FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULE

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At EyePoint, leadership trusts our employees to get the job done. The patient-centric and award-winning approach we’re taking in business fuels our success for:

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  preventing blindness through vision-saving medications
• delivering best-in-class proprietary pharmaceutical technologies
• transforming ocular drug delivery

We See You.

Your wellbeing

Your professional worth

Your future at EyePoint

EyePoint offers robust total rewards in a science-based entrepreneurial culture that empowers curiosity and innovation to help catapult your career. There’s space for every voice and perspective to be heard in our on-site and remote environments where a variety of strengths and diverse backgrounds are connected.

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Individual responsibilities

• Develop ocular formulations through all phases of product development.
• Develop novel drug delivery technologies for ocular products.
• Identify and implement improvements to existing EyePoint technologies.
• Identify and implement solutions to challenges with existing EyePoint products.
• Build expertise and knowledge around ocular drug product formulations and summarize findings in scientific papers and technical reports.
• Generate data for project progression and regulatory filings, conduct optimization and process scale up studies.
• Actively collaborate with the analytical department and our CMOs to develop and perform testing methods and to understand the impact of manufacturing process on product integrity, quality and stability.
• Scientifically interpret complex data sets and provide sound recommendations for successful product and formulation development.
• Present experimental plans and data to senior management and CMC, manufacturing and project leadership.
• Contribute substantively to patent and publication preparation.
• Maintain knowledge with up-to-date scientific literature in the field of ocular drug delivery.
• Transfer technical knowledge to CMO for scale up of formulation and process optimization.
• Provide guidance for other research staff and advise about quality, timeliness and accuracy of work done.
  

Primary skills and knowledge required include, but are not limited to the following:

• Solid knowledge of pharmaceutical and engineering principles in the solid dosage form development.
• Understanding of fundamental biopharmaceutical principles.
• Hands-on experience with physicochemical and analytical techniques such as DSC, TGA, XRPD, HPLC, SEM, PSD, KF, and Dissolution. Understanding of FTIR, NMR, and RAMAN analytical techniques, a plus.
• Hands on experience with formulation techniques, processing equipment, and unit operations for laboratory, clinical, and commercial manufacturing scales.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and work on a few projects concurrently.
• Detail-oriented.
• Team player and ability to quickly adapt to any changes in project priorities.
• Strong knowledge in formulation development of small molecules is required.

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  Thorough understanding of polymer chemistry and drug-polymer interaction.
• Ability to effectively and collaboratively lead and participate in technical team discussions.
• Direct experience working with CMOs.
• Experience with a range of dosage forms including solid, semi-solid, and liquids.
• Experience in extrusion is a plus.
• Experience with formulation development of class II, III, and IV biopharmaceuticals drugs.
• Proven ability to apply scientific principles to pre-formulation and formulation development using a rational approach.
• Leadership experience is a plus.
• GCLP, GMP, and GxP experience is a plus.
• Knowledge in large molecules/biologics formulations is a plus.
• Knowledge of injectable drug products is a plus.

Level of Education Required Field of Study:

• Scientist I, PhD with 0-2 years relevant research experience.
• 5-7 years of relevant research experience for MS level.
• 7-10 years of relevant research experience for BS level.
• Ph.D. in pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical sciences, medicinal chemistry, chemical engineering, or related field preferred

Envision Your Future

With the exciting energy of a winning culture and an exhilarating pace, we are an ophthalmology company committed to preventing blindness by developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics.

The collective power of our values influences everything we do, and everything we do for you.

• Success begins with our People
• Patients First
• Integrity
• Results-Driven
• Innovation
• Team Focus
• Diversity & Inclusion