Senior Director, Strategic People Business Partner
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $260,000 - $280,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as the senior HR advisor to the Head of R&D and his leadership team, partnering on strategy, org design, workforce planning, leadership development, and succession.
- Translate scientific and portfolio strategy into people and organizational plans that scale with rigor and flexibility.
- Coach senior leaders through complex decisions of growth, change, performance, and culture, grounded in sound judgment and business context.
- Act as a connective tissue between R&D and the broader enterprise, ensuring alignment without slowing momentum.
- Partner closely with the Chief People Officer to design and mature a robust internal communications capability appropriate for a growing public biotech.
- Advise executives on clear, authentic communication during moments of change, growth, and ambiguity.
- Help leaders in crafting a clear story about the direction of Day One and how each employee plays a role in the mission.
- Serve as a visible steward of Day One’s culture and leadership expectations.
- Embed inclusion and belonging into talent, rewards, leadership behaviors, and decision-making—not as a program, but as a way of working.
- Model executive-level partnership grounded in trust, discretion, and accountability.
Requirements
- 15+ years of senior HR leadership experience, ideally within Biotech, TechBio, or Healthcare.
- Sound judgment, emotional intelligence, and comfort navigating ambiguity.
- Demonstrated success partnering with R&D or scientific organizations at the executive level.
- Deep expertise in total rewards and compensation strategy, especially pay for performance, goal setting, and team performance.
- Strong business and financial acumen: you understand how people strategy enables pipeline execution and enterprise value.
- Executive presence paired with humility: you influence through credibility, not volume.
- A builder’s mindset: you enjoy creating structure, clarity, and trust where they matter most.
Benefits
- Please visit https://www.dayonebio.com/benefits to see our competitive benefits.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
total rewards strategycompensation strategygoal settingperformance managementorganizational designworkforce planningleadership developmentinternal communications
Soft Skills
emotional intelligencesound judgmentinfluencetrustdiscretionaccountabilityexecutive presencecomfort navigating ambiguitybuilder's mindset