Associate Director, Formulation Development (Biologics)

Location: Hybrid role based out of the Bridgewater, New Jersey office, with remote work available most of the time and in-person collaboration as needed; occasional travel of approximately 5%–15%.

Company

hirify.global is a global biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for patients with serious and rare diseases.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and optimize aqueous and non-aqueous biologics drug product formulations.
• Develop high-concentration formulations for subcutaneous delivery and improved patient convenience.
• Characterize excipients, buffers, stabilization strategies, protein structure, aggregation, particle formation, viscosity, and degradation pathways.
• Conduct forced degradation and stress studies to define formulation design space and support stability strategies.
• Provide technical leadership for formulation strategy, candidate selection, developability assessments, and product lifecycle activities.
• Author and approve technical reports, protocols, regulatory documentation, and support technology transfers to manufacturing sites and CDMOs.

Requirements

• PhD with at least 2 years of formulation development experience, or MS with at least 6 years of experience.
• Degree in Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in biologics drug product formulation development.
• Advanced analytical characterization expertise, including chromatography, spectroscopy, light scattering, calorimetry, SEC, DLS, and DSC.
• Strong understanding of protein stability, degradation mechanisms, structure–property relationships, and critical quality attributes.
• Experience with early- and late-stage development programs, CDMOs, external partners, and regulatory filings such as IND, IMPD, and BLA.

Nice to have

• Experience mentoring or leading junior scientists or technical staff.
• Strategic thinking across the product lifecycle and a strong quality and regulatory mindset.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Purpose-driven work focused on serious and rare diseases.
• Flexible work schedules with purposeful in-person collaboration.
• Medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage, plus annual wellbeing reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off, fertility and family-forming benefits, caregiver support, and company-paid life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) matching, annual equity awards, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, learning programs, mentorship, and employee resource groups.