Associate Director (Engineering), Biologics External Manufacturing Technical Operations (Biologics)

Location: USA - Pennsylvania - West Point; travel within the designated US region is required, with approximately 25–30% travel and flexibility for short-term partner assignments. The posting is for US, Canada, and Puerto Rico residents.

Salary: $142,400–$224,100 annually for the primary location, plus eligibility for an annual bonus and long-term incentive where applicable.

Company

hirify.global is a research-intensive biopharmaceutical company developing health solutions for the prevention and treatment of disease in people and animals.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary technical contact for external manufacturing partners, internal manufacturing sites, and commercialization teams.
• Lead technical transfer planning and execution, including receiving-site readiness, resource planning, and delivery within schedule and budget.
• Provide technical oversight of partner processes, proposed configurations, standards compliance, process changes, deviations, and Master Batch Record updates.
• Lead partner technical due diligence, risk assessment, mitigation planning, investigations, and validation strategy development.
• Support production issue resolution, process and capacity optimization, continuous process verification, and performance monitoring.
• Coordinate with Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Commercialization, and external partners to achieve compliant, inspection-ready product introductions and transfers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or Business.
• At least 8 years of post-bachelor’s experience in drug substance and/or drug product vaccines or biologics manufacturing, engineering, and/or technical operations support.
• Expertise and demonstrated accomplishments leading technical transfers.
• Advanced problem-solving skills and experience leading teams through complex business or technical issues.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, change management, interpersonal, analytical, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
• Experience with biologics manufacturing, process sciences, analytics, technical support, and external manufacturing operations.
• Ability to travel approximately 25–30% within the designated US region and accept flexibility in partner assignment location.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Engineering, Science, or Business.
• Experience leading cross-functional manufacturing operations teams at internal sites or external partners.
• Expertise in Lean Manufacturing applications and productivity improvement.
• Experience motivating teams around a common vision and delivering expected results.
• Engineering fundamentals, process troubleshooting, creative problem-solving, and self-directed work style.
• Experience in complex international matrix organizations.
• Experience designing, starting up, and/or operating large-molecule unit operations.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Commercialization, and external partners.
• Regular day shift with a regular employee status.
• Medical, dental, vision, insurance, retirement benefits including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, compassionate leave, and sick days.
• Inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives, respectful challenge, and collective problem-solving.
• Relocation is not available; visa sponsorship is not available.