Senior Manager, CMC Analytical Sciences

Sabin Foundation Europe; Only (TN); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Employer‑matching 401(k)

11 federal holidays and winter break

Job summary

Sabin seeks a Senior Manager, CMC Analytical Sciences to direct analytical activities through external CDMOs and labs, ensuring strategies meet regulatory expectations. You will lead method development, validation, and data interpretation across lifecycle stages.

The role requires extensive experience in biologics/vaccines, regulatory submissions, and cross‑functional collaboration, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a pharmaceutical science field.
• 9+ years in biopharma product development and CMC analytics.
• Experience overseeing external labs and CDMOs.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, qualification, validation, and transfer of analytical methods for vaccine substances and products.
• Provide oversight for investigations of OOS/OOT results and CAPAs within CDMOs and external labs.
• Author and review analytical sections of global regulatory submissions (IND, NDA/MAA, BLA) and contribute to CQAs and specification strategies.

Skills

CMC leadership

CDMO oversight

Regulatory submissions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, chemistry, biology, chemical engineering, or related pharmaceutical science

Job description

Job Type: Full-time

Position Title: Senior Manager, CMC Analytical Sciences

Reports to: Director, Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) Analytical Sciences

Location: Remote Worker, US Only

Why Sabin

Our mission is to make vaccines more accessible, enable innovation and expand immunization across the globe. We seek a future free from vaccine-preventable diseases. We are an innovative, collaborative, and engaged team that values accountability, teamwork, partnership and driving impact. We are vaccine champions improving lives through immunization. Sabin staff, management and the Board of Trustees are committed to ensuring that fairness, integrity, and opportunity remain at the core of how we operate.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, CMC Analytical Sciences is responsible for directing analytical activities conducted by external laboratories and contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) supporting Sabin’s pipeline. This role provides expert technical leadership in CMC analytical sciences, including the development, qualification, validation, and transfer of analytical methods, as well as stability program design and execution.

The individual will collaborate cross-functionally within Sabin to ensure analytical strategies and deliverables meet current regulatory expectations and support timely advancement of development programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, qualification, validation, and transfer of analytical methods (e.g., potency, purity, identity, and product-related impurities) for vaccine drug substance and drug product at Sabin’s CDMOs and external laboratories.
• Provide technical oversight and troubleshooting of analytical methods, including SME support for investigation of OOS (Out-of-Specification) and OOT (Out-of-Trend) results, deviations, CAPAs, and change controls.
• Author and review analytical and quality sections of global regulatory submissions (e.g., IND, IMPD, BLA, MAA, including Module 3 CTD sections).
• Provide analytical guidance for specification setting, CQA identification and justification, and physicochemical and biological characterization strategies.
• Partner cross-functionally across CMC to define in-process controls, release specifications, and comparability strategies to support process changes.
• Design and oversee ICH-compliant stability programs (e.g., ICH Q5), including forced degradation studies, real-time and accelerated testing, and shelf-life determination; support data compilation, review, and interpretation.
• Author analytical SOPs, templates, and guidance documents as needed.
• Compile, review, and analyze analytical data in support of development programs as required.
• Oversee the management of reference standards and sample inventories, as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, chemistry, biology, chemical engineering, or related pharmaceutical science required; advanced degree preferred.
• 9+ years of experience in biopharmaceutical product development, including management of CMC analytical activities; experience in vaccines, cell therapy, or gene therapy strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing CDMOs and/or managing remote external analytical activities.
• Strong technical expertise in biologics and/or vaccine development, ideally with experience supporting products through late-stage development or licensure.
• Hands‑on experience with analytical techniques such as qPCR/RT-PCR, HPLC, ELISA, mass spectrometry, light scattering, and cell-based potency assays.
• Proven ability to define and justify Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs) to ensure product safety, purity, and potency.
• Experience supporting GMP manufacturing process characterization strongly preferred
• In‑depth understanding of US and EU CMC regulatory requirements.
• Comprehensive working knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs)
• Experience authoring CMC sections for INDs, NDAs, BLAs, and ex-US regulatory submissions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex priorities, work under pressure, and meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail with excellent organizational and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to operate with urgency, accuracy, and accountability in a fast‑paced environment.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Other

• Subject to a criminal background investigation
• Request for three professional references
• Verification of education/degrees

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as flexible spending accounts.
• Eligible employees receive flexible vacation and sick leave, along with employer‑paid life and disability insurance.
• The organization observes 11 federal holidays and an end‑of‑year winter break.
• Sabin also offers an employer‑matching 401(k) plan.

Salary Description

Sabin’s philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased, equitable, competitive compensation and benefits. Using benchmarking and salary survey data, the annual salary for this position ranges from $145,000 - $160,000. The exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, training, and certifications/degree.

$145,000 - $160,000

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement

Sabin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability or genetic information, sex (including gender identity, pregnancy or sexual orientation), marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.