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Associate Director, CMC, Drug Product

Vancouver💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead non-clinical and early-phase clinical formulation and process development for small molecule drug products, managing CDMO selection and regulatory documentation for IND/NDA/MAA filings.

Role type

Associate Director, CMC, Drug Product (Early-stage formulation & process development)

Builds

Drug substance attribute profiles, developability assessments, first-in-human formulations, and clinical trial materials for small molecule assets.

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Neuroscience / Small molecule drug development

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Small molecule drug product development, CDMO management, cGMP regulations, regulatory filing authoring, cross-functional collaboration, leadership

Preferred skills

PK exposure modeling, enabled formulations (spray drying, HME, lipid softgels, nano-formulations), parenteral dosage forms, buccal/sublingual formulations

Technologies

Spray drying, granulation, blending, bottling, blistering, hot melt extrusion, SEDDS/SMEDDS

Responsibilities

Lead non-clinical and early-phase clinical formulation development; manage CDMO selection and contracting; author and review CMC documents for regulatory submissions; coordinate clinical trial material manufacturing; evaluate drug product stability and packaging; manage audits and inspections of CDMOs.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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