Senior People & Culture Business Partner

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Senior People & Culture Business Partner

The mission of the Allen Institute is to unlock the complexities of bioscience and advance our knowledge to improve human health. Using an open science, multi-scale, team-oriented approach, the Allen Institute focuses on accelerating foundational research, developing standards and models, and cultivating new ideas to make a broad, transformational impact on science.

The mission of the Allen Institute administration team is to provide support and structure to the scientific divisions. Coinciding with the team science approach, administration helps facilitate team learning and the overall mission of the institute.

We’re growing our People & Culture (P&C) team to track with the expanding reach of our scientific focus as we launch new Institutes and scientific departments. Operating like a high-performance startup within a well-established and funded non-profit, our team is scaling services, practice and delivery with the aim of unlocking overall resourcing capacity and collective velocity toward our Mission. In this role, you will partner with Scientific Business Unit leadership, P&C colleagues and Administration teams to support our evolving organizational and people engagement needs.

This role is both strategic and hands‑on, providing full‑cycle human resources consultation, delivering people initiatives, coaching employees and managers through the employment lifecycle and optimizing P&C programs.

At the Allen Institute, we believe that science is for everyone – and should be open to everyone. We are dedicated to combating biases and reducing barriers to STEM careers more broadly.

We also believe that science is better发布日期 when it includes different perspectives and voices. We strive to make the Allen Institute a place where everyone feels like they belong and are empowered to do their best work in a supportive environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our open positions.

Essential Functions

Successfully establish and maintain professional, trusted relationships, strong customer focus and work effectively with leaders, managers and employees

Be a champion of the Allen Institute Mission and contribute to our Values‑based culture by coaching leadership teams to improve engagement and effectiveness

Apply qualitative and quantitative data and a partnering approach with P&C colleagues and senior leadership to twintig recommend, develop and implement solutions to address talent priorities, employee engagement and development, performance management and recognition, organizational design and impact, succession planning, and program optimization

Coach managers on effective leadership strategies including tactical P&C processes as well as interventions involving leadership development and change management

Serve as a skilled facilitator of critical conversations, able to lead investigations, mediate when needed and provide practical advice

Apply expertise in Allen Institute guidelines, policies and dirección procedures, tools & resources;
Advise managers and employees on complex issues providing solid guidance on legal and regulatory trends

Serve in both lead and support roles as needed, ensuring projects are effectively prioritized, scoped and successfully delivered

Be a strong contributor and mentor within the overall People & Culture team, ensuring handoffs and processes are continuously improved across all agreament research institutes and administrative teams

Process Improvement:
Proactively looking for ways to enhance our overall employee experience and improve our current processes

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree plus 7+ years in progressively responsible People & Culture (Human Resources) roles, having Generalist experience; or equivalent combination of degree and experience

Knowledge of human resources laws and processes

Human Resources information system (HRIS) experience

Preferred Education…