Associate Director, Facilities - DPF (Biotech)

Location: United States Eastern or Central Time Zones, with a strong preference for candidates near or willing to relocate to DPF facilities in Christiansburg, VA; Houston, TX; or Stewartville, MN. This is a travel-intensive hybrid role requiring monthly on-site leadership presence across all DPF sites.

Salary: $149,000–$200,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a public benefit biotechnology and pharmaceutical company developing therapies for rare diseases and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.

What you will do

• Lead operational performance, reliability, and execution across the full DPF facilities maintenance network.
• Directly lead, coach, and develop Site Facilities Managers while coordinating with Site Directors and local leadership.
• Establish consistent operating standards, escalation protocols, staffing models, and cross-site resource deployment.
• Lead incident response, recovery, corrective actions, commissioning, startups, expansions, transitions, and renovations.
• Oversee vendor and contractor performance, operating budgets, forecasting, cost optimization, and service delivery.
• Ensure GMP/GxP, safety, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness across the network.

Requirements

• 12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience in facilities, maintenance, engineering, or operations within pharmaceutical, biotech, biologics, or other FDA-regulated environments, depending on education.
• Operational leadership experience driving execution across distributed teams under pressure.
• Strong technical troubleshooting and decisive judgment in regulated GMP environments.
• Experience with facilities infrastructure, GMP utilities, maintenance execution, vendor management, staffing flexibility, and cross-site collaboration.
• Ability to move between strategic planning and hands-on field leadership while applying GMP/GxP compliance requirements.
• Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel extensively, normally 30–40% or more during startups, outages, and peak periods.

Nice to have

• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, facilities management, operations management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of success in lean, flexible, or cross-site operating models within regulated research or product development environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven environment focused on unmet medical needs and transplantable organ technologies.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• Wellness resources, 401(k), and employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off, paid parental leave, and disability benefits.
• Extended on-site leadership support across DPF facilities based on operational priorities.