Occupational and Environmental Toxicology Manager

Use Your Power for Purpose

The Occupational and Environmental Toxicology Manager contributes to a high performing product stewardship team through the characterization and communication of the occupational and environmental attributes of Pfizer’s product portfolio.  This role provides input to workplace safety and environmental risk assessment, and product stewardship compliance enabling our purpose driven Pfizer team to deliver their best work for patients every day in alignment with Pfizer’s Purpose Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives.

Working under the direction of the Sr. Director, Product Stewardship and with peers in the product stewardship team, the role provides an unequalled opportunity to shape the future direction of key product stewardship programs using intelligence gained through engagement with R&D and supply chain teams on the attributes of current and future products, emerging modalities and business priorities.

The role holds responsibility to identify, characterize, and communicate the hazards associated with established and pipeline products, to communicate the outcomes, and empower stakeholders through education to advance Quality, Safety, and Environmental Operations (QSEO) risk management priorities.

In scope includes the timely development, communication, and maintenance of:

• Occupational Exposure Values (OEVs) contributing to workplace safety programs,
• Predicted No-Effect Concentrations (PNECs) to facilitate environmental impact reduction,
• Product Classifications and Acceptable Daily Exposure (ADE) values to ensure product/patient safety; and
• Program governance documents including operational procedures and Pfizer Safety Data Sheets (SDSs).

What You Will Achieve

• With oversight of the Product Stewardship Lead, develops and drives optimization the operational standards, practices, and methodologies applied by the Pfizer Product Stewardship governance bodies, including the Technical Review Committee (TRC) and Environmental Technical Review Committee (eTRC), innovating as necessary, to address emerging modalities
• Drives TRC and eTRC work planning, aligned with product pipeline priorities, equipping team members with timely and effective preparatory information to enable efficient decision making
• Researches and compiles pertinent information related to human health and environmental hazards, using internal sources and external databases and literature searches
• Evaluates the potential hazards of Pfizer programs (including proprietary substances) to worker safety, the environment, and product/patient safety on the basis of study reports and guided by published scientific information and industry benchmark data
• Authors or otherwise oversees development of work products (e.g., OEV, PNEC, and ADE value monographs), providing traceability to data sources contributing to the evaluation; maintains content for user accessibility
• Authors SDSs (as needed) and collaborates with team members who hold SDS authoring responsibilities to ensure transfer and interpretation of relevant hazard data and timely and accurate development / updates of SDSs and associated product labels
• Leads work processes to advance program effectiveness, e.g., through stakeholder engagement surveys and digitization of work processes to optimize throughput
• Oversees worker and environmental safety testing programs at external toxicology labs to augment available non-clinical and clinical data relevant to hazard characterization for new product introduction and to support chemical registration data requirements (e.g., European Union (EU) Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals [REACH])
• Maintains active and productive engagement with both industry forums and internal stakeholders to advance program needs based on trends in emergent modalities and key business priorities and future direction; uses the intelligence gathered to build operational practices, further increasing the robustness of product stewardship programs
• Contributes to the development of effective communication and educational resources on the hazard classifications and how they should be applied to ensure risk management effectiveness
• Partners with EHS and operational teams (including engineering & facilities) to develop risk assessments, leading to the selection and implementation of contemporary control practices
• Contributes to Occupational Risk Evaluations and occupational hygiene, biosafety, workplace safety and environment program development aligned with technical skillsets and competencies, thereby ensuring risk management practices remain aligned with hazard profiles

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of
  experience; OR a master's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR
  a PhD with 0+ years of experience; OR as associate's degree with 8 years
  of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 10 years of
  relevant experience 
• Experience in Toxicology with knowledge of occupational / environmental toxicology program work
• Demonstrated leadership of complex risk assessment and hazard communication program development gained in pharmaceutical / biopharmaceutical, consumer, chemical, or related product manufacturing
• Project planning, tracking, and management skills to ensure actions and commitments are delivered to plan
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills and the ability to work across multiple countries and cultures on multiple projects while balancing changing priorities and deadlines

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements):

• Board Certification in Toxicology (e.g., American Board of Toxicology [DABT] or Academy of Toxicological Sciences [ATS]), with maintenance of a formal continuous professional development requirement
• Application of internationally recognized principles of hazard assessment and characterization pertaining to OELs and ADE values
• Experience of toxicology study design and internationally accepted testing guidelines (e.g., Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD] Test Guidelines), and in the monitoring of contracted toxicology studies at external contract research organizations (CROs)
• Working knowledge of global hazard communication regulations (e.g., Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals [GHS])

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Due to the nature of work assignments, the role holder must be able to perform detailed work with limited oversight on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraints, while maintaining focus on longer term priorities.
• Daily interactions with colleagues through face to face or virtual meetings enabled using technology such as TEAMs and video conference requiring ability to effectively exchange ideas and information with colleagues using these systems
• Ability to understand, evaluate, interpret and explain multiple complex inputs and provide clear direction

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Ability to work outside standard working hours (early mornings / evenings) to contribute to a global team; and maintain communications / networks across a geographically diverse network

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $96,300.00 to $160,500.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 12.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

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

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