People Operations Consultant

About Generate:Biomedicines

Generate:Biomedicines is a new kind of therapeutics company – existing at the intersection of machine learning, biological engineering, and medicine – pioneering Generative Biology™ to create breakthrough medicines where novel therapeutics are computationally generated, instead of being discovered. The Company has built a machine learning-powered biomedicines platform with the potential to generate new drugs across a wide range of biologic modalities. This platform represents a potentially fundamental shift in what is possible in the field of biotherapeutic development.

We pursue this audacious vision because we believe in the unique and revolutionary power of generative biology to radically transform the lives of billions, with an outsized opportunity for patients in need. We are seeking collaborative, relentless problem solvers that share our passion for impact to join us!

Generate:Biomedicines was founded in 2018 by Flagship Pioneering and has received nearly $700 millionin funding, providing the resources to rapidly scale the organization. The Company has offices in Somerville and Andover, Massachusetts with over 275 employees.

The Role:

The Generate People and Culture (P&C) team is on a mission to create an environment where Generators from all backgrounds can thrive and are enabled to contribute their best. We are recruiting an innovative People Operations Consultant to lead the strategy, design, and execution of Employee Support, Content Management, and HR Processes, Policies, Procedures, & Compliance. This is a critical position on an innovative People and Culture team and a role deeply integrated with other functional areas across P&C, Finance, Legal, and the business.

Successful candidates will be data-driven and business-focused, passionate about creating superior employee experiences through operations, planning, and execution. In our fast-paced, start-up environment, you must be comfortable building and evolving programs and processes. You are passionate about creating capacity by streamlining and automating work, leveraging digital tools to improve the employee experience, and providing exceptional service delivery and process execution.

This role reports to our Vice President of employee Experience, Strategy, and operations and can be based in our Somerville, MA office or be hybrid.

Here's how you will contribute:

• Plan, design, build, and deploy an lead an industry-leading and innovative P&C Technology-driven and AI-first support model.
• Establish operational metrics and KPIs to monitor and improve operations.
• Working Independently, working across P&C and the business to design and deploy operational processes, ensuring a frictionless experience.
• Independently exercises judgment and discretion to define the issues and develop solutions to problems that require innovation and ingenuity.
• Coordinates and collaborates with peers and stakeholders to influence business outcomes.
• Leads partnerships with external vendors regarding operations of the P&C function.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes, transactions, and dataflows between systems and manually enter data where this does not exist. This includes, but is not limited to, new hire processes, benefits administration, immigration, background checks, job changes, etc.
• Establish a content management strategy to ensure employees, leaders, and P&C can access robust information about P&C programs, processes, policies, and projects. Develop a governance process to ensure content accuracy and consistency.
• Using innovative, AI-driven tools, you will enable content owners to easily create clear, concise, and informative content, resulting in a delightful experience for our personas as they seek answers to their questions.
• Inventory all P&C processes and document critical operational steps into procedures. Seek ways to automate using technology, AI, and automation tools.
• Ensures compliance by monitoring external legislation and in partnership with P&C leadership, Finance, and Legal, own the creation and management of all P&C policies.
• Keep your finger on the pulse of ever-evolving employment laws and regulations. Ensure our company policies and practices remain in strict compliance. Collaborate with legal experts when navigating complex issues.
• Execute transactions in people and culture systems, ensuring our systems are aligned with the business.
• Will lead and deliver additional projects independently and lead cross-functional teams.
  
  

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• 6+ Years of progressive experience in Human Resources.
• Pushes beyond existing knowledge and contributes to developing new innovations, theories, or methods.
• A combination of experience in both high-growth and more established organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to build capabilities in a fast-paced environment with evolving infrastructure.
• Exceptional skills in prioritization, managing multiple projects, and fostering effective collaboration.
• A B.A. or B.S. degree in human resources, business, or other relevant subject area is preferred, but not required.
  
  

Who Will Love This Job:

• A passionate leader motivated by impact, thrives at setting the pace, and can laugh along the way.
• A visionary strategist and scaler adept at connecting the dots between Generate’s vision and the innovations and infrastructure required to achieve it.
• An agile leader with solid project management skills, able to operate at all levels and across People and Culture. This role requires you to dive into the details while leading transformative initiatives.
• A creative thinker not confined to traditional approaches, willing to explore new and unconventional strategies if the impact of doing so is greater than “doing what has always been done.”
• Someone excited about creating automated workflows and harnessing the power of analytics while also recognizing the importance of building a solid foundation and getting the basics right.
• A self-starter who is comfortable with change and ambiguity.
• A data enthusiast who brings a very detail-oriented yet adaptable approach to problem-solving.
• A lifelong learner who is eager to grow and innovate in the operations field.
  
  

Generate:Biomedicines is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

COVID Safety:

Generate:Biomedicines enforces a mandatory vaccination policy for COVID-19. All employees must be fully vaccinated and have received a booster. The purpose of this policy is to safeguard the health of our employees, their families, and the community at large from infectious disease that may be reduced by vaccinations. The Company will make exceptions to this policy if required by applicable law and will consider requests for an exemption from this policy due to a medical reason, or because of a sincerely held religious belief, or any other exemptions that may be recognized by applicable.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies : Generate:Biomedicines does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Generate:Biomedicines or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by the Company’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Generate:Biomedicines and the Company will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.