Vice President, Human Resource Business Partner - Commercial

Ardelyx is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on redefining treatment approaches for patients with significant unmet medical needs. By combining scientific innovation with a collaborative, purpose-driven culture, we strive to create meaningful impact for patients.
 
Team Ardelyx is united by a shared mission and guided by our core values: Passionate, Fearless, Dedicated, and Inclusive.
 
We foster an inclusive environment where employees are respected, supported, and empowered to make an impact — both within our company and in the lives of patients we serve.

• Serve as the senior HR business partner to the CCO and commercial organization, leading a team of commercially aligned HRBPs, aligning people strategy with business priorities, market expansion, launch readiness, and revenue goals.
• Advise senior leaders on organizational design, operating models, leadership effectiveness, team structure, capability gaps, succession planning, and change leadership to ensure the organization is built for growth and execution
• Partner with commercial executives to design and scale an organization capable of delivering strong performance in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, including sales, marketing, market access, patient services, and field operations as applicable.
• Lead strategic workforce planning by identifying current and future talent needs, critical capabilities, and organizational implications of corporate strategy
• Drive a high-performance culture through rigorous talent assessment, performance management, succession planning, leadership development, performance calibration, accountability, and differentiated development of top talent
• Partner with senior leaders and people managers to raise the leadership bar, improve manager effectiveness, and create consistently strong team environments that accelerate performance and retention
• Leverage people analytics, market insights, and workforce data to identify trends, challenge assumptions, and influence decisions that improve organizational effectiveness and business outcomes
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition to develop hiring strategies for critical roles, with a focus on quality of hire, organizational capability and diverse talent pipelines
• Collaborate with Compensation, Benefits, Talent Management, Employee Relations, HRIS, and other HR centers of excellence to deliver integrated solutions that support growth, engagement, and execution
• Lead talent review, succession planning, leadership development, and retention strategies for key talent and leadership populations
• Lead business transformation, organizational scaling, reorganizations, and change initiatives with a pragmatic approach and strong executive presence
• Monitor organizational health, employee engagement, leadership effectiveness, and workforce trends, translating insights into actionable strategies that strengthen organizational performance and employee experience

• Bachelor’s degree, advanced degree preferred, in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
• 15+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant HRBP leadership supporting commercial or customer-facing organizations within biotech, biopharma, or life sciences.
• Demonstrated success partnering with senior executives to improve organizational performance, leadership capability, and talent outcomes
• Prior experience su