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Analytical Development, Senior Manager

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-03 → 2026-09-25

Core

Senior Manager leading analytical chemistry for small molecule drug development, managing CDMO partnerships, method validation, and regulatory CMC documentation.

Role type

Senior Manager, Analytical Development (Small Molecule)

Builds

Robust analytical methods and CMC documentation for late-stage small molecule therapeutics (Phase 3 to Commercialization)

Domain

Pharmaceutical / Analytical Chemistry / Regulatory Affairs

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Analytical method development and validation, CMC documentation, CDMO management, ICH guidelines expertise, GMP compliance, Risk assessment, Technical writing, Data integrity, Stability study design, Impurity profiling

Preferred skills

Experience with genotoxic impurities, Quality by Design (QbD) principles, Cross-functional team leadership

Technologies

ICH Q1, Q2, Q3, Q6, Q7, Q14, GMP

Responsibilities

Provide technical oversight of external analytical resources at CDMOs; Manage transfer, optimization, and validation of analytical methods for DS and DP; Review and approve CDMO protocols, reports, and raw data; Assess and mitigate technical risks related to analytical control strategies; Lead design and execution of late-stage method validation strategies; Oversee forced degradation studies and stability-indicating method development; Draft, review, and edit analytical CMC sections (Module 3) for regulatory submissions; Author responses to Information Requests (IRs) from health authorities.

Seniority

Senior Manager, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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