Territory Manager

Why a Great Opportunity

Our client is a biotech start‑up company specializing in ultra‑rapid delivery of novel therapeutics to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. They need a Scientist with solid pharmaceutical formulations experience who wants to be part of a startup team.

Our client is a biotech company specializing in ultra‑rapid delivery of novel therapeutics to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. They need a Scientist to work on platform delivery technology that enables the localized administration of therapeutics, including biologics and nucleic acids, in a formulation‑independent manner. The Scientist needs to be highly motivated, driven, and collaborative with formulation development, drug delivery, and absorption testing expertise to contribute to the development programs.

The Scientist needs a successful track record driving development progress, independently designing, implementing, and troubleshooting experiments, effectively reporting results while driving external drug product manufacturing.

• Short term focus on drug suspension, formulation development and characterization
• Design experiments to assess impact of ingredients on physical properties
• Prepare samples for testing and/or analysis at outside laboratories
• Design experiments to assess drug delivery using in vitro (Franz Diffusion Cell) model
• Assess drug release in tissue/membrane and solutions using external analytical techniques
• Coordinate CDMO and consultant activities for outsourced studies
• Lead development, oversight for scale‑up clinical and commercial external GMP drug manufacturing
• Specify and procure measurement and test equipment and execute and document laboratory studies
• Prepare test formulations for and support preclinical studies
• Replicate, develop and test mechanical models for assessing formulations

• BS degree in chemistry, chemical or biomedical engineering;
  Master’s or PhD degree a plus
• 5 years’ experience with hands‑on bench‑top chemistry in Pharma or Med Device
• Expertise in drug development and CMC, batch scaling and release assays
• Familiarity with analytical tools: UV, spectrophotometer, HPLC
• Experience with tissue handling, storage, and preparation for experiments
• Highly organized, attention to detail and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, team‑oriented environment and comfortable with ambiguity
• Contribute to authoring of SOPs, test reports, raw material specs, regulatory submissions
• Excellent communication and computer skills (Microsoft Office products, MS Project a plus)