Human Resources Business Partner Director (Boston, MA)

Job Description

General Summary:

The Human Resource Business Partner Director (HRBPD) provides HR leadership and consultation to client groups within one or multiple functions. The HRBPD is a trusted advisor to leaders, providing expert HR advice and advanced solutions that enable the achievement of business strategies by leveraging a significant understanding of the operating environment. This role drives talent management and helps architect and manage organizational change. The role oversees the delivery of HR programs and services such as talent/career development, manager coaching and consultation, talent acquisition of key positions, compensation processes, and performance management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic HR leadership and expert guidance to assigned client groups, along with consultation and delivery of HR programs and services to achieve key business objectives
• Leverages complex data and analytics to provide critical insights into business and talent trends that inform the overall business and HR priorities. Provide 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 functional 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 strong partnerships with the HR specialist functions such as Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Employee Services and Global Operations (ESGO), TM 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 clients 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 builds. Specific focus on diverse talents, critical and board-approved hires

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience developing and implementing HR strategies
• Expert-level experience developing strategic workforce plans, from conception to implementation
• 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
• Experience and expert understanding of management development, employee relations, data and analytics, diversity and inclusion

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources or related, relevant discipline
• Typically requires 10 years of experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience

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Pay Range:

Disclosure Statement:

Flex Designation:

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as: 
1.    Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2.    On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time. 
 

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at [email protected]