# Associate Director, Analytical Development at Kymera Therapeutics

- Company: Kymera Therapeutics
- What the company does: Kymera is inventing a new generation of small molecule medicines by tackling the root cause of disease with targeted protein degradation. Backed by Bessemer.
- Company website: http://www.kymeratx.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Watertown, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://www.kymeratx.com/careers-culture/working-at-kymera/?gh_jid=7905250003#open-positions
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kymera-therapeutics-associate-director-analytical-development/

## About the role

As the Associate Director, Analytical Development, you will contribute to CMC activities supporting mid and late phase clinical development of Kymera’s small-molecule protein degraders. You will use your scientific expertise to support CMC analytical development activities, in partnership with CDMOs.

## What they're looking for

- PhD in Analytical Chemistry or related life sciences field is preferred, but not required, with 10+ years of experience in CMC analytical development of small molecule drug substance and oral solid dosage forms
- Experience in developing impurity control strategies, including potentially mutagenic impurities (PMIs) and nitrosamine impurities
- In-depth expertise in late phase test method development, method validation/transfer, and characterization of small-molecule drugs
- Broad analytics expertise with widely employed techniques – HPLC (UV, RID, ELSD, CAD), GC, MS, NMR, XRPD, DSC/TGA, KF, particle size analysis, and dissolution
- Knowledgeable of compendial testing methods (USP/EP) used for DS and DP testing
- Capable of designing, implementing, and managing cGMP stability studies for DS and DP at external labs

Tags: Technical Operations & Quality