What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager / Senior Manager, Human Resources, Systems and Data position at Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.?
Who We Are:
Xenon Pharmaceuticals ( NASDAQ:XENE ) is a neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative therapeutics to improve the lives of people living with neurological and psychiatric disorders. We are looking for great people who thrive in a respectful, collaborative, inclusive, and productive culture to join the Xenon team.
What We Do:
We are advancing an exciting product pipeline to address indications with high unmet medical need, including epilepsy and depression. Our flagship azetukalner program represents the most advanced potassium channel modulator in clinical development for multiple indications. Building upon the positive results and compelling data from our Phase 2b “X-TOLE” study in adult patients with focal epilepsy, our Phase 3 epilepsy program includes multiple clinical trials evaluating azetukalner in patients with focal onset seizures and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. In 2024, we are planning to initiate a Phase 3 azetukalner program in major depressive disorder, based on topline data from our Phase 2 “X-NOVA” clinical trial. In addition, we are proud of the leading-edge science coming out of our discovery labs, including early-stage research programs that leverage our extensive ion channel expertise and drug discovery capabilities to identify validated drug targets and develop new product candidates. Backed by a strong balance sheet to support our growth plans, we continue to build a fully integrated, premier neuroscience company with strong discovery, clinical development, corporate, and commercial operations.
About the Role:
We are seeking a Manager or Senior Manager, Human Resources, Systems and Data to join our team. The Manager or Senior Manager will be a key member of a highly collaborative HR team and support pre-implementation, implementation and project delivery activities related to the scaling and growing of Xenon’s people systems, data and reporting capabilities. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone with experience implementing, scaling and operating people systems in a high growth, fast-paced, multi jurisdiction environment. This position reports to the Senior Director, Human Resources, Systems and Data, will be based in Boston MA, USA. We may consider other locations for an exceptional candidate. The level of the position will be commensurate with the candidate’s education and industry experience. This role is a hybrid position, requiring a minimum of 2 days per week in the office. This position is initially offered as a fixed-term role with the potential for conversion to a permanent, full-time position based on performance, business needs, and mutual agreement. The decision to convert the role to an FTE will be at the discretion of the company and is not guaranteed. Factors such as the individual’s performance, the overall success of the project or department, and organizational priorities will be considered.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our Total Rewards program includes base salary, target bonus, and stock options, as well as a full range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, short-& long-term disability, accidental death & dismemberment, and life insurance programs, Employee Assistance Program, travel insurance, and retirement savings programs with company matching contributions.
Xenon encourages time to rest and re-charge through vacation, personal days, sick days, and an end-of-year company shutdown. Xenon highly values employee development and has an expanding Training, Learning & Development program, including a Tuition Assistance program for advanced degrees.
As part of our hiring process, Xenon conducts background checks for finalist candidates. The types of checks conducted will vary depending on the relevance to the position.
US positions only: Xenon Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. participates in the E-Verify program in all states in which we hire. Learn more about the E-Verify program here .
To apply for this position, click Apply Now to complete the application. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, due to the volume of applicants, only those chosen for interview will be contacted.
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Xenon Pharmaceuticals ( NASDAQ:XENE ) is a neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative therapeutics to improve the lives of people living with neurological and psychiatric disorders. We are looking for great people who thrive in a respectful, collaborative, inclusive, and productive culture to join the Xenon team.
What We Do:
We are advancing an exciting product pipeline to address indications with high unmet medical need, including epilepsy and depression. Our flagship azetukalner program represents the most advanced potassium channel modulator in clinical development for multiple indications. Building upon the positive results and compelling data from our Phase 2b “X-TOLE” study in adult patients with focal epilepsy, our Phase 3 epilepsy program includes multiple clinical trials evaluating azetukalner in patients with focal onset seizures and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. In 2024, we are planning to initiate a Phase 3 azetukalner program in major depressive disorder, based on topline data from our Phase 2 “X-NOVA” clinical trial. In addition, we are proud of the leading-edge science coming out of our discovery labs, including early-stage research programs that leverage our extensive ion channel expertise and drug discovery capabilities to identify validated drug targets and develop new product candidates. Backed by a strong balance sheet to support our growth plans, we continue to build a fully integrated, premier neuroscience company with strong discovery, clinical development, corporate, and commercial operations.
About the Role:
We are seeking a Manager or Senior Manager, Human Resources, Systems and Data to join our team. The Manager or Senior Manager will be a key member of a highly collaborative HR team and support pre-implementation, implementation and project delivery activities related to the scaling and growing of Xenon’s people systems, data and reporting capabilities. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone with experience implementing, scaling and operating people systems in a high growth, fast-paced, multi jurisdiction environment. This position reports to the Senior Director, Human Resources, Systems and Data, will be based in Boston MA, USA. We may consider other locations for an exceptional candidate. The level of the position will be commensurate with the candidate’s education and industry experience. This role is a hybrid position, requiring a minimum of 2 days per week in the office. This position is initially offered as a fixed-term role with the potential for conversion to a permanent, full-time position based on performance, business needs, and mutual agreement. The decision to convert the role to an FTE will be at the discretion of the company and is not guaranteed. Factors such as the individual’s performance, the overall success of the project or department, and organizational priorities will be considered.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage key activities for HCM system selection, including assessments, future state process mapping, and requirements documentation. Work with program leads to define system and reporting needs.
- Support the RFP process, facilitate vendor demos, evaluate proposals, and assess system functionality and fit, in close partnership with IT and additional cross functional stakeholders.
- Assist with developing data flow diagrams, data dictionaries, and governance frameworks for people data, ensuring consistency and alignment with data management standards.
- Support project delivery and implementation activities across the people system landscape related to ongoing optimizations and enhancements.
- Perform other tasks as assigned to support the People Systems & Data team and HR function.
- Act in accordance with Company policies, including, for example, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and ensure policies are understood and followed by direct reports, if any.
- Some international travel may be required.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Undergraduate degree in scientific, HR or engineering related field.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience implementing, managing and supporting HCM systems, preferably within high growth biotech organizations.
- Certification in an enterprise HCM solution (e.g. Workday, Oracle or SuccessFactors) and experience with HR Case Management solutions (e.g. ServiceNOW HRSD) with hands-on configuration experience is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of employee life cycle activities and HR processes, and the ability to connect the dots between process and technology.
- Experience supporting or leading pre-implementation activities (current state assessment, process mapping, future state requirements, vendor selection) for HCM applications.
- Experience supporting or leading full life cycle implementation of HCM technologies (pre-implementation, design, build, test, deploy, change management, support).
- Strong project management, organization and delivery capabilities – ability to organize high level asks goals into timelines, deliverables and track progress and status.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross functional stakeholders (e.g. IT, Finance) and external vendors.
- Highly proactive, with a strong track record of delivering high quality results.
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
Our Total Rewards program includes base salary, target bonus, and stock options, as well as a full range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, short-& long-term disability, accidental death & dismemberment, and life insurance programs, Employee Assistance Program, travel insurance, and retirement savings programs with company matching contributions.
Xenon encourages time to rest and re-charge through vacation, personal days, sick days, and an end-of-year company shutdown. Xenon highly values employee development and has an expanding Training, Learning & Development program, including a Tuition Assistance program for advanced degrees.
As part of our hiring process, Xenon conducts background checks for finalist candidates. The types of checks conducted will vary depending on the relevance to the position.
US positions only: Xenon Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. participates in the E-Verify program in all states in which we hire. Learn more about the E-Verify program here .
To apply for this position, click Apply Now to complete the application. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, due to the volume of applicants, only those chosen for interview will be contacted.
Apply Now
Salary : $143,300 - $187,100
