Director, Commercial Distribution Operations (Pharmaceutical Supply Chain)

Location: Onsite or hybrid in Carlsbad, California, or Boston, Massachusetts; remote is available with travel to corporate locations and customers as required.

Salary: $125,000–$225,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company developing RNA-targeted medicines, gene-editing approaches, and therapies for serious diseases, with offices in California, Massachusetts, and Ireland.

What you will do

• Lead long-term strategy, implementation, and vendor management for domestic commercial distribution channels, including 3PL partners.
• Oversee daily 3PL operations and compliance with GxP quality and distribution requirements.
• Design, test, integrate, and improve ERP, SAP S4/HANA, and order-to-cash capabilities.
• Support global distribution, warehousing, product launches, inventory visibility, KPIs, and stock availability.
• Manage state licensing initiatives, renewals, vendors, partners, projects, budgets, and risk mitigation plans.
• Lead a technical distribution operations team and collaborate with Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Legal, Finance, Sales, Marketing, and Market Access functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in health sciences or business/marketing; an MBA or advanced degree is preferred.
• 15+ years of bio/pharmaceutical experience in commercial market access, Supply Chain, Technical Operations, distribution, or related functions.
• Experience leading complex teams, projects, and programs within budget and timelines.
• Experience with domestic pharmaceutical distribution models, 3PL partners, trade processes, benefit flows, regulatory requirements, and state licensing.
• Experience with US or global new product launches, preferably specialty drug launches.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, financial, data analytics, presentation, writing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with rare disease, orphan, or ultra-orphan products.
• Hands-on SAP S4/HANA and corporate ERP experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an environment focused on innovation, scientific excellence, and meaningful patient impact.
• Onsite, hybrid, and remote work environments are available depending on the arrangement.
• Excellent benefits package.
• Opportunity to contribute to the transformation of a biotechnology organization into a fully integrated company.