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Vice President Program Management - CDC Global Solutions (Toronto)

Vice President Program Management - CDC Global Solutions (Toronto)

CDC Global Solutions • Toronto, ON, Canada
14 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Senior Director / VP of External Partnerships

Location: Toronto preferred; hybrid/remote considered with regular travel to Toronto

Reports to: Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer

CDC is proud to be retained by a fast‑growing, AI‑enabled pharmaceutical formulation company operating at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, and deep formulation science – accelerating drug product development in partnership with biopharma and CDMO organisations.

This role is for someone who has operated in a CDMO or CRO environment and knows what it actually takes to deliver high‑quality formulation development programs. It is a rare prospect to step into a senior leadership role where science, delivery, and strategic client partnership all converge.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary relationship owner for multiple external R&D partnerships.
  • Manage 3-4 concurrent client R&D projects, or oversee one large strategic agreement.
  • Lead all client communications: progress updates, technical readouts, steering discussions, and escalation management.
  • Own and identify project execution plans, timelines, milestones, risks and deliverables.
  • Understand formulation development workflows well enough to challenge assumptions, identify technical risks, and communicate trade‑offs to clients.
  • Work with internal scientists to frame experimental design, formulation strategy, data packages, and next‑step recommendations.
  • Present data and project outcomes to client teams with clarity, confidence, and credibility.
  • Manage and support a team of approximately 3-4 experimentalists and/or robotics operators.
  • Coach team members on project execution, communication quality, client readiness, and operational discipline.
  • Partner with business development and scientific leadership to expand successful client relationships into larger, longer‑term collaborations.
  • Identify opportunities for follow‑on projects, platform expansions, and strategic agreements.
  • Support proposal scoping, project design, and technical input for new partnership opportunities.

Required Experience

  • Significant CDMO experience – essential.
  • Strong pharmaceutical science background, ideally in OSD, modified release, biologics, injectables, or other complex formulation areas.
  • Experience managing technical R&D programs, client‑facing projects, or complex development workstreams.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with different stakeholders, timelines, and priorities.
  • Prior alliance management, program leadership, or strategic account ownership experience.
  • Strong client‑facing presence, with the technical depth to earn credibility with formulation scientists and development leaders.
  • Experience presenting scientific or technical data to external customers or senior internal stakeholders.
  • Experience working with both emerging biotechs and large pharmaceutical companies.
  • Ability to manage scope, timelines, expectations, and difficult client conversations without damaging relationships.
  • Experience leading or coordinating technical teams, ideally including lab‑based scientists, experimentalists, or automation/robotics operators.

Bonus

Exposure to AI‑enabled drug development, automated experimentation, high‑throughput screening, robotics, or digital formulation workflows.

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