Associate Director, Drug Product Development - Remote

EPM Scientific; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Long-term incentive opportunities

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

EPM Scientific is seeking an Associate Director of Drug Product Development in South San Francisco, CA to lead formulation and drug product development across multiple small molecule programs, advancing candidates toward registration and commercial readiness.

You will oversee process development, scale-up, technology transfer, and external partnerships, ensure GMP compliance, and collaborate with regulatory, QA, analytical, and supply chain teams.

Qualifications

• PhD or MS with extensive pharmaceutical development experience.
• Experience across late-stage and commercial readiness.
• Strong knowledge of formulation development and scale-up.
• Proven ability to manage outsourced development programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead drug product development strategy for small molecule programs.
• Direct formulation, process development, scale-up, and tech transfer.
• Design phase-appropriate clinical formulations aligned with timelines.
• Author and review CMC documentation and regulatory submissions content.
• Manage external development and manufacturing partners (CDMOs).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (analytical, regulatory, QA, supply).

Skills

Drug product dev

Process optimization

Tech transfer

CDMO management

Regulatory submissions

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences

MS in related field

Job description

EPM Scientific is seeking an Associate Director of Drug Product Development in South San Francisco, CA to lead formulation and drug product development across multiple small molecule programs, advancing candidates toward registration and commercial readiness.

You will oversee process development, scale-up, technology transfer, and external partnerships, ensure GMP compliance, and collaborate with regulatory, QA, analytical, and supply chain teams.