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Director/Senior Director, CMC, Drug Product Manufacturing (Late Stage/Commercial)

  • Burnaby, BC
  • Hybrid
  • Posted Jul 13, 2026
  • 1 position

$180,800–$213,400 / year

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Lead · 10+ years
Minimum education
Master’s degree
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week
Office presence
2 days per week
Location requirements
Country, Canada

Job summary

The Director, CMC, Drug Product oversees late-stage process development, validation, and commercial manufacturing of drug products through external partners. They are responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance, managing CDMO relationships, and providing strategic oversight for CMC documentation and submissions.

Job details

The Director, CMC, Drug Product oversees late-stage process development, validation, and commercial manufacturing of drug products through external partners. They are responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance, managing CDMO relationships, and providing strategic oversight for CMC documentation and submissions. Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant scientific discipline with at least 10 years of management experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry. Extensive expertise in late-stage drug product manufacturing, commercialization, and cGMP regulations is required.

What you’ll do

The Director, CMC, Drug Product oversees late-stage process development, validation, and commercial manufacturing of drug products through external partners. They are responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance, managing CDMO relationships, and providing strategic oversight for CMC documentation and submissions.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant scientific discipline with at least 10 years of management experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry. Extensive expertise in late-stage drug product manufacturing, commercialization, and cGMP regulations is required.

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Short-term disability
  • Long-term disability
  • Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Travel insurance
  • Retirement savings program
  • Company matching contributions
  • Vacation
  • Personal days
  • Sick days
  • Tuition assistance program
  • Stock options

Listed skills

  • Supply Chain · Preferred
  • Quality assurance · Preferred
  • Leadership · Preferred
  • Project management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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  • CMC
  • Drug product development
  • Process validation
  • Commercial manufacturing
  • CDMO management
  • Small molecule
  • Regulatory affairs
  • cGMP
  • FMEA
  • Scale-up
  • Formulation development
  • Project management
  • Leadership
  • Strategic planning
  • Quality assurance
  • Supply chain

Job areas

  • Science & Research
  • Manufacturing
  • Management & Leadership
  • Healthcare
  • Engineering

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