Scientific Associate Director - Safety Pharmacology (Biotech)

Location: Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Salary: $194,274.30–$262,841.70 annual

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company developing and manufacturing innovative medicines across oncology, inflammation, general medicine, and rare disease.

What you will do

• Lead the cardiac safety and electrophysiology laboratory, including ion channel, hiPSC-derived cardiomyocyte, and isolated heart assays.
• Manage exploratory and GLP-compliant studies, including protocol development, outsourcing, data review, quality control, and report finalization.
• Supervise scientific staff and ensure timely, high-quality data generation, study tracking, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
• Serve as a Safety Pharmacology subject matter expert on discovery and development project teams.
• Design and interpret safety studies, integrate in vitro and in silico data, and support candidate selection, risk assessment, clinical translation, and regulatory filings.
• Build external scientific collaborations and advance human-relevant safety models, publications, presentations, and industry best practices.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree with 4 years of relevant scientific experience, or master’s degree with 7 years, or bachelor’s degree with 9 years.
• PhD in pharmacology, neuroscience, physiology, biomedical sciences, or a related field is preferred.
• Broad experience in in vitro and/or in vivo safety pharmacology across cardiovascular, respiratory, and CNS domains.
• Working knowledge of cardiac ion channel assays, including hERG, Nav1.5, and Cav1.2, as well as hiPSC-derived cardiomyocyte and isolated heart assays.
• Experience with outsourced studies, CRO relationships, GLP-enabling safety pharmacology packages, and cross-functional project teams.
• Demonstrated people leadership, laboratory management, scientific communication, and problem-solving skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and science-based work environment.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement and savings plan with company contributions.
• Discretionary annual bonus and stock-based long-term incentives.
• Paid time-off plans and career development opportunities.
• Sponsorship is not guaranteed.