Director, Corporate Counsel (Biotech)

Location: Remote within the United States; approximately 5% travel.

Base salary: $242,000–$282,000 per year, depending on location, experience, skills, and qualifications.

Company

hirify.global is a late-stage biotechnology company developing durable, disease-targeted gene therapies, including 4D-150 for retinal vascular diseases and 4D-710 for cystic fibrosis.

What you will do

• Draft, review, negotiate, and execute clinical trial, clinical site, investigator, CRO, vendor, CDMO, supply, manufacturing, quality, material transfer, and technology transfer agreements.
• Advise Clinical Science, Clinical Operations, CMC, Technical Operations, Supply Chain, Medical Affairs, and other stakeholders on transactional matters.
• Review clinical trial documents and provide legal guidance on informed consent forms, authorizations, indemnification, and related materials.
• Advise on contractual risk allocation, indemnification, liability limits, intellectual property ownership, data rights, confidentiality, and regulatory compliance.
• Support legal policies, templates, playbooks, contract lifecycle management improvements, and the use of outside counsel.
• Provide counsel on external-facing materials and outreach initiatives, including legal risk mitigation.

Requirements

• JD degree or equivalent from an accredited law school.
• Admission to and good standing with at least one U.S. state bar; California admission is preferred but not required.
• 8+ years of attorney experience, including 5+ years of in-house experience in the life sciences industry.
• Experience counseling clinical and manufacturing teams and negotiating biopharma agreements under tight timelines.
• Knowledge of FDA regulations, ICH Guidelines, GxPs, FDCA, FCPA, FCA, AKS, HIPAA, and data privacy laws.
• Strong analytical, drafting, judgment, problem-solving, collaboration, and workload-management skills.

Nice to have

• BSc in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, or a related biological field.
• In-house experience at a publicly traded biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or biopharmaceutical company.
• Large law firm experience supporting life sciences companies.
• Experience with global registrational clinical trials, intellectual property and technology transactions, commercial disputes, finance teams, auditors, and contract lifecycle tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, service-oriented partnership with cross-functional clinical, manufacturing, supply chain, medical, finance, and management stakeholders.
• Dynamic, fast-paced environment with autonomous decision-making and aggressive timelines.
• Sedentary office-style working conditions with no substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
• Equal employment opportunities and a commitment to a discrimination-free workplace.

Hiring process

• The role reports directly to the Executive Director, Corporate Counsel.
• Recruitment agency inquiries are handled exclusively through the internal Talent Acquisition team; unsolicited resumes are not accepted.