Associate Director/Director, Chemistry Manufacturing and Control

Position title: Associate Director/director, Chemistry manufacturing and controls

Reports to: Vp, Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls

Manages: GMP pharmaceuticals Production

Location: montreal, QC or Charlotte, NC (possibility of remote position)

duty and responsibilities

- Management of the GMP Production of drug substance and drug products at contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) intended for nasal and sublingual administration
- Compliance against applicable cGMPs, regulatory requirements and company’s SOPs and policies
- Collaborate with internal teams, consultants, CMOs and suppliers, providing project management oversight for CMC, and in accordance with development plans
- Execute external development and manufacturing activities at CMOs, ensuring collaboration, communication, scientific expertise, and attention to detail
- Creation of a positive work environment by sharing and demonstrating functional/technical knowledge
- Review essential elements of scale-up and technology transfer
- Manage the technical oversight and timeline of outsourced activities
- Apply technical expertise to support the development of new formulations, and manufacturing processes for nasal, sublingual, and transdermal dosage forms
- Review batch production records and development protocols to ensure cGMP compliance
- Review deviations, investigations and CAPAs and make recommendations to Quality Assurance
- Review and approve technical drug substance and drug product documents for regulatory submissions, ensuring all documentation is approved and processed within budget and timeline

Education, background, knowledge and skills

- MS or PhD in Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medical Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
- Approximately Ten years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or CMO’s including virtual pharmaceutical development with direct GMP manufacturing experience
- Experience working with drug substance, and drug product contract manufacturers in the US, EU and Asia
- Experience with intranasal and sublingual drug delivery systems for formulation and manufacturing is required, as is experience with drug/device combinations.
- Knowledge of formulation development, analytical development, technology transfer, cGMP, FDA, EU, and ICH regulation/guidelines, as well as requirements for CMC content of regulatory submissions;
- Experience with project management tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Project Team and Acrobat.

key attributes

- Superior interpersonal abilities—including working in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment.
- Exceptional communication skills, with both written and oral presentation abilities.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully work with and influence contract manufacturing partners while maintaining positive working relationships.
- Able to travel approximately 15% of the time, including international travel when appropriate.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity employer
Disclaimer: The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, but rather are intended only to describe the general nature of the position.

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