People Business Partner Associate Director, Relay Therapeutics
$139-199k
Office located in Cambridge, MA
AI-driven drug discovery platform
Be an early applicant
AI-driven drug discovery platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$139-199k
Office located in Cambridge, MA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create new possibilities in drug discovery focused on precision oncology and genetic disease through its AI and ML-driven computing approaches.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree or HR certification preferred
- 8+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, including significant HR Business Partner experience supporting scientific or clinical-stage organizations
- Experience partnering with leaders in biotech, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or other highly regulated environments preferred
- Demonstrated success coaching leaders and influencing across all organizational levels
- Strong knowledge of talent management, organizational design, employee development, performance management, and change management
- Experience leading enterprise-wide HR programs and driving process improvements
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and project management skills
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data to inform recommendations
What the job involves
- The Associate Director, Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a trusted advisor to leaders across Research and General & Administrative (G&A) functions, partnering to build high-performing teams and enable organizational effectiveness
- This role provides strategic and day-to-day HR business partnership while helping drive and evolve Relay Therapeutics people strategy as the organization continues to grow
- Reporting to the Senior Director, HR Business Partner, this individual will independently support client groups across Research and G&A, provide day-to-day HRBP support to Clinical Development as needed, and lead the execution of key enterprise-wide talent initiatives, including performance management, talent management, employee engagement, and other core people programs
- This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing strategic partnership with execution and is excited to help shape how HR scales alongside the business
- Serve as the primary HR Business Partner for designated Research and G&A groups, building strong relationships with leaders and employees
- Partner with leaders to develop organizational strategies that support business objectives and foster high-performing teams
- Coach managers and leaders on performance management, employee relations, leadership effectiveness, team dynamics, and organizational change
- Support workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning, and talent development efforts
- Partner closely with Talent Acquisition to develop hiring strategies and ensure an exceptional candidate and onboarding experience
- Leverage people data and insights to identify trends, recommend actions, and improve organizational effectiveness
- Partner with the Senior Director, HRBP to provide day-to-day HR support for the Clinical Development organization
- Collaborate on organizational initiatives, leadership coaching, talent discussions, and employee matters within the Clinical Development function
- Partner with HR leadership to continuously evolve Relay's people strategy and programs to support the company's growth and changing business needs
- Lead the execution and continuous improvement of Relay's core people programs, including:
- Performance Management
- Talent Reviews & Succession Planning
- Quarterly Pulse Surveys and Action Planning
- Employee Development initiatives
- Identify opportunities to modernize and innovate HR processes, ensuring people programs remain scalable, effective, and aligned with Relay’s culture
- Partner cross-functionally with HR Operations to deliver a seamless employee experience
- Support organizational change initiatives through thoughtful planning, communication, and leader coaching
- Champion Relay's values and culture by fostering an inclusive, engaging, and high-performing work environment
- Help identify and implement new ideas that strengthen employee experience as the company continues to scale
- What Success Looks Like;
- Trusted advisor to leaders across Research, G&A, and Clinical Development
- Delivers scalable, high-impact people programs that enhance organizational effectiveness
- Coaches leaders to build engaged, high-performing teams
- Drives thoughtful organizational planning and talent strategies that support business growth
- Brings forward innovative ideas that continuously improve the employee experience and help the HR function evolve alongside the organization
Our take
Discovering new drugs is essential in improving how diseases are treated, but existing methods are outdated. Many diseases are highly complex and have so far been impossible to treat with drugs, but developments in AI-driven computing present the potential to change this.
Relay Therapeutics provides an AI-driven drug discovery platform called Dynamo that uses cutting-edge experimental computational approaches to identify disease treatments that have previously been deemed untreatable. The platform's AI approach is driven by a pipeline of therapeutic candidates which hold an initial focus on precision oncology and genetic disease treatment.
AI is being used within the medical industry to aid in a wide variety of scenarios such as facility optimization and automated diagnoses, but Relay Therapeutics has smartly applied it to drug discovery. Through this more targeted approach, the company aims to rapidly develop genetic disease treatments and optimize the process of precision oncology, with plans to expand into further disciplines in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2018
$400m
SERIES C
Dec 2017
$63m
SERIES B
Total funding: $520m
Company benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- 401K retirements savings
- Commute reimbursements
- Parental benefits
- Time off and vacation
Company HQ
Wellington-Harrington, Cambridge, MA
Leadership
Mark Murcko
(Founder & Board Member)Principal at Disruptive Biomedical, LLC since 2011. Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biological Engineering for MIT since 2012.
Sanjiv Patel
(CEO)Has worked across healthcare; as a Surgeon, Healthcare Management Consultant, and in roles such as Commercial GM, CSO and Global Marketing Head in the pharmaceuticals sector.
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