Director, DPF Operations - Christiansburg

Location: 100% onsite at the Christiansburg, VA facility, United States.

Salary: $171,500–$210,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a publicly traded public benefit biotech and pharmaceutical company developing therapies for rare diseases and technologies for manufactured transplantable organs.

What you will do

• Direct DPF site operations, departmental planning, goal setting, policies, programs, and operational strategy.
• Lead quality, compliance, validation, change control, deviation, and continuous-improvement projects.
• Manage the site budget, expenses, resources, safety initiatives, and regulatory compliance.
• Chair IACUC meetings and uphold ethical and regulatory standards for animal care and use.
• Coordinate Quality, Regulatory, Animal Care, Facilities Maintenance, Materials Management, other DPF sites, suppliers, partners, and external organizations.
• Lead direct reports through hiring support, training, goal setting, performance management, coaching, mentoring, and career development; interact with regulatory authorities during inspections.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in life science, engineering, or a related field with 15+ years of experience, or a master’s degree in one of these fields with 13+ years of experience, in biologics pharmaceuticals, swine production, or biomedical animal facility operations, including demonstrated responsibility for quality, compliance, and operational performance.
• 8+ years of people management experience.
• Experience leading teams in a GMP pharmaceutical or biotech production facility, or in swine production or biomedical animal operations with rigorous biosecurity, documented procedures, training, and audit requirements.
• Experience supporting inspections or audits and addressing findings in a regulated production or animal-care environment.
• Strong knowledge and demonstrated application of quality systems, procedural compliance, controlled documentation, operational investigations, and corrective actions.
• Experience leading cross-functional collaboration, project management, problem solving, negotiations, presentations, and team-building with non-direct reports across multiple geographies and cultures and with external parties.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in life science, engineering, or a related field.
• Direct FDA or international health-authority inspection experience.
• Strong knowledge of cGMP and experience applying pharmaceutical quality systems.
• Experience and understanding of xenotransplantation and/or organ transplantation.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture emphasizes innovation, creativity, persistence, collaboration, accountability, quality, compliance, right-first-time execution, and continuous improvement.
• Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, vision, prescription, wellness, savings plan, 401(k), ESPP, paid time off, paid parental leave, and disability benefits.
• Equal opportunity employment includes veterans and individuals with disabilities.