Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Senior Director, HR Business Partner

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$210K — $370K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred
  • 12+ years of HR experience, including business partnering and talent management focus
  • Minimum 5 years in HR for life sciences
  • Experience in scaling organizations in biotech, especially through launches
  • Ability to influence business strategies and lead change
  • Strong relationship-building skills at all organizational levels
  • Proven coaching and counseling abilities
  • Excellent listening, analytical, and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic HR leadership to various functions including Regulatory and Research
  • Align people strategies with business objectives and advise leaders accordingly
  • Identify and build organizational capabilities, addressing skill gaps and resources
  • Coach senior leaders on development and employee engagement strategies
  • Address employee relations and optimize leadership capabilities
  • Implement talent solutions for organizational design and employee engagement
  • Contribute to Rhythm's collaborative and patient-centric culture
  • Act as a change agent supporting transformation through process design

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility
  • Collaborative and patient-centric organizational culture
  • Opportunity to influence and shape HR strategy
  • Discretionary annual bonus based on performance
  • Eligibility for benefits including restricted stock units
Full Job Description
Opportunity Overview
Rhythm is seeking a talented partner to join our team as HR Business Partner, coach and change agent for our global functions. We are in an exciting phase of growth as we become a fully integrated global commercial biopharmaceutical company. Joining a Boston-based HR team and reporting into the VP, Human Resources, you will need to be both strategic and very hands-on as the HR lead for several functions. You will be a trusted partner to members of the executive and senior management team and work closely with the commercial HRBPs supporting the North American and International regions.

Responsibilities and Duties
  • Provides strategic HR leadership and expert guidance to Regulatory, Clinical, Medical, Research and G&A functions for all people processes, delivering HR programs and services to achieve key business objectives
  • You will seek to understand their business goals, provide advice, counsel and support leaders in ensuring people strategies align with and deliver on goals.
  • You help identify, prioritize, and build organizational capabilities, guiding on workforce planning, including identification of skill gaps, resources and organizational design to maximize support of business objectives.
  • You will coach senior leaders on HR matters including development, engagement, and talent performance areas which could create a competitive advantage for the business.
  • You will work closely with managers and employees at all levels to address employee relations, behavior and performance issues. In doing so and through specific initiatives, you will help managers optimize their leadership and coaching capabilities.
  • You will implement talent solutions to enhance and grow the business, including, but not limited to organizational design and development, management and talent development, and employee engagement initiatives, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of HR services and functions while balancing local needs with global parity
  • You will contribute to the ongoing development of Rhythm's collaborative, integrative and patient centric organizational culture
  • You will act as a change agent to the business through process design and approaches that support transformation.
  • As a member of the HR team, you will support a variety of HR and business-related issues, both strategic and operational as per need and build strong partnerships with specialist functions of Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards and Employee Experience and Commercial HRBPs.

Qualifications and Skills
  • Bachelor's degree, Masters preferred
  • At least 12 years HR experience with a blend of business partnering and talent management/development focus, including organizational design/effectiveness, team building, performance management, career coaching and leadership development
  • Minimum of 5 years supporting employee populations in life sciences
  • Experience scaling an organization, preferably in the biotech space, including a launch / post-launch
  • Proven experience in influencing business and functional strategies and change
  • Strong organization, leadership & influencing skills; able to build relationships at all levels
  • Ability to coach and counsel at all levels
  • Proven ability to demonstrate discretion and sound judgment
  • Strong listening and analytical skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to deliver presentations and lead information sessions for employees and managers

This role is based out of our corporate office in Boston, Massachusetts. Rhythm operates in a hybrid-work model. Candidates applying must be willing and able to be in the Boston office in coordination with their department and business needs. This role may involve some travel.

The expected salary range for this position is $210,000 - $370,000. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, level, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance. This role may be eligible for benefits and other compensation such as restricted stock units.

About Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of rare genetic disorders of obesity. The company's lead product candidate, setmelanotide, is a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist in development for the treatment of several rare genetic disorders of obesity, including POMC deficiency obesity, LEPR deficiency obesity, and Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Learn more about Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Size
150 employees
Market Cap
$1.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$134 million
Founded
2010

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