CMC Associate Director

🌍 Location: Central London (office-based)

💷 Salary: £85,000–£108,000

🕝 Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

🏢 Experience Level: Senior (10–14 years)

What is Androlabs?

Androlabs is the first pharmaceutical company that is entirely dedicated to men.

Founded in February 2021 and headquartered in London, Androlabs is a fast-growing and ambitious scaleup company. Our medicines are commercialised in 20+ countries throughout Europe, the UK and Australia.

What is our mission and how do we work?

Gender disparities in health awareness and access to routine check-ups and treatment can result in excess preventable deaths and illness. Globally, nearly twice as many male deaths are considered preventable compared to females, contributing to the concerning statistic that men live, on average, five years less than women. At Androlabs, our mission is to close the male life expectancy gap by tackling these issues head-on.

We partner with healthcare professionals who treat patients daily and lead initiatives to raise awareness of men’s health, improve education, and remove barriers to care. We have already launched the first-ever men’s health pub, developed a leading patient education platform, built a HCP zone with CPD-accredited learning, convened scientific advisory committee meetings with 17 of Europe’s top KOLs, and facilitated publications that have evolved the field of men’s health treatment.

By putting patients first and adopting a science-led approach, we are reshaping the traditional pharma model to deliver better outcomes across men’s health

We are a diverse team of ~40 people are based across 7 countries, and speak more than 14 languages. We are profitable, growing, and have big ambitions to create a world-leading men's health company that makes a difference in society.

At Androlabs, our core values— Knowledge and Transparency, Agency, First Principle Thinking & Humility —guide our actions every day. They shape our daily operations and interactions. Whether it’s empowering a colleague with the right information, proactively addressing challenges, or embracing feedback, we live these values every day to ensure that Androlabs is a place where innovation thrives, and excellence is the norm.

Androlabs is part of Tithonia Group, an entrepreneurial life sciences company.

Requirements

The Role

We are looking for a CMC Associate Director to join our growing team. This is the most senior technical role in the business for everything manufacturing and development. You will report directly to the co-founder in charge of Portfolio, and own the end-to-end delivery of all CMC and pharmaceutical development programmes across our portfolio — from technology transfers and CDMO management to product development, process innovation, and regulatory dossier input. You will work closely with our regulatory team and direct a network of CDMOs and specialist contractors.

There is no large development organisation behind you. You assemble, lead, and hold accountable the external network that makes our products. You set the strategy, run the programmes, manage the partnerships, and own the outcomes.

Deliver CMC and development projects on time and to specification. Manage a CDMO network to consistently high technical and commercial standards. Keep CMC strategy integrated into regulatory, clinical, and commercial planning from day one of every programme.

Who will you work with?
Our Co-founders, the Regulatory Affairs team, our CMC Associate, and a network of external CDMOs, technical consultants, and specialist contractors across EU and UK markets.

What You Will Be Doing?

Manufacturing & Development Projects

• Lead product development and redevelopment from brief to GMP readiness — formulation, process development, analytical method development
• Own technology transfers end to end: from procurement and CDMO selection through process validation and regulatory approval
• Define and execute comparability strategies that satisfy internal quality requirements and regulatory variation standards
• Drive manufacturing process improvement to enhance efficiency, cost, quality, and supply reliability

Strategy & Governance

• Develop CMC strategies in close collaboration with the regulatory, clinical, and commercial teams; provide CMC technical input into regulatory submissions
• Own the CMC project portfolio: live view of status, risks, dependencies, timelines, and budgets across all active programmes
• Manage the CMC budget: forecast project costs, approve spend, report to leadership

Third-Party Management

• Source, qualify, and onboard CDMOs and technical partners; negotiate commercial terms and execute agreements
• Own the CDMO risk register and ongoing performance management
• Build and maintain a trusted network of specialist CMC contractors and consultants for project-specific expertise

Who You Are and What You Bring

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 10–14 years in pharmaceutical manufacturing, technology transfer, and/or product development, with personal end-to-end ownership of multiple CMC programmes
• Direct CDMO management experience: commercial negotiation, technical oversight, and performance management
• Strong scientific foundation — you can read, interpret, and challenge batch records, validation reports, stability data, and analytical methods; you are not purely a project manager
• Solid GMP knowledge and experience of how manufacturing changes interact with regulatory variation requirements
• Experience contributing to CMC sections of regulatory dossiers — you understand what a variation means and what it takes to support one
• Budget management experience: you have owned and managed project-level spend against actuals

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience with semi-solid or transdermal formulations (gel, cream, ointment)
• Experience with new chemical entities manufacturing
• Familiarity with the MAH model and the regulatory obligations it carries
• Experience in a small or mid-size specialty pharma environment where you have operated with high autonomy
• Track record of dual-sourcing or competitive CDMO selection and technology transfer programmes
• Experience conducting or overseeing comparability and process validation studies first-hand

Benefits

What we offer you

💰 Competitive salary based on experience

❤️ Private Medical Insurance through AXA — from Day 1, including 24/7 virtual GP, physiotherapy, and counselling

🔋 Learning & Development — £300 annual self-directed learning fund, plus additional sponsorship available for bigger development goals

🏖 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

🌴 Summer Getaway Package — take 7 days in August, get 3 extra paid days free

🌎 August Remote Working — work from anywhere for the whole of August

☀️ Summer Hours — Early Friday finishes in July and August

🐶 Dog-Friendly Office — well-behaved pups welcome

🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme

🏋️ Discounted gym classes

🍿 Team Activities: We believe in the power of team bonding and regularly organise company-wide events and overseas company off-sites.

⚡High-Performance Team: Join an ambitious and dynamic team that’s passionate about excellence.

⏫ Continuous Investment: Benefit from ample training opportunities and resources.

🗻 Career Growth: Experience rapid professional and personal development, opening doors to multiple career paths.