HR Business Partner

About Us

Inform Diagnostics, a Fulgent Genetics Company, is a nationally recognized diagnostics laboratory focused on anatomic pathology subspecialties including gastrointestinal pathology, dermatopathology, urologic pathology, hematopathology, and breast pathology.

Founded in 2011, our parent entity, Fulgent Genetics, has evolved into a premier, full-service genomic testing company built around a foundational technology platform.

Through our diverse testing menu, Fulgent is focused on transforming patient care in oncology, anatomic pathology, infectious and rare diseases, and reproductive health. We believe that by providing a wide range of effective, flexible testing options in conjunction with best-in-class service and support, we can redefine the way medicine is managed for patients and clinicians alike.

Since integrating with our therapeutic development business, Fulgent is also developing drug candidates for treating a broad range of cancers using a novel nanoencapsulation and targeted therapy platform. By merging our fields of expertise, we aim to become a fully integrated precision medicine company.

Summary of Position

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a liaison between the business and human resources with minimal supervision. This role provides consultative guidance and coaching to leaders and employees on human resources-related matters, ensuring alignment with corporate policies, goals, and objectives.  The HRBP is a highly visible, hands-on, customer-focused strategic partner.   In partnership with the Director of Human Resources, the HRBP provides guidance and support for talent management, training and development, succession planning, employee engagement and retention, workforce planning, employee relations, compensation management, recruitment and administrative duties as needed for the Fulgent Therapeutics LLC & subsidiaries (NASDAQ: FLGT).    

Key Job Elements

Training & Development

• Collaborates with leadership to determine training needs and oversees training programs and other learning activities that enrich performance.
• Create, design, and deliver training programs.
• Manage, revise, and conduct New Hire Orientation sessions needed.
• Reviews existing training programs, suggest enhancements and modifications to improve engagement, learning, and retention and/or to meet the changing needs of the organization.
• Develop training aids and materials to support training programs as needed.
• Create surveys to determine the effectiveness of training programs and monitor effectiveness against established measures and milestones.
• Coach managers and vendors to ensure training is developed and delivered to support organizational or project goals.
• Using documentation and best practices, establish and maintain training records and repository.
• Team with HR leaders to understand talent management processes, partnering to assess and address gaps across the organization.

Employee Relations

• Conducts investigations into reported violations of policies, procedures, and state and federal laws.
• Prepares investigative reports, makes recommendations for discipline/termination, analyzes data, and records findings.
• Consults with leaders regarding termination decisions and ensures that all corrective action procedures are implemented where appropriate.
• Ensures consistency in the application and enforcement of policies and procedures and the compliance with all government regulations (EEO, INS, ADA, FMLA, ADEA, etc.) and all federal and state laws.
• Works closely with General Counsel, outside legal counsel, leadership, and other Human Resource professionals on policy development and resolution of HR issues.
• Responds to unemployment claims and represents the company at unemployment fact-findings and hearings.

HR Administration & Other

• Tax notices – HRBP will forward the notices to Headquarters team.
• Provide HQ team with information for State agencies response.
• Handle general inquiries from team members.
• I-9 completion in-person documentation review.
• Support HR Director with employee development and succession planning.
• Leads and/or participate in HR team or business initiatives and special projects as appropriate.
• Written communications such as authoring announcements, and general correspondence.
• Assist in the development and implementation of human resources policies, procedures, and practices.
• Conduct exit interviews with departing employees and share information as needed.
• Ensure employee information integrity, such as personal data, compensation, performance evaluations, corrective action, and termination records are appropriately recorded and maintained.
• Support HQ team in annual SOX Compliance Audit process.
• Performs other related duties and special projects as required.

Knowledge/Experience

• Bachelors’ degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five to seven years prior HR experience required, with at least two years as an HR Business Partner or in a role providing HR consulting to business leaders.
• SOX Compliance Auditing a PLUS.
• Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) preferred.

Additional Skills

• Working knowledge and progressive experience in key HR functional areas, including staffing, compensation, benefits, employee relations, talent management, communication, employment law, and training and development.
• Collaborative team player with hands on work style, strong customer-service orientation, and the ability to build strong and supportive partnerships.
• Executive presence with strong business acumen and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Tenacious, resilient, and solution-focused with high initiative and personal drive.
• Passionate about and committed to continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to manage projects that require strong attention to detail.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to understand and analyze a situation by identifying patterns or connections, and addressing key underlying issues.
• Proven ability to manage a wide variety of tasks and responsibilities under tight deadlines, maintaining timelines, ensuring follow up, and producing high quality results.
• Ability to remain poised with a calm demeanor in high pressure situations and to deal with confidential and sensitive information with tact and diplomacy.
• Project planning and management skills and experience.
• Thorough knowledge of employment laws.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment in a complex environment.
• Proficient knowledge of HRIS and Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• No

Reports To

• Director of Human Resources

Environment

Fulgent Therapeutics LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The term “qualified individual with a disability” means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position.

Please note that Fulgent (and its affiliated companies, including Inform Diagnostics and CSI Laboratories) does not accept unsolicited information and/or resumes from search firms or agencies for our job postings. Search firms or agencies without an applicable contract and/or express approval to recruit for the role in question — that choose to submit a resume or client information to our career page or to any employee of Fulgent — will not be eligible for payment of any fee(s), and any associated shared data will become the property of Fulgent.