Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. · 11 hours ago
Executive Director, People Business Partnerships
San Diego, California, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$261K/yr - $326K/yr
15+ years expAcadia Pharmaceuticals is committed to turning scientific promise into meaningful innovation for underserved neurological and rare disease communities. The Executive Director, People Business Partnerships, serves as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing leadership and guidance on human resources strategies to enhance employee engagement and organizational performance.
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Responsibilities
Serve as a senior advisor to executive leaders and people managers on organizational effectiveness, workforce strategy, leadership capability, and culture
Provides expert advice and guidance to PBP Team and Executive Leaders
Lead, develop, and scale the People Business Partner team, ensuring consistent practices, high capability, and strong business alignment
Creates and develops consistent process and strategy across the PBP Team and throughout People and Performance
Design and implement a standardized PBP operating model, tools, and processes that support enterprise People and Performance objectives
Works effectively with the process owners for one or more Centers of Excellence (COEs) within People and Performance HR process to enhance efficiencies and role responsibilities (i.e., Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Compensation Planning, Workforce Planning, Learning and Development, and Organizational Effectiveness)
Provides direction in regard to performance management and succession planning process to develop key talent and bench strength for future needs and to ensure the best talent is retained
Provides guidance to PBPs to advise leaders on business challenges and people implications, leadership effectiveness, culture, and alignment
Develops and implements appropriate change management plans to support organizational transformation, growth, and evolving business needs as needed
Participates in the design and management of company-wide compensation programs in partnership with Compensation leadership
Model and reinforce strong collaboration, accountability, and results orientation across the People and Performance function
Performs other responsibilities as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered
Minimum of 15 years' progressively responsible experience in Human Resources, with a minimum of 8 years in a people leadership role
Demonstrated experience partnering with senior leaders in highly regulated, fast‑paced environments
Strategic thinking capability and ability to translate strategy into executable, practical HR solutions, with 'hands‑on' HR plan implementation experience
Strong working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local employment law
Demonstrated skills and abilities in coaching, influencing, facilitation, development, and problem solving with a passion to deliver results
Excellent communication, presentation, consultative, partnership, and interpersonal skills
Experience in business analysis and compensation planning and workforce analytics
Strong adaptability to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Ability to influence mid-level and senior management and coach executive‑level leaders
Effective conflict resolution skills and negotiation capability
Prior experience working with teams across multiple geographies and disciplines
Demonstrated ability to develop strong trusting relationships in order to gain support and achieve results; skilled in bringing alignment to different views of constituents within HR and across the business
Skilled at negotiating with business partners or management and influencing senior level leaders regarding matters of significance to the organization
Proficient at creating and communicating a clear vision among team members and aligning people, resources, and initiatives to achieve functional area and/or organizational goals
Ability to travel up to 25% domestically
Preferred
Prior experience as a People Business Partner required, with experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry strongly preferred
Benefits
Competitive base, bonus, new hire and ongoing equity packages
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Employer-paid life, disability, business travel and EAP coverage
401(k) Plan with a fully vested company match 1:1 up to 5%
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 2-year purchase price lock-in
15+ vacation days
13 -15 paid holidays, including office closure between December 24th and January 1st
10 days of paid sick time
Paid parental leave benefit
Tuition assistance
Company
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals develops and commercializes small molecule drugs for the treatment of central nervous system disorders.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$811.73MKey Investors
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeOxford Bioscience PartnersNational Institute of Mental Health
2019-09-17Post Ipo Equity· $287.5M
2018-11-30Post Ipo Equity· $316.25M
2013-01-02Post Ipo Equity· $86.39M
Leadership Team
Catherine Adams
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Davis
President and CEO
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