Director, Project Management Search & Evaluation (Biotech)

Location: Hybrid role based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, or Waltham, Massachusetts, with onsite work required three days per week.

Salary: $234,000–$260,000 base salary per year, with potential incentive compensation and equity.

Company

hirify.global is a global biotechnology company developing and delivering therapies, vaccines, and other medicines across rare and serious diseases, influenza, iron deficiency, and nephrology.

What you will do

• Lead project management for external innovation search activities, including scouting, landscape assessments, and initial opportunity evaluation.
• Manage early-stage due diligence for potential in-licensing, acquisition, and partnership opportunities.
• Coordinate integrated evaluations across scientific, clinical, regulatory, CMC, IP, legal, and commercial workstreams.
• Prepare governance meetings, presentations, dashboards, status reports, and decision-support materials for senior leadership.
• Facilitate collaboration among Search, R&D, Business Development, Legal, Finance, external partners, and other stakeholders.
• Improve search and due diligence workflows through new tools, evaluation platforms, AI-enabled search capabilities, and lessons learned.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in biopharma, including 8+ years managing complex cross-functional program projects under tight timelines.
• Experience in project leadership and Search & Evaluation, Business Development & Licensing, or external innovation.
• Experience orchestrating asset due diligence across scientific, clinical, CMC, regulatory, IP, legal, and commercial areas.
• Strong understanding of drug development processes, external innovation strategies, valuation drivers, and deal critical paths.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced degree preferred, such as PhD, PharmD, MD, MSc, or MBA.

Nice to have

• PMP or equivalent certification.
• Proficiency with InPart or similar partnering platforms and Microsoft Teams or SharePoint.
• Experience with AI-assisted landscaping and evaluation tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a project-led R&D organization focused on collaboration and innovation.
• Contribute to therapies and medicines intended to address unmet medical needs.
• Benefits information is provided through CSL's employee well-being program.
• Inclusion and belonging are emphasized as part of the workplace culture.
• Total compensation may include incentive compensation and equity in addition to base salary.