$106K – $176.6K/yr
Use Your Power for Purpose At Pfizer, our purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Your work will directly impact the development of therapies and vaccines that improve patients' lives globally. By leveraging advanced science and cutting-edge technologies, you will play a crucial role in transforming innovative ideas into life-changing medical solutions. Whether you are involved in discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy, or supporting clinical trials, your contributions will be vital in accelerating the delivery of top-tier medicines to patients worldwide. POSITION SUMMARY The Principal Scientist role is a laboratory-based position and best suited for an experimental scientist with deep expertise in microbial immunology research to support bacterial vaccine preclinical research and development. The incumbent will drive preclinical research investigations for early bacterial vaccine candidates and delineate preclinical mechanisms of protective immunity by generating, analyzing, and interpreting laboratory data in a highly collaborative environment. The Principal Scientist will work closely with cross‑functional partners to ensure assay approaches are scientifically robust, fit‑for‑purpose, and aligned with program objectives, while representing the research function on multidisciplinary vaccine teams. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Lead the design, execution, and interpretation of complex preclinical research studies to evaluate early-stage bacterial vaccine candidates and elucidate mechanisms of protective immunity, providing scientific direction and data-driven recommendations that advance program objectives. Develop, implement, and continuously improve innovative immunological, microbiological, cellular, and molecular assay platforms that are scientifically robust, fit-for-purpose, and aligned with bacterial vaccine research and develop