Senior Manager, Patient Advocacy (Biotech)

Location: Sleepy Hollow, New York; onsite four days per week. Travel approximately 25–50% for patient engagements, conferences, and advocacy meetings; some evenings and weekends may be required.

Salary: $134,400–$219,200 annually.

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes medicines for people with serious diseases.

What you will do

• Lead therapeutically aligned patient advocacy strategies, operating plans, educational programs, and disease-awareness campaigns.
• Build and maintain trusted partnerships with patient advocacy organizations, professional societies, and coalition partners.
• Design and coordinate patient advisory boards, listening sessions, patient storytelling, and other insight-generation activities.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Market Access, Commercial, Policy, Government Affairs, and Legal/Compliance.
• Represent the organization at advocacy meetings, conferences, congresses, and coalition activities.
• Track engagement metrics, manage budgets, review grants, and report outcomes to leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; an advanced degree in public health, communications, or health policy is a plus.
• At least 8 years of experience in industry, patient advocacy, community engagement, biopharma, biotech, or patient organizations.
• Experience building high-trust stakeholder partnerships and translating insights into action.
• Strong project management skills for multi-stakeholder programs and events delivered on time and within budget.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills.
• Working knowledge of clinical development, real-world evidence, market access, and compliance requirements for patient interactions.

Nice to have

• Experience in rare diseases, oncology, hematology, or cardiometabolic areas.
• Advanced degree such as an MPH, MS, or MA in communications or health policy.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace and equal employment opportunity environment.
• Competitive total rewards package that may include annual incentives, equity awards, retirement benefits, health insurance, paid time off, and family support benefits.
• Work is structured around in-person collaboration and onsite expectations.