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Associate Director, CMC Technology Delivery

cambridge, ma • Posted 4 days ago
Onsite Full Time IT Management & IT Project Management

Responsibilities:

  • Define and execute the IT solutions roadmap for CMC digital transformation.
  • Oversee implementation and lifecycle management of digital CMC solutions to speed new pipeline products from Development Candidate through IND/NDA filings to commercial launch.
  • Deliver digital and AI/ML capabilities for faster regulatory authoring and reduced error rates via digital tech transfer of Drug Substance/Drug Product/analytical methods and data.
  • Enable creation, transformation, and storage of recipe master/reference data, transactional lab run data, DOE/batch execution data, and derived statistical/trending outputs.
  • Standardize/structure process recipe data (CPPs/CCAs/In-Process Controls/operating ranges) with recipe version management.
  • Develop CMC statistics assets and trending tools; enable CMC program management digitization and reporting.
  • Create data products, templates, procedures, and seamless integrations (API/EDI) for process data exchange.
  • Establish process data governance/stewardship and publish data products to support analytics/AI/ML.
  • Own end-to-end lifecycle of CMC applications (strategy/design through deployment, sustainment, upgrades, continuous improvement, retirement); define business cases and manage TCO.
  • Ensure GxP/data integrity/global regulatory compliance and audit readiness.
  • Drive operational excellence for CMC systems (e.g., Empower, SoftMax Pro, Emerson Process Knowledge Management, QbDVision).
  • Lead and mentor cross-functional delivery; partner with stakeholders, IT, vendors, and procurement.

Qualifications:

  • Required:
    • Bachelor’s degree in Science/Engineering/IT or related field.
    • 10+ years in CMC, Process Engineering, or IT client-facing roles in biopharma/life sciences.
    • Knowledge of regulatory filing, recipe unit operations/data structures; statistical software/trending tools (e.g., JMP, Minitab, R/Python, SIMCA, SEEQ).
    • Strong stakeholder management/change leadership.
    • Data and systems integration experience with IT suppliers/integrators.
    • Regulated environment experience (GxP, computer systems validation, FDA 21 CFR).
    • SDLC knowledge (requirements through decommissioning).
    • Proven cross-functional team leadership; strategic + pragmatic delivery.
    • Up to ~10% travel.
  • Preferred:
    • Master’s/MBA/PhD.
    • Working knowledge of EDI/APIs/data transfers and system integration.
    • Agile/Scrum and Jira (or similar) experience.
    • Familiarity with AI/data/digital capabilities (data models, lakehouse, knowledge graphs, agentic AI, LLMs).

Benefits (explicitly stated):

  • Medical/dental/vision, life/disability insurance, lifestyle reimbursement, flexible spending/HSAs, 401(k) match, paid time off, wellness days, holidays, and recharge breaks.

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