Senior Sterile Compounding Pharmacist503A Operations, Quality & ExpansionLocation: 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 DoSterile 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 ExperienceThe 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 ForYou 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 PrioritiesDuring 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 OpportunityThis 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
