Director, Facilities & Equipment Quality Strategy, and Technical Oversight Support

Location: United States - California - Santa Monica

Salary: $191,250–$247,500 per year, with potential annual bonus, stock-based long-term incentives, paid time off, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a biopharmaceutical company developing personalized CAR T-cell and T-cell receptor therapies for cancer treatment.

What you will do

• Define and maintain enterprise quality policies, standards, strategies, and lifecycle controls for GMP facilities, utilities, and equipment.
• Provide independent Quality oversight and approval for infrastructure, assets, new process design, facility start-up, commissioning, qualification, and validation.
• Lead network-wide harmonization, continuous improvement, governance, and reliability initiatives.
• Guide risk-based decisions, significant investigations, corrective and preventive actions, and lessons-learned programs.
• Oversee Quality input for regulatory submissions, inspections, observations, and commitments through closure.
• Partner with Facilities, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, suppliers, and senior stakeholders while building organizational capability through mentoring and knowledge programs.

Requirements

• PhD with 8+ years, Master’s degree with 10+ years, Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years, Associate’s degree with 14+ years, or High School diploma with 16+ years of relevant experience.
• Relevant experience in facilities management, engineering, quality assurance, or a related field within a regulated environment.
• In-depth knowledge of U.S. and international GMP requirements, standards, and best practices for facilities, utilities, and equipment.
• Ability to develop risk-based solutions, analyze reliability data, and communicate complex technical and Quality matters to technical, business, and executive audiences.
• Experience with quality oversight for commissioning, qualification, and validation of facilities, utilities, and equipment.
• Work location: United States, California, Santa Monica.

Nice to have

• Experience leading global, cross-functional facilities, utilities, and equipment quality programs.
• Experience with reliability engineering and risk-based principles for pharmaceutical or similar manufacturing assets.
• Experience with cell and gene therapy manufacturing and related infrastructure requirements.
• Relevant professional certification such as CQE or CQA.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission focused on developing innovative cancer immunotherapies and improving long-term patient outcomes.
• Inclusive environment focused on employee development, empowerment, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• Paid time off and potential discretionary annual bonus and stock-based long-term incentives.