Senior Associate - Downstream Validation

Senior Associate - Downstream Validation

India - Vizag

Full time

Posted 2 Days Ago

Our Purpose

We’re in relentless pursuit of breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. We innovate every day to make the world a healthier place.

Pfizer Global Supply (PGS)

Pfizer Global Supply proudly shoulders the responsibility of manufacturing and distributing our wide-ranging pharmaceutical products.

Benefits

• Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues.

• Transforming Delivery of high quality products

• Pfizer, We are one

• PGS - Manufacture the Future

• 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

• As an Associate Manager, 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 significant experience of applying knowledge of principles, concepts, and practices of the discipline will make you a critical member of the team.

• Your skill and knowledge on Visual Inspection & Packing will help in making decisions that contribute for robust process of the products that are being manufactured at Vizag site. You are proactive in contributing to all team discussions and creating an environment of collaboration.

• It is your innovative scientific temperament that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

• How You Will Achieve It

• B. Pharm/ M. Pharm/M.S (Pharmacy)/M.Sc. (preferably with the specialization of Pharmaceutics or Industrial Pharmacy) , 6+ years of experience on Visual inspection and packing equipment validation function in sterile dosage form facility, Formulation Development/ Product Development/ Process Development/ Technology Transfer/ Production of Injectable formulations to cater regulated market

• Hands on experience in Visual inspection & packing automation technologies. (SD, Camera Vision, HVLD, Pressure/Vacuum, line master etc.,)

• Provides support for site-to-site parenteral product/process transfer by interfacing with cross functional departments across sites.

• Knowledge on the Validation concepts and ability to train the people.

• Able to develop Validation protocols for equipment.

• Prepare study protocols, Gap assessment, Risk assessment reports, recipe parameter recommendations, and CPP requirements in the developed recipe parameters.

• Evaluate Visual Inspection & Packing Process Parameters/ CPPs for Scale up and Exhibit batches manufacturing.

• Actively support in execution of Process Validation batches, Equipment Qualifications, validations/recipe establishment.

• Familiar with US FDA Guidelines, PDA & industry practices there by implementing Continuous Improvement Projects.

• Trouble shooting, ongoing technical support to Manufacturing team for Process validation, Continuous Process Verification and Process improvement

• Actively involve and drive Investigations related to Process engineering and Equipment to evolve CAPAs and monitor the effectiveness of CAPAs. Be able to apply DMAIC tool to drive investigation studies.

• Independently carry out all aspects of practical work necessary to provide right first-time results.

• Preparation of Defect kits for Visual Inspector qualification and Inspection Machine qualifications.

• Preferable knowledge on statistics for data evaluation and technical inputs

• Responsible for performing Engineering batches, scaleup batches, and Exhibit batches as part of technology transfer activities.

• Attend project team and brainstorming meetings and present data.

• Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

• Quality Assurance and Control

• Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives

• Pfizer Global Supply

• Benefits at Pfizer

• Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues. Our Pay for Performance Philosophy and Practices reward colleagues based on the contributions they make to our business.

Our Competitive Benefits programs help our colleagues by:

• Promoting Health and Wellness to help colleagues maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pfizer offerings include health and disability insurance, preventative health programs, medical screenings, free or reduced-cost vaccinations, discounts on Pfizer products, mental health support, nutrition and fitness counseling and more.
• Strengthening Colleagues’ Financial Security by providing company contributions to retirement plans, life insurance and financial planning education to help colleagues achieve their financial goals.
• Providing Benefits and Time off for the Moments that Matter to ensure Pfizer colleagues have the time away from the office to recharge, recover and return to work as the best version of themselves. Vacation, Holiday time and Sick time are just the beginning, with a 12 week parental leave policy for both parents of a new born, 10 day of caregiver leave for those times when your family needs you whether it’s a child, spouse or parent, bereavement leave, and additional country-specific programs.
• And so much more, depending on your country and site, Pfizer offers childcare facilities or discount programs, on-site health and/or fitness centers, movement and mindfulness solutions, “Log in for your Day” work flexibility and so much more.