Director, Bioprocess Development (Biologics)

Location: Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States; full-time, in-person presence required

Salary: $185,000–$252,500 annual

Company

hirify.global is a global biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for patients with serious and rare diseases.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing bioprocess development team.
• Design and oversee state-of-the-art research laboratories, equipment strategies, and upstream and downstream processing capabilities.
• Develop scalable processes for microbial and mammalian expression, cell culture, purification, filtration, chromatography, and buffer exchange.
• Lead experimental design, execution, troubleshooting, data interpretation, protocols, reports, and technical documentation.
• Support multiple biologics programs, including enzymes, antibodies, fusion proteins, and other biotherapeutic modalities.
• Collaborate with Discovery, Analytical, Technical Operations, Preclinical Development, CMC teams, and external partners on candidate selection, tech transfer, scale-up, and manufacturability.

Requirements

• PhD in chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, biology, or a related field with 5+ years of industry experience, or an M.S. with 8+ years of industry experience.
• Demonstrated biologics process development experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical settings, covering both upstream and downstream development.
• Hands-on expertise with microbial expression, including E. coli, mammalian expression, bench-scale bioreactor operations, scale-up, protein purification, and process characterization.
• Experience with preclinical CMC, commercial expression strain development, and technology transfer to technical operations groups or CDMOs.
• Proven experience building and leading teams, managing multiple programs, mentoring people, and collaborating across functions.
• Ability to work full-time in person at the Lebanon, NH office to support hands-on collaboration, specialized equipment access, and operational needs.

Nice to have

• Experience building laboratories and selecting capital equipment.
• Exposure to early GMP considerations.
• Familiarity with enzymes, monoclonal antibodies, bispecifics, engineered proteins, or half-life extension technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Purpose-driven work focused on serious and rare diseases.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support, wellbeing reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off, fertility and family-forming benefits, caregiver support, and flexible schedules supporting purposeful in-person collaboration.
• 401(k) with company match, annual equity awards, employee stock purchase plan, and company-paid life and disability insurance.
• Learning programs, mentorship, employee resource groups, service opportunities, and recognition programs.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted for five calendar days from the posting date or until the position is filled.