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Senior Manager, Analytical Quality Control

Septerna
South San Francisco, USAfull_timePosted 5 Jun 2026

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Septerna is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, CA on a mission to develop life-changing medicines for patients with the vision to become the industry-leading G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-focused drug discovery company. The company’s Native Complex Platform™ recapitulates GPCRs with their native structure, function, and dynamics outside of the cellular context. This approach enables novel access to modern structural and screening technologies used in industrial-scale drug discovery for the entire class of GPCRs. Septerna has an emerging pipeline of GPCR-targeted small molecule programs with potential for growth to target many GPCRs that have been undruggable and unexploited to date.</p> <p>We are excited to expand our multidisciplinary team of individuals focused on creating revolutionary medicines to address the unmet needs of patients. At Septerna we strive to embrace diversity of thought, expertise, and background through collaboration. To join our ambitious team, be prepared to bring your real self to work every day; grow and learn from a talented team of drug hunters, scientists, and business professionals; and contribute your passion, creativity, and energy to accomplish our mission. We share a fearless pursuit of ground-breaking innovations and cultivate an environment where our employees succeed by learning from each other and working as a team.</p> <p>We are committed to the development of meaningful therapeutics for patients with indications of high unmet need. This is a tremendous opportunity to work with talented individuals on the frontlines of therapeutic discovery and development. You will directly help move therapies through preclinical research, positioning them for success in the clinic. The successful candidate will add their passion, unique talents, and expertise to a dynamic team motivated to discover new disease-modifying therapeutics for patients in a fast-paced environment.</p> <p>For more information see: <a href="http://www.septerna.com">www.septerna.com</a>.</p></div><p><strong>THE ROLE</strong></p> <p>We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Manager of Analytical Quality Control to manage analytical development and quality control activities on our small molecule programs with manufacturing and testing at Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs). This individual will leverage expertise in analytical data review and data trending to effectively manage stability studies, reference standards, and technical change controls.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide QC oversight of analytical testing and stability studies performed at CDMOs for reference materials, drug substance, drug product, placebo, and finished goods and

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