VP/SVP Human Resources Business Partner

Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology 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. 

The Position: 

The Vice President/Sr. Vice President, Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP) for the Pioneering Business Unit Origination Teams will be a key driver of the people strategy for the origination team members of our Pioneering Business Units at Flagship. This role will have a dual reporting relationship to the Executive Partner, CHRO, and Executive Partner, Origination.  In this role, the VP/SVP, HRBP will build and sustain relationships with their client group and the broader enterprise. The VP/SVP, HRBP will effectively influence analysis and decision-making in the areas of leadership, talent management and development, succession planning, change management, budgeting and compensation, work force planning, organization development and design, performance management, employee engagement, career ladders and competencies, employee relations and communications.

The VP/SVP, HRBP will collaborate with the other HR Leaders to diagnose needs, develop, and deliver solutions to support our organization. The person in this role should have strong business acumen with proven ability to understand and align business needs with HR solutions to move the business forward in a changing environment. The ideal candidate will effectively influence analysis, accountability, and decision-making in many areas that impact our people.

The VP/SVP, HRBP must have a demonstrated track record of effective coaching and strategic partnerships with senior leaders and their employees, proven leadership skills, an unusually strong ability to influence without direct authority, experience building teams and organizational design. The VP/SVP, HRBP should be able to demonstrate interpersonal awareness to effectively build and sustain strong client partnerships at all levels with trust and credibility to influence individuals and teams.  The successful candidate will have the ability to identify and develop leaders and be effective in addressing change and transformation. Ability to analyze trends and use metrics to propose and develop solutions is also critical.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic thought partner, change agent, and implementation advisor; be familiar with the strategic plans of the Pioneering Business Units to help managers translate the business strategy and goals into HR related practices.
• Guide and support senior management and their employees in developing sustainable programs, practices, and behaviors to drive significant cultural change and enhance employee engagement and development. Determine where to create unified and consistent programs and where to customize in partnership with other HR leaders. Influence and align senior business leaders in cases where there is disagreement on best path forward on items that go across Business Units.
• Coach and advise managers on the effectiveness of their teams, strategic business matters, talent topics and general HR issues.
• Help executives align manager and employee capabilities to the mid-to-long-term business needs.
• Partner closely with the Head of Learning & Org Development to develop and execute leadership development programs and processes.
• Partner with the TA and Executive TA team, assisting with a variety of matters to include interviewing, onboarding, immigration, etc.
• Manage the day-to-day Human Resources needs of the Origination Leaders and their teams including acting as a point of contact for people tools, processes and programs.
• Act as stewards of the employee experience and Flagship’s culture.
• In collaboration with L&D, design and deliver Manager Capability initiatives to further drive collective education and manager effectiveness.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree with 15-25+ years experience in the HR field or
• Master's Degree and 10-15+ years of progressive HR experience.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Prior Pharma/Biopharma experience
• Organizational effectiveness experience
• Proven experience coaching and counseling all levels of staff on a wide variety of issues, and a thorough understanding of performance management systems 
• Exceptional networking and relationship building acumen with a drive and exceptional ability to influence without authority and challenge senior leaders to create support for the best outcome across different perspectives
• Ability to translate business vision and strategy into an executable people agenda
• Ability to successfully communicate to a diverse audience
• Strengths in working in a highly matrixed environment, strong collaboration and influencing skills
• Employee relations experience managing complex workplace matters
• Exceptional judgement and passion
• HR leadership experience
• Technical competencies:
• Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Talent Management, Compensation and Benefits, Learning and Development/Training, Employee Relations, Understanding of MA Labor Law, HR Systems – ADP, Greenhouse, UKG 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including SharePoint, Teams, etc. 

Additional Qualifications:

• Knowledge of and ability to apply OD concepts and models, such as team effectiveness, change management, communication styles, facilitation, and leadership development.
• Highly skilled in facilitating meetings and creating and delivering presentations to a variety of in-person and remote audiences.
• Demonstrated business acumen and a working knowledge of multiple HR disciplines.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to diagnose root causes.
• Ability to work in a time sensitive and confidential environment, balancing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Computer skills in MS office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), SharePoint, and HRIS (UKG)

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.

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:  Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates.  The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team.   Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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