Program Manager, Preclinical & Early Development (Biopharma)

Location: Onsite in Brisbane, California, United States, at least five days per week

Salary: $223,000–$247,200 per year

Company

hirify.global is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted protein degradation medicines for cancer and inflammatory diseases through an AI-integrated discovery engine.

What you will do

• Build and maintain integrated project plans covering timelines, milestones, resourcing, dependencies, and critical paths for preclinical and early development programs.
• Coordinate planning across Research, Translational Sciences, Discovery Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, DMPK, Nonclinical Safety, CMC, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, and Biometrics.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings, document decisions, maintain action logs, and follow up on commitments.
• Manage the day-to-day rhythm of partnered governance committees, including agendas, meeting materials, minutes, repositories, rosters, and subteams.
• Track and escalate risks and issues, develop contingency plans, and prepare status reports, dashboards, and governance materials.
• Support program-level resourcing and forecasting and improve project management tools, templates, and processes.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in life sciences, engineering, or a related technical field; an advanced degree is a plus.
• 7+ years of project or program management experience in a biotech, pharmaceutical, or CRO setting, spanning discovery through translational and early clinical development.
• Experience creating integrated project plans, realistic timelines, dependency maps, and critical paths from technical or scientific input.
• Strong meeting facilitation, written and verbal communication, judgment, organization, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively with scientists, functional leads, senior leadership, and external partners without formal authority.

Nice to have

• Experience in immunology, oncology, clinical pharmacology, or another complex therapeutic area.
• Experience with formal external-partner governance structures, alliance management, or project management organizations.
• PMP or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience working in an evolving project management capability.

Culture & Benefits

• Highly collaborative, team-oriented working environment.
• Solutions- and results-oriented approach.
• Hands-on, resourceful work style with openness to diverse points of view.
• Onsite work at the Brisbane headquarters is expected at least five days per week.