Group Leader (RNA Therapeutics)

Location: San Diego, California, USA; candidates must live within a commutable distance. Full-time, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM.

Salary: $70,000–$90,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides analytical testing and contract research services across food, environmental, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, genomics, and clinical science domains.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, recruit, onboard, and develop a team of scientists.
• Oversee daily laboratory operations, resource scheduling, project milestones, client commitments, quality objectives, turnaround times, and revenue targets.
• Provide technical leadership for RNA-therapeutic method establishment and routine testing across LC, MS, CE, plate-based assays, DLS/ELS, ELISA, qPCR, ddPCR, and compendial methods.
• Author and review protocols, test methods, validation documentation, analytical data, investigations, deviations, and laboratory records.
• Develop technical solutions for complex analytical challenges and support troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Maintain client relationships and communicate project risks, technical challenges, resource constraints, and schedule impacts to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, chemical engineering, or a related field, with at least two years of directly relevant experience; a relevant master’s degree may substitute.
• Authorization to work indefinitely in the United States without restriction or sponsorship is required.
• Expertise with HPLC/UPLC, HRMS, and CE for RNA-therapeutic analysis in a GMP-regulated environment.
• Experience leading laboratory operations, resource planning, analytical method development, and validation.
• Experience with client communication, technical documentation, peer review of analytical data, and laboratory records.
• Experience with LIMS is desirable; local or regional candidates are preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive, diverse, and results-oriented working environment.
• Medical coverage with dental and vision options.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Paid holidays and vacation.