Senior Director, Project Engineering (Biologics and Cell & Gene Therapy)

Location: North Chicago, Illinois, United States

Base salary: USD 206,500–393,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops medicines and healthcare solutions across immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and aesthetics.

What you will do

• Establish and deploy global engineering standards, technical practices, governance expectations, and engineering requirements for biologics drug substance and cell and gene therapy manufacturing.
• Provide engineering leadership for new manufacturing facilities, production capabilities, strategic capacity projects, technology platforms, and lifecycle technology upgrades.
• Support front-end engineering, facility concept development, investment evaluation, manufacturing capability assessments, and site and platform planning.
• Lead technical decision-making and coordinate engineering input across manufacturing sites, project teams, suppliers, vendors, and external engineering partners.
• Integrate engineering decisions with operations, quality, validation and CQV, EHS, supply chain, finance, regulatory expectations, and site handover needs.
• Build technical capability through coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing, technical reviews, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or a relevant technical discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
• 15+ years of relevant engineering, manufacturing, capital project, technical operations, or regulated manufacturing experience.
• Technical expertise in biologics drug substance and cell and gene therapy process engineering, process platform deployment, process package design, technical assurance, and project delivery.
• Experience with regulated biopharmaceutical manufacturing environments such as biologics, cell therapy, gene therapy, viral vectors, mRNA, or sterile biologics.
• Knowledge of bioreactors, harvest, purification, single-use and closed processing, aseptic processing, viral vectors, cell processing, and cryogenic or cold-chain interfaces.
• Strong technical judgment, risk management, communication, stakeholder engagement, structured problem-solving, and matrix leadership skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration across global functions, manufacturing sites, regions, and external engineering partners.
• Focus on engineering excellence, safety, quality, reliability, sustainability, accountability, and proactive risk management.
• Paid time off, vacation and sick leave, holidays, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) and eligibility for long-term incentive programs.