Join the world class team at Alexza Pharmaceuticals

At Alexza, top engineers, scientists, clinical and product development experts work together with passion and drive to develop novel pharmaceutical products. We strive to provide our employees with competitive benefits and compensation in a work environment strongly focused on personal and professional development.

Given the breadth and depth of job functions at Alexza, there are many opportunities for career development and growth within the company. We offer diverse roles and responsibilities for employees to help develop their careers. We offer cross-functional training in both technical and managerial tracks so that employees can develop and gain skills that can lead to career advancement.

We believe this combination of benefits and unique career development programs allow our dedicated professionals to thrive in a culture where collaboration and creative thinking are the order of the day.

We are developing breakthrough therapies for the treatment of acute and intermittent medical conditions, with a focus on the CNS therapeutic spaces. Alexza’s first NDA is under review by the FDA and the company has five additional product candidates in various stages of development. All of the product candidates are based on Alexza's proprietary technology, the Staccato^® system. Alexza was founded by Dr. Alejandro Zaffaroni, who is one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs in the biomedical industry with a long list of successful companies to his credit, including ALZA, Affymax, Maxygen, Symx and Affymetrix Corporation.