Associate Director, HR People Operations & Governance

Role Overview

The Associate Director, HR People Operations & Governance is a senior individual contributor responsible for strengthening how the People Enablement function operates. The role leads the creation, improvement, and governance of scalable end-to-end HR processes; establishes practical standards, controls, and operating routines; and partners across HR and other functions to align stakeholders and improve the employee and manager experience.

What You Will Do

Lead the design, documentation, implementation, and ongoing improvement of scalable end-to-end People Enablement processes, establish and maintain practical governance frameworks, use operational data to identify recurring issues, and partner with HR Technology & Analytics and process owners to define reporting requirements.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires a strong facilitation, analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving capabilities, with the judgment to escalate issues and present practical recommendations. Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or another regulated and rapidly growing environment is preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Operations, Project Management, or a related field
• Eight or more years of progressive experience in HR operations, process improvement, governance, HR service delivery, HR transformation, program management, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience designing and improving end-to-end HR processes and establishing practical governance, controls, ownership, and operating routines
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional work through influence and building alignment among stakeholders with different priorities and areas of expertise
• Experience supporting one or more major HR cycles, such as Open Enrollment, compensation planning, merit and promotion reviews, workforce planning, or similar programs
• Strong facilitation, analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving capabilities
• Working knowledge of HR systems, reporting, project-management tools, and process-documentation methods
• Experience using Workday or another enterprise HCM platform to support HR processes, reporting, or requirements definition preferred