Senior Sterile Compounding Pharmacist
503A Operations, Quality & Expansion

Location: Greater St. Louis / St. Charles County, Missouri
Employment Type: Full-Time, On-Site
Compensation: $200,000+ Base Salary, Performance Bonus, and Long-Term Profit-Sharing Opportunity

BrightMeds is seeking an experienced sterile compounding pharmacist to help launch and scale a new 503A pharmacy in the Greater St. Louis area.

You do not need to have previously served as a Pharmacist-in-Charge or personally opened a sterile pharmacy. You do need meaningful, hands-on experience working in a 503A sterile compounding environment and a strong understanding of what safe, compliant, and efficient sterile operations should look like.

You will work closely with BrightMeds' founders, designated Pharmacist-in-Charge, pharmacy consultants, technology team, and other pharmacy personnel to develop the systems, workflows, quality standards, and team needed to serve patients responsibly.
What You Will Do
Sterile Compounding and Quality

• Help establish safe and compliant sterile compounding operations under USP and applicable USP requirements
• Develop, review, and improve standard operating procedures, batch records, training materials, and quality documentation
• Support personnel training, qualification, observation, and competency programs
• Help oversee aseptic technique, environmental monitoring, cleaning, disinfecting, contamination control, and sterility-assurance practices
• Participate in deviation investigations, corrective and preventive actions, change control, complaints, recalls, and continuous quality improvement
• Help maintain inspection and audit readiness
• Identify quality risks and recommend practical solutions before they become larger problems

Pharmacy Launch and Operations

• Help evaluate cleanroom layouts, equipment, vendors, supplies, technology, and production workflows
• Support the development of staffing, inventory, purchasing, production, and capacity plans
• Help recruit, train, and develop pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
• Participate in a controlled, quality-led production launch
• Identify production bottlenecks and improve efficiency without compromising quality
• Help establish meaningful quality, production, staffing, and operational metrics
• Work with BrightMeds' technology team to improve pharmacy software, automation, documentation, and reporting
• Help build repeatable systems that can support future pharmacy locations

Licensing and Regulatory Expansion

• Work with the PIC, consultants, legal counsel, and company leadership on Missouri pharmacy licensing and inspection readiness
• Support nonresident pharmacy applications, renewals, documentation, and state-specific compliance requirements
• Help organize licensing records, policies, inspection materials, and regulatory correspondence
• Monitor regulatory changes and assist with implementing required operational updates
• Support BrightMeds' long-term multi-state expansion strategy

Direct experience obtaining nonresident pharmacy licenses is highly valued, but it is not required for this role.
Required Qualifications

• PharmD, BSPharm, or equivalent degree from an accredited school or college of pharmacy
• Active, unrestricted pharmacist license in at least one U.S. state
• Missouri pharmacist license or ability to obtain one before beginning on-site pharmacy work
• Direct experience working in a 503A sterile compounding pharmacy
• Strong working knowledge of USP and applicable USP requirements
• Practical experience with aseptic technique, sterile workflows, documentation, and quality-control procedures
• Experience following or helping improve sterile compounding SOPs and quality systems
• Strong attention to detail, reliability, communication, and professional judgment
• Willingness to work on-site in the Greater St. Louis or St. Charles County area

Highly Valued Experience

The following experience is helpful but not required:

• Leading, supervising, or training sterile compounding personnel
• Preparing for pharmacy inspections, audits, or regulatory reviews
• Developing or improving a pharmacy Quality Management System
• Multi-state nonresident pharmacy licensing
• Holding pharmacist licenses in multiple states
• Cleanroom certification, commissioning, qualification, or operational planning
• Missouri Class H pharmacy experience
• Board Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist certification
• Scaling sterile production or improving pharmacy workflows
• Pharmacy startup or new-location launch experience
• Automation, software, or pharmacy-technology implementation

Prior PIC experience and prior experience opening a sterile pharmacy are not required.
The Person We Are Looking For

You may be a strong fit if you:

• Understand how a well-run 503A sterile pharmacy should operate
• Take patient safety, documentation, and regulatory compliance seriously
• Notice problems that others miss
• Follow through without needing constant supervision
• Can explain quality or operational concerns clearly and directly
• Enjoy improving systems and making complicated processes more reliable
• Work well with pharmacists, technicians, consultants, technology teams, and company leadership
• Are willing to respectfully challenge a decision when quality, compliance, or patient safety is at risk
• Want greater responsibility and influence than you may have in a traditional sterile pharmacist role

We are not looking for someone who is learning sterile compounding for the first time. We are looking for someone who has worked inside a 503A sterile operation and can help us build one correctly.
First-Year Priorities

During your first year, you will help:

• Finalize sterile workflows, equipment, documentation, and operating procedures
• Establish the pharmacy's SOP and Quality Management System infrastructure
• Prepare the pharmacy and team for licensing, inspections, and launch
• Recruit and qualify the initial sterile compounding team
• Support a controlled production ramp
• Establish quality and operational performance metrics
• Improve production capacity while protecting quality
• Begin supporting BrightMeds' multi-state licensing roadmap
• Create systems that can eventually be replicated across additional pharmacy locations

Compensation and Long-Term Opportunity

This position includes:

• $200,000+ base salary
• Performance-based annual bonus
• Long-term profit-sharing opportunity
• Direct access to company founders and senior leadership
• Meaningful influence over pharmacy operations, technology, quality, and growth
• Increasing leadership responsibility as BrightMeds expands
• Potential advancement into senior pharmacy leadership or a future PIC position for a qualified candidate who wants that path