Director/Sr. Director Program Management (Biotech)

Location: Redwood City, California, United States; onsite at least three days per week, with Tuesday–Thursday mandatory. Some roles may require full-time onsite presence.

Salary: $231,000–$319,000 USD per year, plus annual cash bonus and long-term equity incentives.

Company

hirify.global is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing allogeneic gamma delta T cell therapies for autoimmune diseases and cancer.

What you will do

• Create and maintain integrated program timelines, Gantt charts, dependencies, milestones, and critical-path activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional planning and execution in alignment with product development plans and budgets.
• Facilitate program team, governance, and team-building meetings; document decisions, meeting minutes, and action items.
• Identify program risks, resource constraints, and execution challenges, and drive mitigation and resolution.
• Prepare program status reports covering milestones, issues, decisions, and progress for senior management.
• Support budget tracking, documentation platforms, lessons-learned sessions, and continuous improvement of program management tools and processes.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree required; an advanced degree such as PharmD or PhD is highly desirable.
• 10+ years of industry experience, including at least 5 years of project management experience in cross-functional pharmaceutical or biotech teams.
• Deep understanding of the drug development process and demonstrated ability to manage plans and timelines across multiple functional areas.
• Strong planning, organizational, analytical, communication, leadership, facilitation, negotiation, and influence-management skills.
• Experience with established project management tools such as MS Project or Smartsheet.
• Ability to work independently, resolve program obstacles, build trust, and collaborate effectively in a matrix environment.

Nice to have

• Experience in oncology or autoimmune diseases.
• Cell therapy experience.
• PMP certification.
• Experience managing junior program management staff.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, high-performing environment prioritizing in-person engagement.
• Competitive compensation with annual bonus, equity incentives, ESPP, and a 401(k) with Roth option and 4.5% company match.
• Medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA matching, life, disability, legal, pet, and other insurance programs.
• Paid time off including company holidays, winter break, vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
• State-of-the-art facility with onsite gym, parking and EV charging, Caltrain shuttle, subsidized lunches, and stocked breakrooms.