Director, Human Resources Business Partner, Commercial (Boston, MA)

Job Description

General Summary:

We’re seeking a strategic and hands-on HR Business Partner Director to support our growing commercial organization during an exciting period of expansion and innovation. As we prepare for multiple product launches and near-term commercialization milestones, this role will play a critical part in shaping our people strategy, building organizational capabilities, and supporting leaders through change and growth. This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact at the intersection of science and business—partnering with a dynamic, purpose-driven team to help bring transformative therapies to patients. 

This role reports into the Lead HR Business Partner for the Commercial organization and is a trusted advisor to senior commercial leaders spanning various Global Commercial teams/functions.  

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic HR leadership and expert guidance to assigned commercial client groups, along with consultation and delivery of HR programs and services to achieve key commercial objectives 

• Leverages complex data and people analytics to provide critical insights into business and talent trends that inform the overall commercial and HR priorities. Provides insights in a simple, creative, and relevant way that challenges current thinking, informs business decisions, and shows how decisions impact business outcomes. Builds consensus and alignment around a topic and persuades others to take action 

• Proactively defines, builds and implements value-added HR strategies and solutions 

• Advises senior commercial leaders in solving complex issues related to organization design, development, and change leadership 

• Establishes strategies and tactics to enable the business to attract, develop, and retain high-quality talent at all levels to support the growth objectives, opportunities, and strategies of the business 

• Leads the strategic workforce planning efforts to ensure the people and talent strategy is in alignment with the organization's long range strategic plan (identification of long-term capability needs, talent acquisition and succession planning) 

• Builds deep and impactful partnerships with the HR specialist functions such as Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, People Experience, Talent Management and Strategic Analytics to provide HR solutions to key business needs and to roll out corporate-wide programs that enhance the overall employee experience and support growth and success of overall business strategy 

• Works with commercial leaders to implement and manage key HR processes, such as the year-end performance management process (performance assessment, calibration, and compensation planning) 

• Partners with Talent Acquisition (TA) to ensure TA strategy is in place to deliver on key capability and workforce builds, with a specific focus on critical and board-approved hires 

Knowledge and Skills:

• Comfortable partnering with, and influencing decisions and outcomes with senior stakeholders from various parts of the organization  

• Expert-level experience developing strategic workforce plans, including capability development 

• Highly experienced in talent management, succession planning, and career growth and development 

• Strong experience managing and/or leading culture and change management or organizational effectiveness initiatives

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources or related, relevant discipline 

• Typically requires 10+ years of experience or the equivalent combination o