Aerogen Pharma Career Opportunities
Analytical Chemist
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: USA
The analytical chemist will develop analytical techniques and conduct experiments to support the development of commercially viable lipid-peptide and lipid-protein formulations. In addition, the person will support formulation development efforts. This role is crucial for advancing our CMC program for the Gates project, as well as establishing analytical capabilities and in house expertise in our expanding portfolio, ensuring products meet rigorous quality and regulatory standards. The person will be hands on in the lab with strong technical knowledge in analytical science and will be mentored to assist in formulation development efforts.
Associate Director CMC Quality
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: California, USA
The Associate Director, CMC Quality Assurance is a senior Quality leader accountable for providing strategic and hands-on GMP quality oversight across Aerogen Pharma's development programs. The position serves as the primary Quality partner to CMC, Device, Supply Chain, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Supply, Program Leadership, and external manufacturing and testing partners, ensuring that development activities are executed with appropriate quality rigor, regulatory compliance, and phase-appropriate systems while preserving the speed and pragmatism required in an entrepreneurial pharmaceutical company.
Chief Medical Officer
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: North Carolina, USA
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Aerogen Pharma will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team of a small, innovation-driven pharmaceutical company focused on transforming neonatal care. The CMO will shape the company’s medical, clinical, and scientific strategy while contributing broadly to corporate strategy, portfolio decisions, company building, partnering, and organizational development. As the company’s senior medical leader, the CMO will represent Aerogen Pharma with neonatologists, investigators, key opinion leaders, regulators, professional societies, advocacy groups, strategic partners, investors, and other stakeholders globally. Internally, the CMO will provide collaborative, hands-on leadership across clinical, medical with strong partnership to regulatory, research, and commercial functions, This is a exciting opportunity with a growing company to shape organizational design and culture while transforming the future of surfactant delivery for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome globally.
Clinical Trial Manager
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: North Carolina, USA
The Clinical Trial Manager (CTM) is responsible for managing various aspects of clinical trials including study start-up, site management and monitoring activities. This includes vendor management, monitoring subject safety and data collection, and ensuring investigational site compliance with the protocol and applicable regulatory regulations. The CTM also acts as a liaison between Aerogen Pharma and the investigational site and helps to troubleshoot any issues that arise during the trial. It is a highly collaborative role, requiring an aptitude towards leadership, effective communication and project management skills, as well as a deep understanding of the regulations and ethical considerations surrounding clinical research.
Director, Clinical Operations
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: USA
The Director of Clinical Operations is responsible for the management, oversight, and hands-on execution of clinical programs, ensuring completion in accordance with timelines, budgets, and regulatory and corporate quality standards. This role serves as a key functional leader and subject matter expert, collaborates with other functional leads to achieve departmental and corporate objectives, and proactively improves the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of Aerogen Pharma’s clinical trial activities. This position reports to the Vice President of Clinical Operations
Medical Director, Clinical Development
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: North Carolina, USA
This Medical Director, under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), provides medical and scientific leadership for Aerogen Pharma’s clinical development programs, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and compliance with all regulatory, ethical, and scientific standards. This role will have direct medical oversight with our ongoing Phase 3 clinical program, with engagement with internal clinical operations team, site and country level principal investigators, study coordinators, respiratory therapists and all associated vendors. In addition, this role will contribute to the design and execution of the synthetic surfactant global clinical development program You will execute and oversee clinical programs across the product lifecycle, including early- and late-stage development, post-marketing activities, and real-world evidence initiatives, to support business objectives and regulatory submissions. This role works closely with stakeholders across the business to accomplish delivery of product driven initiatives, build and develop enduring peer-to-peer relationships with healthcare professionals and institutions creating constructive, cross-functional partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. In addition, preparation of scientific presentations/talks, responsibility for internal and external medical publications, and clinical sections of regulatory documents will be a key responsibility.
Process Engineer
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: California, USA
The person in this role will conduct experimentation, both within R&D & Process Development, to support the development of commercially viable lipid-peptide and novel lipid-protein formulations. Additionally, the candidate will gain experience supporting external oversight activities of our manufacturing partners, generating valuable CMC experience in GMP environments.
Procurement Manager
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: North Carolina, USA
The Procurement Manager – Drug and Device/Drug Combination Products is a strategically focused role within Procurement & Supply Chain, responsible for developing and executing sourcing and supplier strategies for pharmaceutical products, including device–drug combination categories. The role partners closely with Technical, Quality, Supply Chain, and internal/external consultants to translate regulatory and product requirements into resilient, compliant, and cost-effective supply chain solutions, while progressively taking on hands-on operational execution.
Quality Assurance Specialist
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: California, USA
The Quality Specialist supports Quality Operations through the Quality Oversight of Manufacturing, Packaging, and Labeling Operations Batch Record Review, Product Review and Approvals, Supplier Management Oversight and quality records review and management. This position also supports continual process improvement for Quality Management Systems.
Senior Director, Global Regulatory Affairs
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: North Carolina, USA
Aerogen Pharma is seeking an experienced global regulatory leader to serve as the strategic deputy to the Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and assume direct accountability for some of the company’s priority development programs. The successful candidate will be the accountable regulatory leader for programs, shape company-level development decisions, and help build Aerogen Pharma’s future regulatory organization.
Senior Process Validation Engineer
Department: Pharmaceutical
Location: California, USA
The Senior Process Validation Engineer owns validation strategy and execution for late-stage and commercial manufacture of a lipid MLV drug product. The role leads process characterization, engineering and readiness runs, PPQ, and transition to CPV using science- and risk-based approaches.