Associate Director, Executive Compensation (Biotech)

Location: Hybrid role based in Somerset, New Jersey, United States. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility is verified through E-Verify.

Base pay: $168,372–$220,988 USD per year, plus performance-based bonus and/or equity for eligible roles.

Company

hirify.global is a global biotechnology company developing cell therapies, including CAR-T, TCR-T, and NK cell-based treatments for serious diseases.

What you will do

• Design, model, and support short-term and long-term incentive programs, including annual bonuses, retention awards, and special incentives.
• Analyze executive and senior leadership compensation, including base pay, incentive opportunities, equity awards, pay mix, and competitive positioning.
• Build scenario models, financial impact analyses, and recommendations for leadership decision-making.
• Lead market intelligence and benchmarking for business-critical roles and emerging talent needs.
• Prepare data-driven materials, reporting, disclosures, and documentation for senior leadership and Compensation Committee discussions.
• Support global compensation initiatives, job architecture and leveling work, communications, toolkits, and process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Six to eight years of progressive compensation or total rewards experience.
• Hands-on experience with compensation analysis, incentive plan design support, market benchmarking, and executive or senior leadership compensation.
• Prior experience with a compensation consulting firm is highly preferred; global or publicly traded company experience is expected, with biotech, pharma, or life sciences experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas and pivot tables; strong scenario modeling, cost analysis, analytical, and judgment skills.
• Experience with compensation tools and HR systems, preferably Workday; CCP certification or progress toward CCP is strongly preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employees receive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that fully vests on the first day.
• Eight weeks of paid parental leave after three months of employment.
• Paid vacation, personal, sick, and floating holiday time, plus eleven company holidays.
• Additional benefits include flexible spending and health savings accounts, disability coverage, life insurance, commuter benefits, family care resources, and well-being programs.