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Director/Senior Director, CMC, Drug Product Manufacturing (Late Stage/Commercial)

Boston💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-13 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead late-stage process development, validation, and commercial manufacturing of small molecule drug products for clinical trials and global distribution.

Role type

Director/Senior Director, CMC, Drug Product Manufacturing (Late Stage/Commercial)

Builds

cGMP drug products for late-stage clinical trials and commercial launch

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Neuroscience / Small molecule manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Late-stage process development and scale-up, Process validation (PPQ), CDMO/CMO management and selection, Regulatory filing support (IND/NDA/MAA), FMEA analysis, Critical Process Parameters (CPP) establishment, Budget management, Team leadership

Preferred skills

Formulation development for solid oral and parenteral dosage forms, Experience with capsule/tablet/spray drying/granulation/blending/bottling/blistering, Ex-US collaboration experience

Technologies

cGMP regulations, FMEA, CPPs

Responsibilities

Lead teams in late-stage process development, scale-up, and validation; Oversee manufacturing processes ensuring quality and regulatory compliance; Manage commercial manufacturing and packaging with supply chain and quality groups; Select and manage CDMOs for late-stage and commercial use; Author and review CMC documents for regulatory submissions; Plan and manage manufacturing budgets; Recruit and develop direct reports

Seniority

Senior Director, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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