Senior Scientist, Mass Spectrometry Full-time

Senior Scientist, Mass Spectrometry

Working at Bristol Myers Squibb is challenging, meaningful, and life-changing. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services, and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is hiring a Senior Scientist, Mass Spectrometry in New Brunswick, NJ.

Duties:

• Independently design, develop, and execute methods capable of trace-level, quantitative analysis of impurities in drug substance and drug product using innovative and robust LC/high-resolution mass spectrometry workflows.
• Apply high resolution MS and MS/MS techniques for the structural characterization of impurities and degradants arising in small molecule drug compounds.
• Characterization of biologic therapeutics using mass spectrometry driven peptide mapping analysis to support pharmaceutical formulation development activities.
• Involved with instrument maintenance and user training.
• Influence scientists and initiatives to improve efficiency, productivity, and evolution of our structure elucidation capabilities.
• Engage in active discussions within team meetings and deliver high quality data within timelines.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to continually develop project knowledge, meet project goals, and enable capabilities within the department.
• Presentation of scientific data, drafting of expert technical reports, and representation of the analytical function in matrix team meetings.
• Expansion of skills in techniques beyond the primary expertise of mass spectrometry, such as NMR, to become a more complete structure elucidation scientist.
• Telecommuting permitted on a hybrid schedule as determined by the employer.

Requirements:

Employer will accept a PhD degree or foreign equivalent degree in Chemistry, or a related field, and one (1) year of related work experience.

Must have one (1) year of experience with/in:

• Developing and running mass spectrometry-based quantitation assays that are capable of trace level analysis;
• Analyzing impurities and/or degradants using LC-MS, with accurate mass, and MS/MS for the characterization and assignment of unknown chemical structures;
• Operation and trouble shooting of a variety of modern Thermo-Fisher Scientific mass spectrometers including data analysis with Xcalibur.

Must have six (6) months of experience with/in:

• Utilizing Python, R, and MATLAB languages for data analysis and visualization.

Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BMS operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.

Work-life benefits include:

Paid Time Off

• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
• Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays

Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.”

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.