Scientific Associate Director - Safety Pharmacology (Biotech)

Location: Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company developing and delivering medicines for serious illnesses across oncology, inflammation, general medicine, and rare disease.

What you will do

• Lead the cardiac safety and electrophysiology laboratory, including ion channel, hiPSC-derived cardiomyocyte, and isolated heart assays.
• Manage exploratory and GLP-compliant studies, including protocol development, outsourcing, data review, reporting, and study tracking.
• Supervise and develop scientific staff while ensuring high-quality, timely data generation and compliance with data integrity, safety, and environmental standards.
• Serve as a Safety Pharmacology Subject Matter Expert on translational safety and risk sciences project teams.
• Guide safety strategy, study design, data interpretation, and recommendations for lead optimization, candidate selection, clinical translation, and regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate investigative studies and collaborations with internal teams, contract research organizations, academic partners, industry groups, and consortia.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree with 4 years of relevant scientific experience, or a master’s degree with 7 years, or a bachelor’s degree with 9 years.
• Experience in safety pharmacology, cardiac safety, electrophysiology, and laboratory-based assay systems.
• Ability to integrate in vitro and in silico data across drug modalities, including small molecules, biologics, oligonucleotides, and other emerging therapeutics.
• Knowledge of evolving ICH safety pharmacology guidelines, including S7A and S7B/E14.
• Work location: Thousand Oaks, California, United States.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and flexible spending benefits.
• Retirement and savings plan with company contributions.
• Annual discretionary bonus program and stock-based long-term incentives.
• Award-winning paid time-off plans.
• Flexible work models where applicable to the stated work location type.
• Opportunities to publish research, present at scientific events, and contribute to industry best practices.