Director of Formulation Development – Sterile & Nonsterile

Empower Pharmacy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Wellness perks

IV therapy

Job summary

Empower Pharmacy seeks a Director of Formulation Development to lead hands-on sterile and nonsterile product development for 503A and 503B portfolios. You will guide formulation, stability, packaging, scale-up, and technical transfer across therapeutic areas, ensuring regulatory alignment and high-quality outcomes.

This role demands deep expertise in pharmaceutical science, problem solving, and leadership to drive launch readiness and maximize product impact across markets.

Qualifications

• PharmD and active pharmacist license are strongly preferred.
• 8+ years of pharmacy, formulation development, or compounding experience with substantial 503A and/or 503B experience preferred.
• Significant hands-on sterile injectable and nonsterile development experience, including stability, aseptic processing, scale-up, troubleshooting, and technical transfer.
• Demonstrated experience personally taking compounded products from concept through formulation, testing, stability, production implementation, and launch.

Responsibilities

• Formulation And Product Development: Develops sterile injectables and nonsterile formulations, selects APIs, excipients, concentrations, dosage forms, preparation methods, and packaging.
• Sterile Development: Resolves challenges in solubility, pH, osmolality, sterility, particulates, container closure, and aseptic processing.
• Product Optimization: Improves formulations, stability, packaging, beyond-use dates, and production efficiency.

Skills

Formulation development

Sterile injectables

Nonsterile compounding

Scale-up & tech transfer

cGMP & USP standards

Analytical evaluation

Education

PharmD

Job description

Empower Pharmacy seeks a Director of Formulation Development to lead hands-on sterile and nonsterile product development for 503A and 503B portfolios. You will guide formulation, stability, packaging, scale-up, and technical transfer across therapeutic areas, ensuring regulatory alignment and high-quality outcomes.

This role demands deep expertise in pharmaceutical science, problem solving, and leadership to drive launch readiness and maximize product impact across markets.