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and bring the best-in-class medicines to patients around the world.

What You Will Achieve

At Pfizer we deliverbreakthroughsthatchangepatients’lives. In this job, you'll be joining a team which plays a vital role in this mission through the discovery of Pfizer’s small molecule and syntheticallyderived drugs. In your work, you will be joining a team comprised of experts in the major scientific disciplines involved in the discovery and preclinical development of small molecule drugsincludingmolecular design, synthesis, computational chemistry, pharmacology, chemical biology, structural biology, biophysics, DMPK and analytical chemistry. You will be assisting with the delivery of high-quality drug candidates into the clinic, establishing new drug design approaches and principles, and developing synthetic innovations that drive medicinal chemistry strategies.

As an Associate scientist, you will be at the center of our operations and you’ll find that everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to quality. Your strong foundation in general scientific practice, its principles and concepts will help in meeting critical deadlines. You will be relied on as a technical contributor to assess the assigned tasks and make decisions that involve direct application of your knowledge.

It is your hard work and dedication that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

• Apply technical skills to complete assigned work within own work group/project team.

• Assist in the refinement and execution of synthetic routes, including the development of modular routes for rapid analog generation and efficient scalable routes for preclinical candidates, based on discussions with supervisor and team members.

• Employ enabled routes to synthesize medicinal chemistry targets in singleton or parallel format.

• Build effective partnerships with other research lines, in particular analytical, technology, pharmaceutical sciences and process chemistry groups, to efficiently execute syntheticDeliverables.

• Actively participate in discussions and present results in chemistry team meetings.

• Adhere to all company safety and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor’s Degree in chemistry with 0 to 2 years of experience

• Completion of two semesters of Organic Chemistry.

• Basic understanding of reaction mechanisms and reactivity.

• Familiar with standard laboratory techniques and has a working knowledge of purification methods and characterization of organic compounds, especially NMR and mass spectroscopy.

• Ability to effectively communicate (oral and written) with supervisor and project team members.

Nice-to-Have

• Synthetic organic chemistry laboratory experience either through undergraduate research or internships in industry.

• Experience with multi-step synthesis and familiarity in either organometallic chemistry, catalysis, peptide chemistry or chemical biology.

• Please submit your resume and optional cover letter and 1–2-page research summary depicting relevant synthetic organic chemistry research

Other JobDetails

Work Location Assignment: On Premise

On Premise colleagues work in a Pfizer site because it’s needed to get their job done. They may have flexibility to work remotely from time to time, but they are primarily on-site.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.