Pharmacist with 503a Sterile compounding experience

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
• Help Build a High-Quality 503A Sterile Compounding Pharmacy

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.

• Why BrightMeds
• BrightMeds is an established and growing telehealth company with:
• Existing patient demand and an active physician network
• Capital committed to launching the pharmacy
• Technology, operations, and customer-support teams already in place
• Two experienced pharmacy consultants supporting the project
• Multiple potential pharmacy locations and cleanroom partners under evaluation
• Founders who are directly involved and able to make decisions quickly

You will join early enough to influence important decisions, but you will not be expected to build the pharmacy alone.

Our Operating Philosophy Is Straightforward

Move quickly. Build correctly. Never compromise patient safety or quality.

What You Will Do

Sterile Compounding and Quality

Help establish safe and compliant sterile compounding operations under USP <797> and applicable USP <800> 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 <797> and applicable USP <800> 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