Founding Pharmacist-in-Charge & Head of Pharmacy Operations

Brightmeds • st Louis, MO

8d • Onsite

About The Position

BrightMeds is creating a next-generation 503A sterile compounding pharmacy designed around one central belief: Patients deserve exceptional quality, uncompromising safety, and affordable access to important therapies. We are looking for a pharmacist who wants more than another management position. We are looking for a builder—someone who wants to design the systems, develop the team, establish the quality standards, and create the operational foundation of a pharmacy organization capable of serving patients nationwide. This is a rare opportunity to become BrightMeds’ Founding Pharmacist-in-Charge and Head of Pharmacy Operations. Your work will influence nearly every aspect of the organization. BrightMeds is a founder-led healthcare company focused on making high-quality healthcare more accessible through technology, innovation, and operational excellence. We are not controlled by outside institutional investors demanding short-term decisions. Our principal owners remain actively involved in the company and can make decisions based on patient care, quality, and long-term value. One of our greatest strengths is our speed of implementation. We make decisions quickly, execute quickly, learn quickly, and continuously improve. However, we do not confuse speed with recklessness. Our operating philosophy is simple: Move quickly. Build correctly. Continuously improve. Never compromise patient safety or quality. We want this to be an environment where talented people enjoy coming to work because they are creating something meaningful with colleagues they respect.

Requirements

• PharmD, BSPharm, or equivalent degree from an accredited school or college of pharmacy
• Active, unrestricted Missouri pharmacist license, or ability to obtain one before beginning employment
• Eligibility to serve as Pharmacist-in-Charge in Missouri
• Previous PIC or comparable accountable pharmacy-leadership experience
• Extensive sterile compounding experience
• Strong working knowledge of USP <797> and applicable USP <800> requirements
• Experience preparing for pharmacy inspections or regulatory audits
• Experience developing or operating quality systems
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, lead, and develop high-performing teams

Nice To Haves

• Launching or substantially building a 503A sterile compounding pharmacy
• Cleanroom planning, commissioning, or operational design
• Missouri Class H pharmacy experience
• Board Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist certification
• Multi-state nonresident pharmacy licensing
• Holding pharmacist licenses in multiple states
• Pharmacy startup experience
• Quality Management System implementation
• Scaling sterile production
• Process improvement, automation, or custom technology implementation
• Financial planning, labor modeling, budgeting, or pharmacy P&L responsibility
• Experience helping launch multiple pharmacy locations

Responsibilities

• Serve as Pharmacist-in-Charge in accordance with Missouri requirements.
• Help evaluate pharmacy locations, cleanroom partners, equipment, vendors, and facility plans.
• Lead the pharmacy from development and licensing through inspection readiness and launch.
• Recruit, hire, mentor, and develop pharmacists, technicians, and pharmacy personnel.
• Build a culture centered on patient safety, accountability, integrity, speed, and continuous improvement.
• Work directly with the founders, consultants, technology team, and other company leaders.
• Take ownership of pharmacy outcomes without requiring heavy day-to-day management.
• Lead sterile compounding operations in accordance with USP <797> and applicable USP <800> requirements.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures and a scalable Quality Management System.
• Establish personnel training, qualification, and competency programs.
• Oversee aseptic technique, environmental monitoring, cleaning, disinfecting, sterility assurance, and contamination-control programs.
• Establish systems for deviations, investigations, corrective and preventive actions, change control, recalls, and continuous quality improvement.
• Maintain inspection readiness at all times.
• Create release and quality-review standards that protect patients as the operation scales.
• Design safe, efficient, and scalable pharmacy workflows.
• Develop production, staffing, inventory, purchasing, and capacity plans.
• Establish quality and operational performance dashboards.
• Identify bottlenecks and improve processes without compromising quality.
• Partner with BrightMeds’ in-house technology team to develop pharmacy systems and custom software.
• Help create technology that is faster, more useful, and more efficient than many traditional pharmacy platforms.
• Build repeatable systems that can eventually be used across additional BrightMeds pharmacy locations.
• Maintain compliance with Missouri Board of Pharmacy requirements and applicable federal requirements.
• Lead preparation for inspections, audits, and regulatory reviews.
• Monitor regulatory changes and implement necessary operational updates.
• Develop and execute a multi-state nonresident pharmacy licensing strategy.
• Obtain additional pharmacist licenses when reasonably necessary to support company expansion.
• Help recruit and develop pharmacists who can obtain licenses and serve as responsible pharmacy leaders in additional states or locations.
• Establish the systems, documentation, and operating model required to serve patients across the country responsibly.
• Help plan and launch future BrightMeds pharmacy facilities as the company expands.

Benefits

• $225,000+ base salary
• Performance-based annual bonus
• Long-term equity and profit-sharing opportunity
• Increasing leadership responsibility as BrightMeds expands
• A potential path toward senior enterprise pharmacy leadership
• Potential future partnership consideration for an exceptional leader who consistently creates value and becomes integral to the company’s long-term success

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior