Basic Qualifications

• A degree in Pharmacy with at least 2 years of pharmacy practice or equivalent pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to complete multiple projects and meet targeted deliverables and deadlines

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Clinical research experience (i.e. CRA/Monitoring)
• Project management experience
• Strong aptitude for learning and utilizing technology and software applications.
• Portuguese or any other foreign language is a plus.
• Knowledge on global regulatory policies

ROLE SUMMARY

The Global Clinical Supply (GCS) Clinical Operations Pharmacist (COP) is a position within the GCS Strategic Hubs (GSH) team and will be based in Costa Rica. The COP will be reporting to the GCS Global Strategic Hub (GSH) Team Lead in Costa Rica, with a matrix reporting relationship to the Director of Clinical Research Pharmacy or higher.
Clinical Research Pharmacy (CRP) delivers Pfizer Clinical Study Pharmaceutical Care which are the instructions and training that make the breakthroughs possible by partnering with clinical sites, helping them to provide the very best care to their patients enrolled in Pfizer clinical trials.
The COP role will support the creation and revision of investigational product (IP) manuals at a program and protocol level including the development of Investigational Product Handling tools such as the IP handling training decks, administration instructions, dispensing guidelines, and patient/caregiver dosing instructions for utilization by clinical sites and research participants. This role will provide support for the U.S. time zones.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include the following:

The COP will provide support to the Clinical Research Pharmacist in the development and provision of supplemental investigational product handling information.

• Act as secondary Point of Contact for site personnel engaged in IP handling activities as an investigator site.
• Review reports and provides site specific trackers/dashboards oversight to support IP handling activities.
• Assist the coordination of IP for predictive patient enrollment to ensure adequate supplies are available.
• Send shipment notifications and other IP handling reminders to investigator sites.
• Work closely with the CRP Lead for the assigned protocol(s) and consult with other GCS colleagues to support the clinical supply chain, including IP shipments, temperature excursions, IRT activities, inventory management, IP preparation, administration, and reconciliation.
• Assist in development and provision of IP handling materials.
• Support the evaluation of existing program level. dosing tools for expanded access and grant programs
• Support the CRP leadership on GCS strategic and process improvement initiatives.
• Maintain good working relationships with internal and external partners at Pfizer (e.g., Formulation Scientists, Label Specialists).

Basic Qualifications

• A degree in Pharmacy with at least 2 years of pharmacy practice or equivalent pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to complete multiple projects and meet targeted deliverables and deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Clinical research experience (i.e. CRA/Monitoring)
• Project management experience
• Strong aptitude for learning and utilizing technology and software applications.
• Portuguese or any other foreign language is a plus.
• Knowledge on global regulatory policies.

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
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Research and Development