Lead HR Business Partner, Global Rare Diseases

Overview

Chiesi USA

Chiesi USA, based in Parma, Italy, is a global biopharmaceutical group with 90 years of experience, operating in 31 countries. More than 8,000 employees work together to promote a healthier world for people, patients, and the planet. Chiesi focuses on researching, developing, and marketing innovative drugs across its main therapeutic areas. Chiesi is a Benefit Corporation and a certified B Corp, embedding sustainability in its bylaws and continuously measuring impact.

Diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity are at the heart of who we are, with a culture of reliability, transparency, and ethical behaviour at every level.

Chiesi Global Rare Diseases is a Chiesi Group business unit established in February 2020, focused on research, development, and commercialization of treatments and patient support services for rare and ultra-rare disorders. The unit is based in Boston, MA, with a strong synergy with the headquarters in Parma. The Rare unit focuses on research and development for lysosomal storage diseases, rare hematology, ophthalmology disorders, and rare immunodeficiencies, and partners with global leaders in scientific research, patient advocacy, and care.

Who We Are Looking For

This is what you will do

This position provides primary strategic HR leadership and partnership to assigned Global Rare Diseases leaders, functions, and regions to achieve strategic and operational objectives and to build, foster, and maintain a high performing and engaged workforce aligned with the overall business strategy. The role partners with the GRD HR team and the Chiesi global HR network to enable achievement of business strategy and goals.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Develop and deploy value-add HR strategies and initiatives enabling the functions/region to achieve short and long term strategy and goals

• Act as trusted advisor and partner to assigned leaders and teams; proactively work with leadership and employees to support achievement of business goals and positive working relationships and retention strategies

• Collaborate with and provide functional insights and proposed solutions to HR partners in local geographies and global COEs to ensure the “voice of the employee” is integrated into HR processes and programs

• Partner with business functions/regions and HR within local geographies and global COEs on talent acquisition, talent and leadership development, organizational development, culture initiatives, and deployment of HR standard programs and processes

• Partner with leaders to define resource needs for the future according to the organization’s strategic direction and workforce planning process; define workforce needs and ideal profiles current and future state; support selection process for open requisitions in assigned areas

• Analyze trends in performance, employee engagement, retention and recommend solutions for improvement

• Partner with functions/regions to develop and execute initiatives and activities to further high performance team functioning

• Partner with country HR and labor law on specific employment matters as applicable

• Lead and/or contribute to special projects as assigned

You will need to have

• BS/BA in Human Resources or related field of study

• Minimum 5-8 years as an HR Business Partner within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry

• Previous experience working with scientific functions including research and development highly preferred

• Experience working in a global and/or complex matrix organization

• Demonstrated proficiency in written, verbal, and face-to-face communication to effectively present information and influence decision making of managers, working partners (local and global), and government agencies

• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks concurrently including strategic and operational while maintaining high attention to detail and responding to rapidly changing priorities and deadlines

• Partnering:
Builds strong networks and strategic alliances; collaborates across teams and functions to drive shared goals and deliver business results

• Communication:
Communicates with clarity and confidence across all formats; speaks, writes, and…