Vice President, Clinical Development (Cell And Gene Therapy)

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States; onsite at least 2 days per week. Remote work may be available for candidates on the U.S. West Coast, with travel to Seattle at least 5 business days per month.

Salary: $320,000–$400,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company developing off-the-shelf cancer therapies through an integrated immunotherapy platform, including in vivo CAR-T approaches.

What you will do

• Lead clinical development strategy across the company’s clinical-stage portfolio and align programs with corporate and regulatory objectives.
• Define development pathways, clinical endpoints, regulatory strategies, and evidence-generation plans for in vivo CAR-T and other advanced therapeutic modalities.
• Build and lead a scalable Clinical Development organization of Medical Directors and Clinical Scientists.
• Oversee clinical studies, including safety monitoring, data quality, reporting, governance, risk management, vendor coordination, timelines, budgets, and compliance.
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs on global submissions and health-authority interactions with agencies including the FDA and EMA.
• Communicate clinical strategy and emerging data to executive leadership, the Board, investors, partners, investigators, and external scientific advisors.

Requirements

• Significant experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or related life sciences organizations.
• Experience leading clinical development functions and multidisciplinary teams through multiple development stages, including late-stage and registration-enabling studies.
• Experience supporting regulatory interactions and submissions, with knowledge of GCP, ICH, FDA, and global regulations.
• Strong scientific and business judgment, team-building ability, communication skills, influence, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Background in cell and gene therapy, hematology/oncology, immunology, rheumatology, or other advanced therapeutics is strongly preferred.
• Ability to work onsite in Seattle at least 2 days per week, or remotely from the U.S. West Coast while traveling to Seattle at least 5 business days per month.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• 401(k) plan through Fidelity with a 100% company match on the first 4% deferred.
• Paid time off, commuter benefits, and a cell phone stipend.
• Travel may include domestic and international trips, typically up to 30–50% depending on role requirements.