Senior Scientist, Analytical CMC

Eikon Therapeutics is a new biopharmaceutical company employing revolutionary technology at the intersection of chemistry, engineering, computation, and biology to discover novel treatments for life-threatening diseases. Eikon’s discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real time, molecular-resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells, thereby unlocking otherwise intractable classes of proteins as drug targets.Position The Senior Scientist, CMC Analytical Lead provides analytical leadership for drug substance and drug product programs from IND-enabling studies through clinical development, registration, and commercial readiness. This role leads phase-appropriate analytical strategy across CMC activities, partnering closely with CMC, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and external CRO/CDMO organizations to ensure high-quality analytical deliverables that support program milestones and regulatory submissions. While the position includes hands-on analytical support, its primary focus is providing program-level leadership, cross-functional coordination, risk assessment, and oversight of analytical development activities. As part of a growing CMC Analytical team, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on development programs while advancing into broader analytical leadership. About You You are a scientifically curious, collaborative analytical scientist with experience supporting drug substance and drug product development across the CMC lifecycle. You bring strong technical expertise in analytical method development, troubleshooting, transfer, and validation, along with a solid understanding of phase-appropriate CMC, GMP, and regulatory expectations. You excel at managing multiple priorities, translating scientific data into practical, phase-appropriate decisions, communicating complex scientific concepts to cross-functional teams, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and external CRO/CDMO partners to advance analytical strategies and program deliverables. What You’ll Do Serve as the CMC Analytical Lead for assigned drug substance and drug product programs, coordinating analytical activities, tracking deliverables, communicating risks, and supporting program milestones in collaboration with senior technical and cross-functional stakeholders. Support analytical method development, troubleshooting, qualification, transfer, and validation for drug substance, intermediates, raw materials and drug product, as appropriate for the stage of development. Provide hands-on or laboratory-facing analytical support for non-GMP sample analysis for creation of CoA, method development, troubleshooting, investigation support, data interpretation, and resolution of technical issues during development, transfer, validation, release, or stability testing. Provide scientific oversight of CRO/CDMO analytical ...