# Principal Scientist, Oral Formulation Development

About the Role Biogen is seeking a Principal Scientist, Oral Formulation Development to provide scientific leadership for the development of small molecule oral drug products. This role leads formulation and process development across clinical programs, with a focus on enabling technologies for challenging compounds, clinical manufacturing readiness, and technology transfer. The role requires the ability to manage multiple interfaces with manufacturing, quality, regulatory CMC, other technical functions. This role will also be responsible for managing external partnerships and advancing new technologies and workflows that strengthen Biogen’s oral drug product development capabilities. What You’ll Do Lead formulation design, process development, manufacturability assessment, scale-up, technology transfer, and clinical manufacturing of small molecule oral dosage forms across all stages of development. Develop enabling formulation approaches for challenging compounds, including poorly soluble, poorly permeable, unstable, or complex molecules. Serve as the drug product representative on cross-functional CMC and asset teams, driving alignment across regulatory, quality, manufacturing,

- **Id**: 4038763
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/biogen-principal-scientist-oral-formulation-development>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cambridge, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T21:33:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T19:55:03Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5903
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: CRO & CDMO Services, Prescription Drugs, Neurology & CNS Therapeutics

## Company

- **Id**: 449685
- **Name**: Biogen
- **Domain**: biogen.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/biogen-2>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 22
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.682
- **Repost share**: 0.045
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 37
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 159000
- **Max**: 219000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 219000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T21:33:59Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 79 · green card filings: 7; Filings 12m: 79

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.602
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 37
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 219000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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