Position Summary:
As the strategic partner to the multiple departments and functions, including Executive Committee members and Senior Leaders, the Senior Human Resources Business Partner (Sr. HRBP) will lead the creation of the applicable people strategy and deliver solutions that enable the business to achieve their strategic initiatives in alignment to the organizational objectives. The Sr HRBP will be responsible to facilitate and deliver key talent programs including performance, culture, engagement & retention, talent development, training, etc. To be successful, this individual will have a proven ability to build trusting relationships, influence, and partner with all leaders across the organization and demonstrate the ability to succeed in an agile, fast paced, and dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities Include:

• Serve as the trusted advisor to Executives, members of the Senior Leadership Team, and their teams in the areas of organizational development, talent management, engagement, rewards and change management
• Work closely with the business to develop a robust workforce and talent plan that supports the functional goals, anticipated growth and builds strategic capabilities to enable the long-range plan
• Provide guidance and advice to leadership teams, managers and colleagues on all human resource and people management issues; identifies the root cause of issues and recommends and executes appropriate plans to develop people, optimize structure and create an engaged culture.
• Develop and lead high performing team workshops for the functional leadership teams in partnership with HR Centers of Excellences leads and functional training teams.
• Work with business and HR Centers of Excellences to ensure effective and timely delivery of programs like Performance Management, Talent Reviews, Succession Planning, & Talent Movement
• In partnership with functional leadership teams, identify gaps in operational and leadership effectiveness within the function, develop, and implement plan to close the gaps
• Support corporate culture, values, and leadership commitments and leads employee and manager engagement initiatives to foster teamwork and enhance employee engagement aligned with corporate values and leadership commitments
• Formulate strategies to develop bench-strength and succession plans by leading talent management processes and where needed identify new talent needs
• Ensure effective communication strategies to foster alignment between functions and program teams, cross-functional partners and global, regional, local colleagues
• Leverage quantitative and qualitative people analytics data to recommend well-informed solutions for respective client groups
• Be the primary point for the operational delivery of HR needs inclusive of managing all employee relations matters for assigned areas of the business
• Helps drive a positive employee culture within a fast-paced and rapidly growing environment.
• Promote and foster a healthy work environment; raise awareness of available programs to assist employees; implement appropriate employee engagement programs.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required with relevant industry experience.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in HR required with a minimum of 4 years as an HRBP
• Experience with strategic and tactical HR solution creation and delivery
• Previous experience in high growth environment
• Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee and union relations, diversity, performance management, and federal and multi-state respective employment laws.
• Prior experience in the Bio-tech industry is strongly preferred

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Ability to work in a fast-moving, nimble environment and willingness to roll-up sleeves
• Strong influencing and facilitation skills with aptitude to foster collaborative partnerships with senior leadership, peers and colleagues at all levels
• Highly organized, results driven, problem solver
• Operate independently and experienced to know when to escalate issues
  Superior written and oral communication skills and the ability to work across different levels of management
• Demonstrated complex problem-solving ability and sound judgement ability
• Strong leadership, team building, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated skills in project and program management
• Expected travel to the Company's headquarters.
• Additional travel may be required

Benefits and Perks:
Apellis offers a great benefit package which includes: health insurance with full premium coverage, 401K with company match, paid time off (PTO), long- term disability insurance, life insurance and more! Visit https://apellis.com/careers/ to learn more.
Company Background:
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company that combines courageous science and compassion to develop life-changing therapies for some of the most challenging diseases patients face. We ushered in the first new class of complement medicine in 15 years and now have two approved medicines targeting C3. These include the first and only therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness around the world. With nearly a dozen clinical and pre-clinical programs underway, we believe we have only begun to unlock the potential of targeting C3 across many serious diseases.
For more information, please visit http://apellis.com or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn
EEO Statement:
Apellis is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practices laws. Apellis strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy), gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, marital status, AIDS/HIV status, smoker/nonsmoker, and occupational pneumoconiosis or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
For San Francisco postings: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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