Associate Director, HR Business Partner (Corporate Functions)

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; hybrid 70/30 work model with 70% in-office collaboration.

Salary: $142,500–$256,500 per year, with potential annual discretionary bonus, incentive compensation, or equity award.

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology and life sciences company developing an mRNA technology platform and medicines.

What you will do

• Advise leaders and managers across Digital, Finance, and Legal on talent, capability, and organizational priorities.
• Assess talent landscapes, identify capability gaps, and translate business priorities into workforce and talent strategies.
• Coach leaders on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, employee development, performance, feedback, and team effectiveness.
• Drive performance management, succession planning, talent reviews, engagement, and development processes.
• Partner on workforce planning, organizational design, strategic hiring, organizational change, transformation, and process improvement.
• Advise on complex employee relations matters and use data, digital tools, and AI to improve HR insights and employee experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of progressive Human Resources experience.
• Experience in complex, matrixed, fast-paced, and evolving organizations, with strong business acumen and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Experience translating business priorities into talent, capability, workforce, and organizational strategies.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and handle sensitive matters with discretion and sound judgment.
• Full professional proficiency in English, written and spoken, is required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting Digital, technology, Finance, Legal, or similarly complex functions.
• Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, or life sciences.
• Experience navigating regulatory, technical, or compliance considerations in HR delivery.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person culture focused on innovation, teamwork, and direct mentorship.
• Competitive healthcare and voluntary benefit programs.
• Fitness, mindfulness, mental health, family planning, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support.
• Paid vacation, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and discretionary year-end shutdown.
• Savings and investment programs, plus location-specific perks.
• Smoke-free, alcohol-free, and drug-free workplace with equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodations.