Director, Business Strategy and Operations, Global Clinical Development Operations (GCDO)

Location: Remote/Home-Based; role locations listed as Dublin, Ireland; London, UK; and California, US.

Salary: $192,000–$288,000 base pay annually for US-based candidates, with potential bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a global biopharmaceutical company developing medicines for serious diseases, with a portfolio spanning sleep disorders, epilepsy, oncology, and neuroscience.

What you will do

• Serve as Chief of Staff and strategic business partner to the Head of Global Clinical Development Operations and its Leadership Team.
• Lead operational governance, leadership meetings, strategic offsites, performance reviews, and cross-functional R&D forums.
• Direct multi-year workforce planning, capacity models, resource allocation data stewardship, and FTE and contract forecasts.
• Manage operating budgets, monthly accruals, quarterly forecasts, variance reporting, and annual planning cycles.
• Lead clinical operations due diligence for business development, licensing, and M&A, followed by post-transaction integration.
• Drive OKRs/KPIs, process improvement, change management, communications, and organizational health initiatives across global teams.

Requirements

• Extensive progressive experience in biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences organizations, with exposure to drug development, portfolio or project management, data science or informatics, or R&D business operations.
• Experience in strategic business operations, Chief of Staff, or PMO leadership roles partnering directly with VP- or SVP-level executives.
• Direct experience leading workforce planning, capacity modeling oversight, named resource allocations, and timecard compliance.
• Experience managing departmental budgets, financial forecasting, variance tracking, multi-million-dollar operating budgets, vendor contracts, and software licensing.
• Experience with business development due diligence and post-deal functional integration or external platform onboarding.
• Strong executive presence, emotional intelligence, consensus-building, and influence without direct authority.
• Ability to synthesize complex project management, data science, operational, resource-model, and financial information into executive- and board-level presentations and strategies.
• Proven ability to orchestrate multifaceted initiatives across matrixed global teams and competing functional priorities.
• Deep experience in process optimization, change management, and practical use of digital and AI tools to improve operational efficiency.
• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or a related business or scientific field is required.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree such as MS, PhD, or MBA.
• Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or Project Management Professional certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote/home-based work arrangement across the listed role locations.
• Patient-focused, science-driven environment spanning oncology, neuroscience, sleep disorders, and epilepsy.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation for eligible US-based employees.
• Potential discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation and equity grants.
• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.