Director / Senior Manager, Pharmacy - Clinical Research Unit, Madison, WI

We're seeking an experienced pharmacy leader to join our team in Madison, WI, where you will play a vital role in advancing early-phase clinical research. As the Director/Senior Manager of Pharmacy, you'll oversee the Madison pharmacy operations that support innovative clinical trials-leading a talented team, ensuring high-quality investigational product preparation, and shaping pharmacy strategy from study design through execution.

The Madison Pharmacy operates within a cGMP environment and plays a critical role in ensuring safe, compliant, and uninterrupted investigational product preparation and release. This on-site leadership role provides direct oversight of cleanroom operations, staff competency, adherence to USP <797>, <795>, and <800>, and close coordination with Clinical Operations to meet protocol-driven dosing timelines. Your presence is essential to maintaining inspection readiness, supporting participant safety, and ensuring consistent and high-quality trial delivery at the site.

In this senior position, you will serve as the organization's primary pharmaceutical expert-guiding feasibility assessments, regulatory compliance, quality initiatives, and operational excellence. If you're passionate about leading high-performing teams and contributing to breakthrough research, we encourage you to apply and explore this opportunity with us.

What You'll Do

• Provide strategic direction for the pharmacy function and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Serve as the lead pharmacist on clinical trials, advising on pharmaceutical aspects from protocol design through study completion.
• Oversee staffing, workflow management, hiring, training, performance, and professional development for the pharmacy team.
• Ensure compliant preparation, storage, and dispensing of investigational products; maintain facilities to required standards.
• Lead SOP development, quality systems, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with clients, sponsors, and internal teams; participate in protocol development, feasibility assessments, and sponsor visits.
• Review new proposals and support global pharmacy metrics and reporting.
• Interact with regulatory bodies as needed and ensure strict adherence to safety and GxP requirements.
• Perform dispensing functions as needed.

What You Bring

• Registered Pharmacist/PharmD with appropriate state licensure, or Non-pharmacist Manager/Director with clean room experience (ISO 7/8 environment) and demonstrated management experience.
• 10+ years of pharmacy experience, including 5+ years in clinical research and 2-5 years in leadership roles.
• Experience overseeing pharmacy operations, staff, and quality systems.
• Equivalent relevant experience may be considered in place of formal education.

Work Environment:

• Work is performed in a laboratory and/or a clinical environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Occasional drives to site locations, occasional domestic travel.
• Exposure to biological fluids.
• Personal protective equipment required such as protective eyewear, garments, and gloves.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to work in an upright and /or stationary position for 10-12 hours per day.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists to operate lab equipment.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
• Regular and consistent attendance.
• Varied hours may be required.

The important thing for us is you are comfortable working in an environment that is:

• Fast paced: where no deviations from the study protocol are allowed, and not meeting a timeline for even few minutes will create a quality issue.
• Changing priorities constantly asking you to prioritize and adapt on the spot.
• Teamwork and people skills are essential for the study to run smoothly.
• Technology based. We collect our data directly into an electronic environment.

What do you get?

Regular, full-time, or part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD (multiple insurance carriers)
• 401(K)
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Employee recognition awards
• Multiple ERG's (employee resource groups)

Learn more about our EEO & Accommodations request here.