Flagship Pioneering - Cambridge, MA Senior Director/Vice President Strategy & HR Operations
Company: Flagship Pioneering
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
Senior Director/Vice President Strategy & HR
OperationsCambridge, MA USAFlagship Pioneering is a bioplatform
innovation company that invents and builds platform companies that
change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds
with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to
allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human
health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific
progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to
nature-positive agriculture.What sets Flagship apart is our ability
to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation,
company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way
that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders,
entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each
aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to
innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet.Many of
the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity's most
urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19,
curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting
illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and
sustainability of agriculture.Flagship has been recognized twice on
FORTUNE's "Change the World" list, an annual ranking of companies
that have made a positive social and environmental impact through
activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has
been twice named to Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most
Innovative Companies.Job Summary:The Senior Director/Vice President
Strategy & Human Resources Operations is a senior leadership role
responsible for enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the
Human Resources (HR) department. This individual will support the
Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) in strategic planning and
execution of HR initiatives. They will oversee special projects,
manage the HR budget, and develop communication strategies. This
role is also responsible for leading enterprise-wide HR service
delivery including process documentation and execution, risk and
compliance, hire-to-retire lifecycle administration, and strategic
partner/vendor management. The role is responsible for strategic
management of the complex network of HR operations stakeholders,
internally and externally, to ensure a high-quality employee
experience.Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the CHRO and HR leadership team to develop,
refine, and implement the HR strategy aligned with organizational
goals and objectives.
- Conduct comprehensive analyses of current HR processes and
practices to identify areas for strategic enhancement.
- Facilitate strategic planning sessions and workshops with key
stakeholders.
- Monitor industry trends, best practices, and regulatory changes
to ensure the HR strategy remains forward-thinking and
compliant.
- Integrate data insights and metrics to inform and support
strategic decision-making processes.
- Develop strategic roadmaps to guide the HR team in achieving
short-term and long-term objectives.
- Create and manage project plans to ensure timely execution of
strategic HR initiatives.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying
opportunities for innovation and efficiency enhancements within HR
operations.
- Lead change management efforts to support the adoption and
implementation of new HR strategies and initiatives.
- Communicate and advocate the HR strategy across the
organization, ensuring alignment and buy-in from all levels of
staff.
- Conceptualize, manage and run HR All Hands and HR
offsites.
- Lead and manage a variety of special HR projects and
initiatives to support HR and organizational goals.
- Budget Management:
- Oversee the HR department's budget, ensuring effective
allocation and utilization of resources.
- Prepare, monitor, and control the department's operating budget
and expenditures.
- Provide regular financial reports and forecasts to the
CHRO.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and strategies for
optimizing HR expenses.
- Communications:
- Develop and implement effective HR communication strategies and
plans.
- Draft and edit internal communications, ensuring consistent HR
messaging.
- Coordinate with the communications teams to ensure alignment on
messaging.
- HR Operations:
- Manage and develop the HR Operations team.
- Partner closely with the business to ensure alignment on
proposed processes, working through change management, training,
and education to ensure new ways of working are adopted and
implemented.
- Ensure processes are documented, simple to follow, and aid in
easy decision making and process alignment.
- Create and drive strategic roadmap for process excellence,
optimization, automation, and simplification.
- Lead a continuous improvement strategy across the function
utilizing data and stakeholder feedback.
- Provide leadership support for the implementation of new
business process optimization and automation.
- Partner closely with the legal team to ensure we have the
necessary policies in place across our global offices, actively
monitor changes in legislation to remain compliant.
- Collaborate extensively with the HR Technology function.
- Establish and lead contract and operational governance and
manage relationships with HR operations and service delivery of
vendors and strategic partners.
- Lead the spin-off of companies from the Flagship Ecosystem from
an HR operations perspective.
- Ensure SLAs are in place and are met or exceeded and drive to
resolution when vendor performance lags.
- Partner with CHRO to develop and execute a social media
strategy.
- Create and curate engaging content for CHRO social media
channels.
- Monitor social media trends and analytics to optimize
engagement and reach.
- Workforce Planning:
- Lead workforce planning efforts, analyzing staffing needs and
trends for HR.
- Coordinate with Talent Acquisition to develop and implement
strategies to address workforce gaps and surpluses for HR
team.
- Utilize data analytics to forecast workforce requirements and
inform decision-making for HR staffing and needs.Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration,
or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
- Minimum of 15-20 years plus of progressive HR experience
including at least 5-7 years plus management experience.
- Proven experience in project management, financial acumen,
strategic and workforce planning.
- Experience in running HR operations functions also
critical.
- Demonstrated success building & leading cross-functional
teams.
- Ability to energize, inspire & motivate a team to exceed
objectives.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong understanding of social media platforms.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data for
decision-making.
- High level of integrity, confidentiality, and professional
ethics.
- Collaborator, manages conflict well, adaptable.Flagship
Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal
employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry,
religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age,
citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran
status.
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