Full time

Director - Chemical Development, Small Molecule API APICOM

Posted by AstraZeneca • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

📍 Dublin, County Dublin 🕒 February 28, 2026

About the Role

Job Title: Director - Chemical Development, Small Molecule API

Location: Dublin

Competitive salary and benefits

Introduction to role

Join AstraZeneca to shape how small‑molecule APIs are developed, transferred, and validated for commercial supply. You will build and lead a multidisciplinary laboratory team co‑located with our new API commercialisation facility near Dublin, creating the blueprint for right‑first‑time validation and accelerated launches from a digitally enabled, paperless factory.

About the facility and mission

We are constructing a next‑generation small‑molecule API launch facility at AstraZeneca College Park, Dublin, operational in early 2026. The site will maximise continuous processing, advanced analytics, and digital innovations to compress tech‑transfer timelines and deliver medicines faster, more cost‑effectively, and sustainably. This is a rare greenfield opportunity to define standards,...

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