Principal Scientist, Signals Strategy & Informatics Lead (Pharmaceutical Informatics)

Location: Hybrid; primary location in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. The posting is for residents of the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Salary: $173,200–$272,600 annual base salary for the primary location; eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

Company

hirify.global is a global biopharmaceutical company developing prescription medicines, oncology products, vaccines, and animal health products, with operations in more than 140 countries and a strong research and development focus.

What you will do

• Own the scientific vision, strategy, multi-year roadmap, adoption, and value delivery for Signals across Development Sciences and Clinical Supply.
• Evolve Signals Notebook from a data repository into an integrated, automated data hub supporting drug substance, drug product, and analytical development.
• Own the Signals software development life cycle, including requirements, prioritization, release planning, testing, deployment, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.
• Establish governance, decision rights, stage gates, data quality practices, metadata management, and success metrics for Signals.
• Develop predictive analytics and prospective modeling for method performance, assay performance, product and process trending, emerging risks, planning, and scientific decisions.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with scientists, data scientists, statisticians, software engineers, product teams, Quality, IT, and enterprise data teams; drive training, change management, and adoption.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a closely related field plus at least 6 years of relevant industrial, pharmaceutical, or other experience; or a relevant master’s degree plus at least 8 years; or a relevant bachelor’s degree plus at least 10 years.
• Relevant experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or healthcare, with impact in analytical development, laboratory informatics, scientific data management, or a related discipline.
• Subject matter expertise and a track record of scientific contribution, innovation, and problem-solving in analytical sciences, scientific informatics, data science, or digital product development.
• Experience leading complex multidisciplinary scientific or digital initiatives from strategy and concept through implementation, adoption, and measurable value realization.
• Experience as a scientific lead, business owner, product owner, or capability lead for an enterprise digital platform, laboratory informatics product, or scientific data capability.
• Experience defining scientific or product strategy, multi-year roadmaps, priorities, and risk-based decisions in complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong knowledge of software development life cycle practices, structured pharmaceutical data, laboratory informatics, scientific data standards, metadata, data quality, traceability, and governed data for analytics and modeling.
• Experience with analytical performance monitoring, statistical trending, multivariate analysis, and developing, deploying, validating, or governing predictive and prospective models based on structured scientific data.
• Ability to translate complex workflows and business requirements into product requirements, scalable informatics solutions, measurable outcomes, and recommendations for senior technical and non-technical audiences; ability to influence without direct authority and lead matrixed teams.

Nice to have

• Experience in informatics.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular employee position with hybrid work arrangements.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, insurance, retirement, 401(k), paid holiday, vacation, compassionate, and sick-day benefits.
• Domestic relocation support is indicated, and visa sponsorship is available.
• Travel requirements are 10%.
• Work is conducted in an inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives, respectful challenge, collaboration, and innovation.