Manager, Process Performance Qualification (Pharmaceutical Manufacturing)

Location: McPherson, Kansas, United States; hybrid work location assignment. Candidates must have permanent authorization to work in the United States by any employer.

Annual base salary: $106,000–$176,600, plus a 15% bonus target and eligibility for a share-based long-term incentive program.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products, including sterile injectable medicines.

What you will do

• Lead, develop, and mentor validation engineers supporting process qualification, cleaning validation, and continued process verification for sterile injectable manufacturing.
• Own validation master plans, lifecycle strategies, protocols, reports, and related documentation.
• Provide technical leadership for investigations, deviations, CAPAs, change controls, risk assessments, and validation issues.
• Manage resources and priorities across multiple validation projects involving Operations, Quality, Engineering, Technical Services, and Project Management.
• Support commercial manufacturing, technology transfers, regulatory inspections, customer audits, and continuous inspection readiness.
• Monitor validation performance metrics and implement science-based, risk-based process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 4 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combinations of master’s, PhD, associate’s degree, or high school education and experience.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, sterile manufacturing, validation, engineering, technical services, quality, or manufacturing environments.
• Experience with process validation, cleaning validation, continued process verification, validation lifecycle management, cGMP, quality systems, and regulatory expectations.
• Experience leading teams, coaching colleagues, managing performance, and influencing cross-functional decisions.
• Strong analytical, statistical, problem-solving, verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• U.S. work authorization is required; visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Nice to have

• Experience leading regulatory inspections, customer audits, and remediation activities.
• Experience using AI-enabled tools such as Microsoft Copilot and other generative AI technologies with responsible AI practices.
• Experience driving process improvements, innovation, and sustainable organizational capability.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement supporting a 24/7 aseptic manufacturing operation.
• Flexibility to support a two-shift, 12-hour operation when needed.
• Comprehensive health, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan with hirify.global matching contributions and an additional retirement savings contribution.
• Paid vacation, holidays, personal days, caregiver/parental leave, and medical leave.
• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and eligibility.