Senior Director, People & Culture Business Partner

Wave Life Sciences is a biotechnology company focused on unlocking the broad potential of RNA medicines to transform human health. Our RNA medicines platform, PRISM, combines multiple modalities, chemistry innovation and deep insights in human genetics to deliver scientific breakthroughs that treat both rare and prevalent disorders. Our toolkit of RNA-targeting modalities including RNAi silencing and RNA editing provides us with unmatched capabilities for designing and sustainably delivering candidates that optimally address disease biology. Our diversified pipeline is focused on our obesity, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and PNPLA3 I148M liver disease programs and includes clinical programs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Huntington’s disease, as well as several preclinical programs utilizing our versatile RNA medicines platform.  Driven by the calling to “Reimagine Possible”, we are leading the charge toward a world in which human potential is no longer hindered by the burden of disease.

Description

 We are looking for a motivated and driven Senior Director, HR Business Partner to be an integral member of the team ensuring Wave Life Sciences has the talent, culture, and organizational infrastructure needed to execute on our exciting mission.  In this role, you will serve as a strategic partner and coach to Wave’s Platform Discovery & Research organizations.  By collaborating with the client groups’ leadership to understand their goals, challenges, and workforce requirements, you will have the opportunity to create, implement, and drive talent development, engagement, and retention strategies that align to the client groups’ needs as well as the overarching company strategy.  In addition to working with the assigned client groups, this role will also play an active role in creating, developing, and implementing organizational effectiveness strategies across the organization.  This position reports into the SVP, Head of HR and works closely and collaboratively with the broader HR team.

In this newly created role, you will have many opportunities for business impact.  You will leverage a broad range of skills to drive organizational excellence and add value across multiple HR disciplines.  This includes, but isn’t limited to:

• Work to enhance team performance and ensure inclusive, empowering, and high-functioning team environments through coaching, facilitation, and creative intervention
• Design and facilitate workshops and focus groups to enhance team effectiveness, ensuring sessions are actionable and solutions are sustainable.
• Operate as a trusted sounding board, coach, and problem-solving partner for team leaders and members.
• Execute core people processes in a way that is efficient, equitable, and empowering for all involved.
• Act as a trust advisor to managers and employees on performance and other HR-related matters by creating a safe space for support and guidance.
• Mediate and resolve complex employee relations issues; conduct thorough and objective investigations when necessary.
• Identify, design, and deliver learning and development initiatives to enhance the capabilities of your assigned client groups, fostering a culture of continuous growth.
• Implement employee engagement programs (including surveys) that strengthen collaboration, motivation, and a sense of purpose among team members.
• Advance our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) efforts company-wide through self-education, active engagement in initiatives, and driving the pull-through of DEI concepts into our people processes and all other aspects of how we engage with our talent at Wave.
• Collaborate with leadership to design effective organizational structures and manage change initiatives and communications smoothly.
• Develop and implement strategies for organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

Experience

• BS/BA in Business, Human Resources, or a related field
• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive Human Resources experience with at least 5+ years partnering with leadership on the creation and delivery of HR initiatives

Key Skills

• Strong business acumen with focus on life sciences and the ability to establish strong relationships with leaders and stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to effectively create and drive HR initiatives and strategies aligned to business objectives
• Proven ability to transition seamlessly from strategic planning to successful execution and delivery on HR initiatives

The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the annual base salary pay range for this position at the time of posting. Actual annual base salary will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, qualifications, position criticality, and internal equity.  This position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and discretionary stock-based long-term incentives.  In addition to compensation, Wave offers a comprehensive and competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical and financial health and overall well-being. These include, but are not limited to, company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, life, long and short-term disability insurances, generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), 401K participation with matching contributions, and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Wave Life Sciences provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Wave Life Sciences complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Wave Life Sciences expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Wave Life Sciences’ employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

We value our relationships with professional recruitment firms. To protect the interests of all parties, and given the large volume of inquiries received from third-party placement agencies, we are not able to respond to all agency inquiries. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates for current or future positions. Submission of unsolicited resumes in advance of a signed agreement between our company and a placement agency does not create an implied obligation and, if an unsolicited candidate represented by a placement agency is hired, we are not obligated to pay a fee. Only approved recruitment firms will be allowed to provide services to Wave Life Sciences, USA.