Associate Director, Global Outsourcing & Budget Management (Biotech)

Location: On site in El Segundo, California or Torrey Pines, California. Monday–Friday during standard business hours, with manager-approved flexibility.

Annual base pay: $188,000–$209,000, plus discretionary bonus and equity award.

Company

hirify.global is a commercial-stage biotechnology company developing immunotherapies, cell therapies, cancer vaccines, and treatments for infectious diseases.

What you will do

• Lead clinical outsourcing, contracting, budgeting, and supplier-management operations across global clinical programs.
• Plan and execute RFI/RFP activities, including scope development, bid analysis, supplier due diligence, and recommendations.
• Lead negotiation and execution of MSAs, work orders, SOWs, change orders, vendor agreements, and consultant agreements.
• Develop and oversee investigator-site budgets, negotiation parameters, payment terms, exception management, and billing compliance.
• Support forecasting, accruals, reconciliation, audits, variance analysis, invoice review, and financial reporting.
• Manage staff and supplier performance while maintaining SOPs, controls, dashboards, and clinical financial workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business, finance, healthcare administration, or a related discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, or clinical-research operations.
• 3+ years leading teams, people, or complex cross-functional workstreams.
• Experience with global clinical studies, RFPs, contracts, site budgets, financial tracking, and supplier performance.
• Knowledge of Fair Market Value, coverage analysis, CPT coding, billing compliance, budgeting, forecasting, accruals, reconciliation, and variance analysis.
• Proficiency with CTMS, Veeva or comparable clinical systems, and advanced Microsoft Excel.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in a relevant discipline.
• Experience with Veeva, Fair Market Value, coverage analysis, and domestic or international site-budget negotiations.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across multiple company functions in a growing biotechnology organization.
• Professional development opportunities and a focus on continuous improvement.
• Medical, dental, and vision plan options, health and financial wellness programs, and an employee assistance program.
• Life, disability, flexible spending, legal, identity protection, pet insurance, discount, and education savings programs.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match and paid time off, including 11 holidays.