Director, Program Management (Bioprocessing)

Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, or remote from North Carolina, California, New Jersey, Illinois, Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, or Maryland; approximately 20% global travel required.

Estimated base salary: $165,000–$235,000 annually, plus eligibility for variable cash programs and, for eligible roles, equity.

Company

hirify.global develops bioprocessing technologies and integrated solutions that support the production of biologic drugs, with a focus on cost and process efficiencies.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end execution of enterprise-scale customer facility expansion projects from contract award through planning, design approval, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, qualification support, handover, and closeout.
• Align cross-functional teams to translate customer design requirements into integrated solutions involving bioprocess equipment, automation, software, consumables, and third-party technologies.
• Manage scope, risks, resources, governance, quality, budgets, schedules, dependencies, escalations, and customer expectations.
• Build execution capabilities through standardized governance, tools, templates, dashboards, stage-gate processes, reporting, and continuous improvement.
• Develop partnership strategies with engineering firms, system integrators, and bioprocessing hardware and technology suppliers.
• Recruit, coach, mentor, and retain project management talent while establishing accountability, performance expectations, and succession plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations, or a related technical discipline.
• More than 10 years of life sciences industry experience, including substantial experience in program management, project management, or project engineering, GMP manufacturing, scale-up, commissioning, qualification, validation, and global project execution.
• At least 7 years leading complex capital, bioprocessing, manufacturing, or engineered-system projects from pre-sale solution and proposal development through delivery, commissioning, qualification, and customer handover.
• Progressive leadership experience in regional operations, program management, or project execution, with accountability for customer delivery, financial performance, and cross-functional alignment.
• Ability to establish project governance, prioritize resources, manage risk, and lead escalation and decision-making processes.
• At least 3 years of people leadership experience, including talent development, succession planning, and building team capability across varying levels of experience and organizational maturity.
• Executive presence and confidence engaging with A&E firms and senior end-user engineering and project managers.
• Valid passport and driver’s license; willingness and ability to travel globally approximately 20%.
• Goal-oriented, collaborative, highly organized, accountable, self-motivated, and able to operate autonomously.

Culture & Benefits

• Leadership behaviors emphasize integrity and compliance, customer focus, collaboration, courage, team empowerment, and accountability and results.
• Benefits include paid time off, health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, and flexible spending accounts.
• Employees are eligible for variable cash programs, and eligible roles may receive equity.