Safety Pharmacology Senior Scientist (Biotechnology)

Location: Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Company

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

What you will do

• Serve as a safety pharmacology subject matter expert on cross-functional project teams across discovery, candidate selection, IND-enabling, and clinical development stages.
• Develop integrated safety pharmacology strategies aligned with program biology, modality, target risk, regulatory expectations, and development needs.
• Design and oversee GLP and non-GLP studies conducted internally or through contract research organizations.
• Evaluate cardiovascular, respiratory, CNS, ECG, hemodynamic, telemetry, and related nonclinical safety endpoints.
• Integrate safety pharmacology findings with toxicology, pharmacology, translational biology, DMPK, clinical, and regulatory data.
• Contribute to governance discussions, regulatory documents, scientific publications, presentations, and external working groups.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 1 year of scientific experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience.
• Experience in nonclinical safety pharmacology across cardiovascular, respiratory, and CNS domains.
• Experience supporting discovery and development project teams as a safety pharmacology subject matter expert or toxicology representative.
• Experience serving as a study director, project representative, or subject matter expert for GLP and/or non-GLP safety pharmacology studies.
• Experience authoring or contributing to regulatory documents, including Investigator’s Brochures, IND sections, briefing documents, or regulatory responses.
• Strong cross-functional communication, scientific judgment, problem-solving, collaboration, and prioritization skills.

Nice to have

• PhD in Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Physiology, Biomedical Sciences, or a related field.
• Track record of scientific publications and participation in external scientific forums or consortia.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and science-based working environment.
• Health, dental, vision, life, disability, and flexible spending benefits.
• Retirement and savings plan with company contributions.
• Discretionary annual bonus program and stock-based long-term incentives.
• Paid time off and career development opportunities.
• Flexible work models where applicable to the position.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted until a sufficient number of candidates is received or a candidate is selected.
• Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.