Process Development Senior Scientist (Synthetic Peptides)

Location: Thousand Oaks, California or Cambridge, Massachusetts campus, United States

Company

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

What you will do

• Develop scalable synthetic processes for therapeutic peptides using solid-phase peptide synthesis.
• Advance innovation in solid-phase synthesis, purification, characterization, sustainability, and process efficiency.
• Support cGMP manufacturing and technology transfer to external contract manufacturers.
• Ensure process performance through process understanding, modeling, and characterization.
• Provide experimental results, technical updates, documentation, data interpretation, and recommendations to drug substance development teams.
• Prepare regulatory documentation, support filings, and serve as a technical expert in solid-phase peptide synthesis.

Requirements

• PhD, PharmD, or MD with relevant postdoctoral experience; or a master’s degree with 3 years of scientific experience; or a bachelor’s degree with 5 years of scientific experience.
• Expertise in synthetic peptide process development, including hands-on synthesis and purification of peptides produced by solid-phase synthesis.
• Experience developing, scaling, and transferring solid-phase peptide synthesis processes into GMP manufacturing within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Proficiency with analytical characterization techniques including HIC-HPLC, SEC, LC-MS, IEX, and RP-HPLC.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams while planning and delivering complex projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• PhD in organic chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering.
• Familiarity with laboratory automation, data analysis, and data visualization tools.
• Peer-reviewed publications and research presentations.
• Research summary included with the CV.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and science-based work environment.
• Health, dental, vision, life, disability, and flexible spending benefits.
• Retirement and savings plan with company contributions.
• Annual bonus program and stock-based long-term incentives.
• Paid time off, work-life balance support, and career development opportunities.
• Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.