Description

Job Description

General Summary:

We're seeking a strategic and hands-on HR Business Partner Director to support our growing commercial organization during an exciting period of expansion and innovation.

This role will serve as the HR leader for 2-3 different Disease Area U.S. Business Units (BUs) and work in partnership with the BU Vice Presidents and their leadership teams. This new role will support teams during a period of growth, new product launches, and the continued evolution of legacy brands. The HRBP will drive talent strategies that enable business success, foster a high-performance culture, and support organizational agility in a fast-paced environment. This individual will report on the Lead HR Business Partner for the Commercial & Medical organizations and will sit on the respective Business Unit leadership teams.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic HR leadership and expert guidance to assigned commercial client groups, along with consultation and delivery of HR programs and services to achieve key commercial objectives
• In deep partnership with the Senior Director, HRBP for North America Commercial, work collaboratively with the other Business Unit HRBPs as to enable holistic strategics for business execution across the core commercial team, including Marketing, Sales for assigned BUs and identifying cross-functional needs in service of assigned BUs such as Field Operations, Access, Patient Services, etc...
• Leverages complex data and people analytics to provide critical insights into business and talent trends that inform the overall commercial and HR priorities. Provides 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 senior commercial 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 deep and impactful partnerships with the HR specialist functions such as Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, People Experience, Talent Management 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 commercial leaders 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 and workforce builds, with a specific focus on diverse talent, critical and board-approved hires

Knowledge and Skills:

• Proven experience as an HRBP in a Commercial or customer-facing organization, preferably in biotech/pharma.
• Comfortable partnering with, and influencing decisions and outcomes with senior stakeholders from various parts of the organization
• Expert-level experience developing strategic workforce plans, including capability development
• 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

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:
$185,600 - $278,400

Disclosure Statement:

The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base salary pay range for this job at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations. From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.

Flex Designation:
Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible

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 ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com