Director, Integrated Development

Location: Seattle, WA, United States; ability to travel 30%, including international travel.

Salary: $465,500–$744,700 USD for the Seattle and Washington, D.C. markets; general range $423,200–$677,000 USD.

Company

hirify.global is a global nonprofit focused on reducing poverty, disease, and inequity, with a Global Health division developing and delivering health solutions for low-resource settings.

What you will do

• Own and execute the Integrated Development strategy, including annual reviews, strategic engagement plans, implementation, and impact measurement.
• Provide expert oversight of product pipelines from late discovery through registration across multiple disease areas and approximately 100 candidates.
• Guide technical governance and quality assurance across quantitative sciences, pharmacology, CMC, regulatory strategy, manufacturing, formulation, and clinical development.
• Oversee investments in regulatory systems strengthening, model-based drug development, big data programs, AI tools, novel formulations, and low-cost manufacturing.
• Build senior-level relationships with foundation leaders, industry, product developers, regulators, and global health institutions, and represent the foundation externally.
• Recruit, manage, develop, and coach staff and cross-functional teams while fostering inclusive decision-making and culture.

Requirements

• M.D. and 20 years of comprehensive health care product development experience across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Experience in pharmaceuticals and management, with a track record of implementing initiatives at speed.
• Experience building and sustaining senior-level partnerships with industry, product developers, regulators, and global health institutions.
• Significant experience leading highly technical, matrixed, cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing a large, complex portfolio of investments, grants, or R&D programs, including budget accountability and stage-gate or go/no-go decisions.
• Demonstrated experience in strategy development and execution, including expert-level knowledge of strategy development and execution.
• Expertise across the health care product development continuum from discovery through registration and launch.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire and direct staff and cross-functional teams, including recruitment, professional development, termination, time management, and portfolio management.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to engage broad audiences across diverse cultures and geographies.
• Working knowledge and practical use of artificial intelligence in product development.
• Ability to travel 30%, including internationally.

Nice to have

• Field-based or delivery experience and practical understanding of program implementation challenges in low- and middle-income country settings.
• Understanding of the strategic and operational aspects of regulatory systems in low- and middle-income countries.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums for employees and their families.
• Generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contributions, and regional holidays.
• Inclusive workplace focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Opportunities to participate in employee communities and support professional and personal development.
• Background check required as a condition of employment.