CMC Program Manager - Cross-Functional Drug Development

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. is seeking an experienced Program Manager, CMC, to drive coordinated execution of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls deliverables across clinical programs.

You will own day-to-day schedules for external manufacturers and internal CMC teams, ensuring visibility for Quality, Regulatory, and partners. This role provides broad exposure to multiple programs, with opportunities to influence risk management, scenario planning, and timely decision-making by program

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required, science-related preferred; advanced degree a plus.
• Minimum of 2 years in pharma/biotech/CDMO or regulated PM.
• Experience supporting cGMP manufacturing or CMC projects.
• Exposure to IND or NDA submissions.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains integrated CMC schedules across external manufacturing partners and internal teams.
• Maintains a single source of truth for manufacturing schedules and communicates current priorities to Quality, Regulatory, and partner functions.
• Facilitates internal and CDMO CMC meetings, including scheduling, agendas, summaries, and action tracking.
• Creates, organizes, and maintains CMC dashboards, plans, and schedules accessible to project teams, and coordinates document reviews and approvals.
• Supports CMC risk management by identifying schedule risks early, maintaining the risk log, and escalating to program leadership.
• Prepares schedule impact analyses to support scenario planning and decision-making.
• Builds trusted, collaborative working relationships with internal team members and external manufacturing partners.
• Applies project management best practices and recommends process improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Clear communication

Reliability

Integrity

Prioritization

Cross-functional collaboration

Organization

Education

BA/BS degree

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

SharePoint

Job description

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. is seeking an experienced Program Manager, CMC, to drive coordinated execution of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls deliverables across clinical programs.

You will own day-to-day schedules for external manufacturers and internal CMC teams, ensuring visibility for Quality, Regulatory, and partners. This role provides broad exposure to multiple programs, with opportunities to influence risk management, scenario planning, and timely decision-making by program