Vice President, Global Portfolio Management – Biopharma

Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, with four days per week onsite or open to remote locations. Travel, customer-site visits, laboratory and office work may be required.

Salary: $300,000–$350,000 per year base salary.

Company

hirify.global develops instruments and science-driven solutions for biopharmaceutical, clinical, biotechnology, and in vitro diagnostic applications, serving customers in more than 100 countries.

What you will do

• Define and own the global Biopharma portfolio strategy across existing and emerging platforms.
• Build and maintain a 3–5 year roadmap based on customer workflows, market opportunities, competitive positioning, and company strategy.
• Lead portfolio investment recommendations, business cases, market sizing, financial models, innovation priorities, and lifecycle decisions.
• Lead and develop global product managers and portfolio leaders while establishing common operating standards, tools, dashboards, and decision frameworks.
• Partner with R&D, Commercial, Marketing, Applications, Service, Finance, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and regional teams on product development, launches, pricing, and commercial execution.
• Identify workflow adjacencies, acquisition and partnership opportunities, and integrate newly acquired technologies into portfolio strategy and governance.

Requirements

• 12–15+ years of progressive experience in product management, portfolio management, strategic marketing, commercial leadership, or general management in life sciences tools, bioprocessing, analytical instrumentation, diagnostics, biotechnology, or adjacent scientific technology markets.
• Experience leading product managers, portfolio leaders, or cross-functional product teams and owning a complex global portfolio across strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, pricing, launches, and commercial outcomes.
• Strong understanding of life science customer workflows and experience translating customer needs into differentiated product strategy.
• Experience working with R&D, Commercial, Marketing, Applications, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and Finance teams.
• Ability to build business cases, evaluate investment tradeoffs, and connect product strategy to revenue, margin, and market share outcomes.
• Strong executive communication skills and experience presenting complex technical and business topics to senior leadership.
• Experience operating in a global, matrixed organization with regional commercial teams and distributed stakeholders.
• Strong customer orientation, including experience with strategic accounts, key opinion leaders, and technical decision-makers.
• Willingness to travel, a valid driver’s license, ability to operate a motor vehicle, ability to transport materials or demonstration equipment up to approximately 25 pounds, and ability to stand and engage with customers for extended periods.

Nice to have

• Experience in bioprocessing, biologics manufacturing, cell line development, process analytics, upstream bioprocessing, formulation, quality control, or cell and gene therapy workflows.
• Experience with instrument, consumable, and software portfolios; workflow or platform strategies; global product launches; stage-gate development; portfolio rationalization; lifecycle management; and pricing strategy.
• Experience supporting M&A diligence, partnership evaluation, OEM relationships, or acquisition integration.
• Advanced degree in life sciences, engineering, biotechnology, chemistry, or a related scientific field; MBA or equivalent business experience is strongly valued.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements, with the primary work location in Waltham, Massachusetts.
• Flexible medical, dental, and vision coverage, competitive 401(k) company match, bonus program, generous PTO, and paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.
• Customer-centric culture grounded in ingenuity, ownership and accountability, collaboration, and integrity.
• Company cafeterias and lunch and snack benefits at selected Massachusetts and Maine offices.