Senior Director, Investigator Grants

Location: Remote, United States

Salary: $198,976–$298,464 USD annually, plus discretionary annual bonus and benefits.

Company

hirify.global provides clinical solutions and related services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations.

What you will do

• Lead the global investigator grants and site payment organization, setting its strategy, operating model, roadmap, and resource plan.
• Integrate acquired and partner site networks, harmonizing payment processes, systems, controls, obligations, and prepaid balances.
• Own integration of the site payment process within the CTMS, including requirements, configuration, migration, validation, testing, go-live, adoption, and optimization.
• Establish governance, SOPs, financial controls, forecasting, accruals, reconciliations, aggregate spend reporting, and study closeout processes.
• Advise sponsors, site networks, and senior stakeholders on complex grants, payments, contracts, compliance, proposals, and funding structures.
• Define KPIs and executive dashboards while driving automation, continuous improvement, and organizational change.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 18 years of progressive experience in investigator grants, site payments, or clinical trial finance within a CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology environment, including at least 10 years leading global teams through managers and directors.
• Experience leading a clinical systems implementation, such as a CTMS or site payment platform, and/or integrating acquired operations.
• Expertise in CTAs, site budgets, fair market value, payment triggers, prepaid funds, multi-currency payments, and country-specific tax and regulatory requirements.
• Strong knowledge of forecasting, accruals, pass-through costs, change-order impacts, cash management, and global portfolio reporting.
• Ability to establish financial controls, SOPs, audit-ready processes, aggregate spend reporting, and transparency compliance.
• Experience leading through managers and directors, developing talent, managing succession, and influencing sponsors and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Advanced communication skills and high emotional intelligence for executive, sponsor, site, and global team interactions.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Nice to have

• MBA, PMP, or an equivalent advanced degree or professional certification.
• Experience integrating site networks or acquired businesses into a global operating model.
• Hands-on experience with Veeva Vault Clinical, Medidata Rave Grants Manager, and ERP/PSA platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work within the United States.
• Health insurance, retirement savings benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, and paid sick leave and vacation.
• Opportunity to lead a global function supporting clinical solutions, operational finance, sponsors, and site networks.