Head of People, Insitro
SVP or CPO
$325-380k
+ Bonus + Equity
3 days a week in office
Machine learning drug discovery & development
Posted today
Machine learning drug discovery & development
201-500 employees
Posted today
$325-380k
+ Bonus + Equity
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring better drugs faster to the patients who can benefit most, through machine learning and data at scale.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of progressive experience
- Demonstrated expertise across core People areas: talent acquisition, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, and performance management
- Proven track record in senior People leadership roles
- Prior experience in biotech/Life Sciences is required; experience in a company with a significant tech or computational component is a strong advantage
- Strategic People leader with solid business acumen
- Operationally strong, possessing exceptional project management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
- Expertise in organizational development, adept at guiding effective organizational structure, programs, and initiatives
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interaction skills
- Growth mindset, eager to learn new things and leverage innovative approaches,including AI
- Deeply collaborative, with a proven ability to cultivate a high-performance culture across diverse disciplines
- Able to balance business priorities with empathy and support for individual team members
- Skilled at leading change within a growing organization
- Passion for making a meaningful difference in the world
What the job involves
- We are searching for an incredible Head of People (SVP or CPO) to lead our People function, to set and execute on a People strategy that is aligned with broader company strategy.
- As the Head of People, you will report to the CEO, and be a member of the executive team.
- You'll lead and execute our People strategy, leveraging data-driven insights to develop and implement programs across the entire employee lifecycle.
- In this key role, you will help guide and build the organization as we progress our first programs into the clinic and deliver on our mission of bringing better drugs faster to patients who can benefit most, through machine learning and data at scale
- Strategic People Leadership:
- Leverage your strategic acumen to create and execute best practice People initiatives that are customized to organizational needs and drive business value
- Provide motivating leadership and management to the People team, as well as inspirational People & Culture leadership to the entire organization
- Serve as a trusted advisor and HR business partner to the CEO and executive team to ensure the people and organization strategy supports business needs
- Organizational & Talent Development:
- Lead organizational development initiatives to enhance effectiveness and productivity and enable the organization to respond and adapt to changes
- Architect and execute strategies to effectively recruit, onboard, develop, retain, and reward top quality talent at all levels
- Create and facilitate effective learning & development programs that span both broad leadership competencies and specific technical skills
- Culture, Engagement & Total Rewards:
- Be a champion of insitro's collaborative, transparent, inclusive culture and employee experience
- Manage effective performance, compensation and promotion reviews, including cash and equity compensation
- People Operations & Employee Relations:
- Manage an HRBP function that effectively coaches / mentors team members, resolves employee relations issues, and develops proactive and constructive solutions
- Continue to develop our People Operations infrastructure, systems, and programs, with a focus on the adoption of new and innovative technologies and practices
- You will be joining a biotech startup that has long-term stability due to significant funding, providing many opportunities for significant impact. You will work closely with a very accomplished team, learn a broad range of skills, and help shape insitro's culture, strategic direction, and outcomes. Join us, and help make a difference to patients
Our take
The synthetic biology market is rapidly growing, projected to increase from $10.7B in 2021 to over $74.7B by 2031. This growth is fueled by advances in biotechnology and expanding applications in healthcare, agriculture, and energy.
With these rapid advancements, insitro is seizing the opportunity to lead the way. The company is transforming drug discovery by combining machine learning with high-throughput biology. By using AI, insitro aims to overcome the bottlenecks of traditional methods, driving down costs and enabling the development of more effective treatments.
To help it on its mission, insitro recently secured strategic agreements with Eli Lilly for metabolic disease treatments and it also expanded its leadership in AI/ML. With this, the company is surely set to accelerate drug development, promising a future of faster and more effective treatments for patients.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2021
$400m
SERIES C
May 2020
$143m
SERIES B
Total funding: $643m
Company benefits
- Complete Healthcare Coverage: Take your health seriously without worrying about the costs. insitro offers comprehensive coverage with low premiums for you and your family
- Wellness Benefits: Prioritize your well-being beyond medical care. insitro offers a comprehensive range of benefits tailored to support all aspects of wellness
- Mental Health Support: Our generous healthcare plans include access to digital mental health platforms with a range of services for you and your loved ones
- Supportive Time Off Policies: Flexible vacation time, generous paid parental and bereavement leaves, and a year-end shutdown week
- Support for Hybrid Work: Balance work and your personal commitments with in-person, hybrid and remote options based on the team and role. We support you with home office setup reimbursement as well as co-work space stipends for remote workers
- Formal Learning and Training Programs: Partake in formal programs to help you grow and develop, from day 1 onboarding to new manager training to our annual, in vivo week
- Self Development: Annual personal budget for books, external training, and conferences that nurture you professional passions and development interests
- Access to Knowledge Leaders: Engage with in-house and visiting scholars and experts throughout the year at special events designed exclusively for insitrocytes
- Extensive HQ Benefits: Our insitro HQ offers free daily meals via an onsite cafe and coffee shop, a free fitness facility, an onsite childcare center, and free commuter shuttle buses
- Social Connection: get to know your colleagues at our weekly HQ happy hours, celebrations for special cultural events, and casual meet-ups for sports, music, outdoor activities, and more
Company HQ
The East Side, South San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Daphne Koller
(Founder & CEO)Co-founder of engageli and previously Coursera. They also spent a year at CalicoLabs as the Chief Computing Ofificer and over 18 years at Stanford University as a Professor.
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