Vice President of Human Resources

4 weeks ago


Cambridge, United States Aurion Biotech Inc. Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

TITLE: Vice President of Human Resources

LOCATION: Cambridge, MA


ABOUT THE POSITION

Aurion Biotech is seeking a Vice President of Human Resources who will have responsibility for the development and execution of human resource strategy in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction. This role will oversee all HR functions, including talent acquisition and retention, talent management, compensation & benefits, employee relations, and training and development.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Collaborates with executive leadership to define the organization’s long-term strategy and goals; identifies ways to support this strategy through talent management.
  • Provides strategic direction, leadership, and support to senior management on workforce planning.
  • Leads major initiatives to drive organizational effectiveness.
  • Plans, leads, develops, coordinates, and implements policies, processes, training, initiatives, and surveys to support the organization's human resource compliance and strategy needs.
  • Identifies key performance indicators for the organization’s human resource and talent management functions; assesses the organization’s success and market competitiveness based on these metrics.
  • Researches, develops, and implements competitive compensation, benefits, performance appraisal, and employee incentive programs.
  • Ensures compliance with employment, benefits, insurance, safety, and other laws, regulations, and requirements.
  • Keeps abreast of the latest trends and changes in HR strategies globally.
  • Participates in networking conferences and events.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

ABOUT AURION BIOTECH

With offices in Seattle, Boston and Tokyo, Aurion Biotech is a clinical-stage biotech company, whose mission is to restore vision to millions of patients with life-changing regenerative therapies. The Company’s first candidate is for the treatment of corneal edema secondary to endothelial dysfunction, and one of the first clinically validated cell therapies for corneal care; it was recently granted regulatory approval from Japan’s PMDA. Aurion Biotech is the recipient of the prestigious Prix Galien award for best start-up in biotech. The Company is preparing for clinical trials in the U.S. We are growing rapidly and seek to hire highly motivated candidates from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, who share our values:

  • Stewardship: We make the world a better place for our patients, our communities, our clinicians, and our colleagues. We act responsibly as individuals, as employees, and as a company.
  • Transformation: We embrace our challenges, our successes, and our failures. We are curious, we take risks, and we collaborate.
  • Grit: We break down walls and strive to achieve the impossible. We are persistent and resilient, and we deliver on our commitments.

LIFE AT AURION BIOTECH

We want our people to wake up every morning excited and energized for work. We value employees, which is why we invest in making life at Aurion Biotech healthy, fun, and rewarding:

  • Robust Benefits: We offer full health insurance to employees and their families, and all the acronyms: 401(k) matching, EAP, FSA, and generous PTO.
  • Total Rewards: Everyone is a shareholder at Aurion Biotech. We offer competitive equity grants, salaries, and bonuses.
  • Perks and Fun: Paid parking, subsidized commuter passes, in-office catered lunches, team events, and community projects are just a few ways that we bond, celebrate each other, have fun, and live our values.



Requirements:

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the education, experience, knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required, Masters or law degree highly preferred.
  • 20+ years of human resource management experience required, with strategic, talent management, and/or business development experience highly preferred.
  • Experience in the Biotech industry preferred.
  • Thorough understanding and experience of all HR functions.
  • Deep understanding of local, state and federal employment-related laws and regulations.
  • Experienced in formulating and implementing employment policies.
  • Nuanced understanding of (and proven track record in) translating corporate culture, values and business objectives into actionable program execution for effective recruitment and retention.
  • Experience with driving employee engagement and connection initiatives in a remote/hybrid organization
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong supervisory and leadership and people management skills.

REQUIRED SKILLs, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Exceptional interpersonal, collaboration, leadership, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
  • Ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization.
  • Proficient with HR information systems (Paylocity preferred) as well as Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
  • Ability to travel up to 20%


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