Associate Director, CMC Program Management
AstraZeneca · Santa Monica, California, United States of America · Global
Pharma Strategy
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Dentist
Demand75
Career growth77
Healthcare fit68
Remote potential35
5-year outlook
Likely a senior pharma compensation band with progression toward CMC program leadership; exact pay is not stated and will depend on location, experience, and company band.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
senior
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-10-30
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Engagement type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time
- Eligible countries
- United States
- Profession fit
- Dentist
- Rate period
- Hourly
Eligibility, licensing, and location restrictions can change. Always confirm details on the source posting before applying.
Why this is worth applying to
Worth applying only if you already have pharma/biotech CMC, cell therapy, or technical operations project management experience; clinicians without industry PM exposure will likely be screened out.
Who should apply
Physicians or pharmacists with cell therapy, biologics development, regulatory, or clinical operations experience; healthcare graduates with strong project management and pharma technical operations exposure.
CV angle
Reframe clinical experience into transferable program-management language: cross-functional coordination, regulated-environment compliance, risk mitigation, stakeholder communication, milestone planning, and data-driven decisions. Emphasize any real CMC, GMP, cell therapy, regulatory, technology transfer, or industry project-management work; do not invent CMC credentials.
Skills to highlight
- Integrated project planning
- Cross-functional program leadership
- Risk and issue management
- CMC/regulatory awareness
- Cell therapy/biologics development
- Governance and decision tracking
- Budget and resource planning
- Stakeholder communication
Role summary
Associate Director-level CMC project manager supporting cell therapy technical operations by owning integrated CMC plans, governance, risk management, and cross-functional delivery from development through launch.
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