Sr Director, Human Resources

We’re here for one reason and one reason only – to cure cancer. Every moment is dedicated to developing treatments and every action moves us one step closer to our goal. We’ve made incredible scientific breakthroughs and our pioneering personalized CAR T-cell therapies have changed the paradigm. But we're not finished yet.

Join Kite, as we make even bigger advances in cancer therapies, and help shape where our business and medical science goes next.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Kite and help create more tomorrows.

Job Description

Gilead's mission is to discover, develop, and deliver therapies that will improve the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses

worldwide.

Kite Senior Director, Commercial HRBP

The Senior Director, HR Business Partner will support our Global Commercial Organization at Kite. This role will partner with a dynamic, fast-paced global function of over 500 employees and play a critical role in shaping talent strategies that drive business success.

This role reports to the Vice President of Human Resources for Kite Pharma and is based in Santa Monica, CA with a requirement to be on-site 3-days per week.

Key Responsibilities 

• Organizational Development. Partner with clients in planning and implementation of workforce strategies and thoughtful changes in organizational structure or processes to support growth. Drive organizational effectiveness and thoughtful change management.  

• Strategic Advisor. Serve as integrated part of the business, working with and advising leaders to accomplish broader strategic objectives. Partner with cross-functional leaders to understand how they can better develop and support Kite’s operating model and how they might consider realigning organization structures, resource plans, and processes to better align to product team deliverables across pipeline and marketed assets. 

• Talent Acquisition, Assessment and Development. Serve as a strategic business partner with Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and Global Mobility to support efforts to attract, develop and retain the best talent. Analyze talent data to recommend solutions to improve performance, retention, engagement, and employee experience. Drive comprehensive talent management, critical capability build, development planning, and key succession planning. 

• Team Effectiveness. Support the build of high-performing teams through chartering and effectiveness activities. Partner on feedback loops to identify pain points and areas for improvement in ways of working. Assist with clarifying roles and responsibilities as needed. 

• Talent Development, Leadership & Inclusion. Drive leadership and manager capability development. Observe, diagnose, and coach leaders to maximize their impact. Advise leaders on identifying critical roles, pipelining, and developing key talent for future needs and building robust succession plans. Encourage utilization of resources to improve talent and career development. Partner in building and embedding Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) strategies.

• HR Programs & Services. Partner to ensure seamless delivery of enterprise HR programs to client group. Identify the need for HR programs or strategies to support business goals. Develop and conduct presentations on HR subjects as needed.  
   

Basic Qualifications 

• MS/MA and 12+ years of experience in Human Resources OR 

• BS/BA and 14+ years of experience in Human Resources OR 

• High School diploma and 18+ years of experience in Human Resources 

Preferred Qualifications 

• BS or BA degree, preferably with an emphasis in HR or Business. Master’s degree preferred 

• 8+ years of HR business partner experience with in-depth knowledge of HR practices, preferably with some experience in more than one HR function 

• Strong track record of serving as a strategic HR partner for senior executives, HR leaders, and employees at all levels, preferably in life sciences, healthcare or pharma/biotech 

• Strong track record of developing solutions to a wide range of highly complex problems 

• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate business objectives into talent priorities 

• Strong leader