Vice President, Chemical Engineering – Process Innovation

🕒 September 29

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Vice President

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Asymchem Group

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1999

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🏭 Manufacturing

🤝 B2B

💰 $39M Seed Round - Asymchem Laboratories (Tianjin) on 2011-08

Pharmaceuticals • Manufacturing • B2B

Asymchem Group is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) serving pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers. It provides process development, scale-up and GMP manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and advanced intermediates, and supports drug development and commercial production for other life‑science companies. The company operates internationally and maintains corporate and data‑processing contacts (e. g. , Asymchem Inc. , Morrisville, NC) as evidenced by its website privacy and contact information.

📋 Description

• Partner with technical and operational leaders to continuously improve engineering capabilities, technical practices, and cross-site collaboration • Translate shared priorities into a roadmap with clear milestones and measurable outcomes • Support the development of engineering talent across the US, Europe, and China • Mentor technical leaders, share effective methods, and contribute to recruitment aligned with evolving business needs • Strengthen process understanding, measurement, modeling, and control to enable reliable automation • Connect laboratory development with manufacturing requirements from the outset • Develop and validate approaches integrating PAT, process models, and data-driven decisions • Apply AI where it offers demonstrable process value • Prioritize opportunities for automated and continuous processing, demonstrate their value, and lead engineering work required for manufacturing adoption • Advance capabilities in reaction engineering, continuous processing, crystallization, solid-form and particle engineering, and separation and isolation • Select technologies against process needs, safety, robustness, and economics • Translate successful approaches into reusable platforms across client programs • Extend relevant capabilities from small molecules to peptides, oligonucleotides, and emerging modalities • Guide critical engineering decisions through scale-up, technology transfer, and commercialization • Work with process chemistry, analytical, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams to resolve complex process challenges • Engage clients on technical strategy and due diligence • Translate engineering capabilities into credible development and manufacturing solutions • Identify opportunities for technology advancement, shape long-term priorities, and guide investment in people, equipment, and external partnerships • Evaluate emerging technologies with scientific rigor and implementation discipline • Build academic and industry collaborations, develop future technical leaders, and represent Asymchem in senior technical discussions

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, or a closely related discipline • Substantial pharmaceutical development, engineering, or manufacturing experience, typically 15+ years, with increasing leadership responsibility • Demonstrated success advancing engineering capabilities or technology platforms, developing talent, and translating technical progress into sustained operational results • Strong chemical engineering fundamentals, depth in one or more relevant process technologies, and the breadth to lead specialists • A record of successful scale-up, technology transfer, or commercial implementation is essential • A collaborative leader who develops talent, earns trust across functions, and advances technical priorities through shared ownership and disciplined implementation • Credibility with clients, technical experts, and executives; sound process safety and quality judgment; and the ability to lead across functions, cultures, and locations • Bilingual English and Mandarin a plus, but not required • Experience implementing process automation, advanced controls, or continuous manufacturing is desirable • Experience with peptides or oligonucleotides and external technology partnerships are desirable • Domestic and International Travel as required. Approximately 40%

🏖️ Benefits

• Day 1 Coverage for Medical, Vision (Co. Paid), and Dental Insurance • Paid Life Insurance • Short-Term Disability (STD) & Long-Term Disability (LTD) • Paid Holidays, Vacation, Sick Time, and Maternity Leave • Matching 401K