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Sr. Scientist, Pharmaceutical Development

US CA San Diego💼 Full-time💰 $130,800–$130,800🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior technical leader driving pharmaceutical development from early discovery through commercialization, focusing on process design, scale-up, and manufacturing readiness for neurological, psychiatric, endocrine, and immunological disorders.

Role type

Senior IC pharmaceutical development scientist (CMC)

Builds

Robust, phase-appropriate formulations and manufacturing processes for drug products

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Pharmaceutical Development / CMC

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> product features (drug products)

Required skills

cGMP compliance, process design and optimization, scale-up and validation, technology transfer, analytical method development and validation, stability program management, regulatory submission authorship (IND/NDA), CRO/CDMO management, Quality by Design (QbD), statistical analysis, root cause analysis, cross-functional leadership

Preferred skills

Postdoc experience, strategic planning, budget management, portfolio-level decision-making, emerging technology assessment

Technologies

DoE, CPV, CPI, characterization instrumentation, data analysis tools

Responsibilities

Lead CMC project teams across the product lifecycle; design and scale manufacturing processes using QbD; oversee CRO/CDMO partnerships and technical transfer; act as technical lead during manufacturing campaigns; author and review regulatory submissions; mentor team members

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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