Civia Health · 4 hours ago
Senior Director, Human Strategy Business Partner (Clinical Trial Site Network)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
10+ years expCivia Health is building a patient-centric clinical trial site network designed to transform lives and advance science. The Senior Director of Human Strategy is responsible for scaling and operationalizing core HR functions across the clinical trial site network, ensuring the organization attracts, develops, and retains talent while maintaining compliance and cultural integrity.
Research
Responsibilities
Serve as a trusted advisor to site leadership teams
Translate business strategy, growth plans, and regulatory requirements into scalable people strategies
Lead HR decision-making with a balance of empathy, integrity, and operational rigor
Act as a visible leader across sites, reinforcing culture, values, and accountability
Own the full employee lifecycle across the site network: workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, development, performance, and exits
Ensure consistent HR practices across all sites while allowing for local regulatory nuances
Oversee personnel files, documentation, and data integrity
Build repeatable, audit-ready HR processes suitable for a regulated clinical environment
Lead and oversee employee relations matters, investigations, and corrective actions
Coach leaders on performance management, difficult conversations, and people decisions
Manage performance management frameworks aligned with clinical quality, patient experience, and business outcomes
Ensure fair, consistent, and legally compliant application of policies across sites
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws across all operating geographies
Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Clinical Operations to align HR practices with GCP, FDA expectations, and site audits
Lead HR readiness for inspections, audits, and due diligence activities
Maintain and evolve HR policies, and training programs
Partner with Talent Acquisition to support hiring for critical site roles (PI support, CRCs, RNs, Site Directors, corporate roles)
Ensure hiring practices meet both speed-to-hire and quality/compliance standards
Support workforce planning tied to site launches, trial starts, and enrollment ramp-up
Build strong onboarding experiences that reinforce patient-first and quality-first expectations
Champion a patient-first, human-centered culture across all sites and corporate teams
Works with Human Strategy team to deploy engagement surveys, feedback mechanisms, and action planning
Helps support leadership development, manager training, and succession planning
Embed company values into performance reviews, recognition, and daily operations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field
10+ years of progressive HR experience, including senior leadership responsibility
Demonstrated experience supporting multi-site, regulated environments
Strong knowledge of U.S. employment law and HR compliance
Proven ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels
Preferred
Experience in clinical research, healthcare delivery, life sciences, or clinical trial site networks
Experience scaling HR in a high-growth or private equity / venture-backed environment
HR certification (SPHR, SHRM-SCP)
Experience partnering with Compliance, Legal, and Clinical Operations teams
Company
Civia Health
Civia is transforming large scale clinical studies in prevalent diseases for the future of human health.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase