VP, Head of People & Culture

About the Job:

People are at the core of Foundation Medicine's success. As FMI continues to grow and evolve, the leader of People & Culture plays a critical role in shaping a high-performing organization, developing exceptional leaders, and ensuring we attract, engage, and retain world-class talent. 

Reporting to the CEO and serving as a member of the Executive Team, this leader will define and execute FMI's people strategy, foster a culture rooted in our values of Integrity, Courage, and Passion, and ensure the organization is positioned to achieve its strategic and operational goals. Through strong business partnership, organizational leadership, and a focus on talent and culture, this individual will help drive performance, innovation, and long-term growth across the enterprise. 

As an enterprise leader, this individual will influence business outcomes through talent, culture, leadership, and organizational effectiveness. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Partnership & Enterprise Leadership 
  • Partner with the CEO and Executive Team to define and execute a people strategy that enables FMI's business objectives, growth ambitions, and organizational priorities. 
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and Executive Team on talent, culture, organizational effectiveness, leadership, and enterprise transformation.
  • Shape and evolve the organization's culture, ensuring it reflects FMI's values and supports high performance, accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
  • Co-lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, ensuring organizational structures, capabilities, leadership, and culture evolve to support FMI's strategic priorities.
  • Partner with the CEO and Executive Team to anticipate future workforce and organizational capability needs, helping shape FMI's approach to AI, automation, and evolving ways of working to ensure long-term success. 
  • Use organizational and talent strategies to strengthen business performance, accelerate execution, improve leadership effectiveness, and enable sustainable growth. 
• Talent, Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness 
  • Lead organizational design and workforce planning efforts to ensure FMI is positioned to scale effectively and meet future business needs.
  • Create and implement talent strategies that attract, develop, engage, and retain exceptional talent.
  • Drive leadership development initiatives that build strong leaders and strengthen succession pipelines across the organization.
  • Establish robust talent review and succession planning processes, including development opportunities across the Roche network where appropriate. 
• People & Culture Strategy 
  • Define and execute a forward-looking People & Culture roadmap that supports FMI's evolving business and workforce needs.
  • Ensure compensation, benefits, and recognition programs remain competitive, equitable, and aligned with the company's strategy and values.
  • Champion an inclusive, high-performing culture where employees can contribute, grow, and succeed. 
  • Leverage data and workforce insights to inform decision-making, identify trends, and continuously improve organizational effectiveness. 
• People Operations & Team Leadership
  • Lead and develop a high-performing People & Culture team, fostering excellence, business partnership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Ensure delivery of best-in-class people programs, systems, and processes that effectively support employees and leaders across the organization. 
  • Maintain a strong focus on operational excellence, scalability, compliance, and employee experience.
  • Lead enterprise-wide people initiatives and change management efforts that strengthen FMI's culture and organizational capability. 
• Comply with FMI's attendance policies

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 15+ years of progressive Human Resources, People & Culture, Talent, or related leadership experience, including experience leading senior HR/People teams. 
• Demonstrated experience serving as a strategic advisor to CEOs and executive leadership teams, influencing enterprise-level decisions and organizational strategy. 
• Experience leading organizational design, talent management, leadership development, succession planning, and culture initiatives in a complex, matrixed environment. 
• Proven ability to lead large-scale organizational change and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups. 
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect people strategies to organizational priorities and outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organization. 
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (MBA, Master's, or other relevant graduate degree). 
• Experience in biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, or another highly regulated and innovation-driven industry.
• Track record of serving as a strategic business partner to CEOs and executive leadership teams. 
• Experience supporting organizations through periods of rapid growth, transformation, integration, or organizational change.
• Demonstrated success building leadership capabilities and strengthening organizational effectiveness at scale. 
• Experience working within a global organization and navigating complex matrix environments.
• Passion for advancing a high-performance culture grounded in accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and innovation.
• Experience supporting executive succession planning, leadership transitions, and organizational transformation.
• Understanding of HIPAA and the importance of patient data privacy
• Commitment to reflect FMI’s values: Integrity, Courage, and Passion 
• Proven expertise in strategic workforce planning, with a strong understanding of how AI, automation, and emerging technologies shape organizational design and talent strategy

Relocation: Domestic U.S. relocation assistance available.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Boston, MA is $267,520 - $351,120 per year. The salary range is commensurate with Foundation Medicine’s compensation practice and considers factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for Foundation Medicine's benefits.

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