Head of Clean Utilities and Sustainability (Biopharma)

Location: Framingham, MA, United States; onsite. US and Puerto Rico Residents Only.

Salary: $148,500–$214,500 per year.

Company

hirify.global is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company developing medicines and vaccines to improve lives worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient operation and maintenance of purified water, water-for-injection, clean steam, process gases, and other GMP utility systems.
• Own utility system performance, validated state, capacity, lifecycle risk, documentation, escalation, and interim controls.
• Lead the site sustainability program and Planet Care roadmap covering carbon emissions, energy, water, waste, and biodiversity.
• Manage reliability, lifecycle planning, process improvements, conservation initiatives, utility budgets, forecasts, and cost controls.
• Lead the Clean Utilities and Sustainability organization, including staffing, capability building, performance management, succession planning, and employee development.
• Govern contractors, vendors, capital-project requirements, commissioning and qualification, shutdowns, emergency support, inspection readiness, KPIs, and manufacturing escalations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Life Sciences, or a related technical or scientific discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in utilities, facilities, engineering, reliability, energy, environmental sustainability, or technical operations, including significant leadership responsibility in a complex GMP-regulated environment.
• Technical leadership experience with clean and industrial utilities, including GMP utility design, operation, maintenance, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Experience with energy and environmental management systems, performance reporting, conservation projects, and decarbonization, energy, water, waste, or biodiversity roadmaps.
• People leadership, contractor management, financial stewardship, cross-functional program leadership, and clear communication of technical risk and investment needs.
• Knowledge of cGMP, data integrity, change control, deviations, CAPAs, commissioning and qualification, maintenance work management, permits, energy isolation, and LOTO.
• Experience with clean utilities including purified water, water-for-injection, clean steam, process gases, generation, storage, distribution, sanitization, monitoring, and control systems.
• Knowledge of industrial utilities including electrical distribution, natural gas, steam, chilled water, cooling water, compressed air, HVAC interfaces, wastewater, and utility metering.
• Experience with CMMS/EAM, BMS, SCADA or automation platforms, historians, continuous-monitoring systems, utility data analytics, and KPI development.

Nice to have

• 5+ years of experience in the biopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated manufacturing, including utility support for biologics or single-use manufacturing operations.
• Professional Engineer licensure, Certified Energy Manager, Certified Energy Auditor, PMP, Lean/Six Sigma, ISO 50001 or ISO 14001 experience, or an equivalent professional credential.

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive, future-focused environment with opportunities for promotion or lateral career moves in the US and internationally.
• Rewards package with healthcare, prevention and wellness programs, and at least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.
• Opportunity to use digital, data, and AI-driven innovation in medicine and vaccine delivery.
• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employment environment.