Biomarker Specialist (Public Health)

Location: Remote from the United States, Maryland Remote Office; up to 40% travel to countries in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa

Salary: $74,090–$125,954 per year

Company

hirify.global is a global advisory and technology services provider that combines specialized expertise with technology to address complex challenges.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for biomarker and laboratory activities across survey planning, implementation, analysis, and dissemination.
• Develop protocols, standard operating procedures, training materials, and quality assurance procedures.
• Train and mentor field staff, biomarker technicians, laboratory personnel, and in-country trainers.
• Support anthropometry, capillary and venous blood collection, rapid diagnostic testing, blood pressure measurement, and dried blood spot collection.
• Oversee specimen handling, transport, laboratory testing, quality control, data review, supplies, consumables, and equipment.
• Assess host-country laboratory capacity and collaborate with governments, laboratories, donors, and research partners.

Requirements

• Master’s degree, PhD, or medical degree in biomedical sciences, laboratory sciences, public health, epidemiology, molecular biology, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in biomarker, laboratory, public health, or survey research.
• Experience with field-based specimen collection or laboratory testing programs.
• Knowledge of specimen collection, biosafety, specimen handling, laboratory quality assurance, and quality control.
• Familiarity with rapid diagnostic tests, immunoassays, molecular diagnostics, and related laboratory methods.
• Fluency in English and availability for up to 40% international travel are required.

Nice to have

• Fluency in French, Portuguese, Spanish, or another international language.
• Experience with large-scale household surveys or public health surveillance programs.
• Experience with dried blood spots, genomic surveillance, drug-resistance monitoring, phlebotomy, or anthropometry standardization.
• Knowledge of malaria microscopy and blood film preparation.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible delivery of some country-specific activities virtually, with both in-person and remote training.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
• Employment with an equal opportunity employer that supports reasonable accommodations.
• Full-time employment with a stated annual pay range.