Vice President, Technical Development (Biotech)

Location: South San Francisco, California, United States; on-site at least three days per week

Base salary: $340,000–$360,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapies for genetically validated cardioendocrine disease targets, including severe hypertriglyceridemia and acromegaly.

What you will do

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across upstream process development, downstream process development, and analytical development.
• Lead technical development from IND-enabling work through late-stage clinical development, including process characterization, scale-up, technology transfer, and CMC readiness.
• Coordinate CDMOs and external partners to deliver process, analytical, technical transfer, and regulatory work packages.
• Develop integrated technical strategies, executable statements of work, portfolio plans, timelines, and investment recommendations.
• Lead CMC input for INDs, BLAs, NDAs, and other global regulatory filings, including authoring and reviewing CMC sections.
• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing technical development teams while overseeing budgets and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, biochemistry, chemistry, or a related field; PhD is highly desirable.
• 15–20 years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Leadership experience across at least two of upstream process development, downstream process development, analytical development, or drug product/formulation development.
• Successful experience advancing products from early development through late-stage clinical development.
• Strong understanding of GMP regulations, CMC requirements, and regulatory submissions.
• Experience managing CDMOs, external development partners, and multidisciplinary technical teams.

Nice to have

• Drug product or formulation development experience.
• Prior experience as a CMC team lead for a late-stage product.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, collaborative environment with direct involvement across organizational levels.
• Full-time position with at least three days per week working on-site.
• Up to 10% travel required, with occasional peak travel periods.
• Opportunity to shape a growing technical development organization and clinical-stage pipeline.