Sr. Manager Engineering (Cell Therapy)

Location: Onsite in Raritan, New Jersey, United States. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

Base pay: $146,410–$192,164 USD per year, plus performance-based bonus and/or equity for eligible roles.

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company developing cell therapies, including CAR-T, TCR-T, and natural killer cell-based treatments, in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson.

What you will do

• Lead, develop, and mentor engineering professionals and investigators supporting commercial cell therapy manufacturing.
• Own lifecycle management, reliability, qualification, capacity planning, and technology upgrades for manufacturing equipment, utilities, and process systems.
• Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, deviation investigations, and CAPA activities for equipment and process issues.
• Drive process optimization, cost reduction, yield improvement, cycle time reduction, waste reduction, and operational efficiency initiatives.
• Support automation, digital manufacturing, new product introductions, technology transfers, process changes, and facility expansion.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, Maintenance, MSAT, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Global Engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline; a master’s degree or MBA is preferred.
• 10+ years of engineering, manufacturing, technical operations, or process support experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biologics, cell therapy, or another regulated industry.
• 5+ years of experience leading technical or engineering teams.
• Experience supporting cGMP manufacturing operations and working with equipment lifecycle management and asset reliability programs.
• Experience with cell therapy, biologics, or aseptic manufacturing; deviations, non-conformance investigations, root cause analysis, CAPA, change control, validation, and risk management.
• Knowledge of FDA, EMA, ICH, cGMP, and applicable global regulatory requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with commercial biologics, advanced therapies, or cell therapy manufacturing.
• Experience leading complex investigations and continuous improvement or cost reduction initiatives.
• Master’s degree or MBA.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment with medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match fully vested on day one.
• Eight weeks of paid parental leave after three months of employment.
• Paid vacation, personal and sick time, floating holidays, and eleven company holidays.
• Additional flexible spending, health savings, disability, life insurance, commuter, family care, and well-being benefits.