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Associate Director / Director, CMC Product Development

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-10 → 2026-07-31

Core

Independently manages complex clinical development programs and leads CMC teams to create development strategies aligning with asset strategy for new chemical and biological entities, including gene and cell therapies.

Role type

Senior IC CMC Product Development Director

Builds

Differentiated pharmaceutical products from late discovery to commercial manufacturing

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Drug Development

Deliverable

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

Required skills

CMC interdisciplinary expertise, pharmaceutical drug development process knowledge, regulatory requirements knowledge, scientific writing, verbal communication, negotiating, influencing, leadership, budget management, contract negotiation, risk mitigation, cross-functional team leadership

Preferred skills

Entrepreneurial thinking, creative resource management, mentoring, stakeholder relationship building

Technologies

Scientific instrumentation, CMC technical functions

Responsibilities

Create CMC development plans with timelines and risk mitigations, lead CMC teams and PPDSTs, ensure compliance with global regulatory and quality requirements, participate in meetings with regulatory authorities, manage outsourcing contracts and budgets, mentor team members, drive strategic alignment with development sciences functions

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on management

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