(Associate) Director, People Partner

Insitro is a drug discovery and development company leveraging machine learning and data to innovate in medicine. The (Associate) Director, People Partner will lead workforce planning, organizational design, and talent development initiatives to enhance the employee experience and support the company's growth.

Responsibilities:

• Own and execute end-to-end strategic workforce planning to ensure talent pipelines align with aggressive R&D and scaling milestones
• Advise executives on aligning manager and employee capabilities to mid-to-long-term business needs
• Partner with leaders to translate business strategy into people initiatives that accelerate progress
• Support senior management in translating company mission into sustainable organizational strategies, programs, and behaviors
• Work to individually lead change management initiatives and design and implement fit for purpose L&D exercises
• Act as a practical, hands-on mediator, 'parachuting' into dysfunctional teams to diagnose and resolve work environment issues and disruptive dynamics
• Drive performance management cycles and targeted interventions that favor results over complex HR pedigree
• Bring both best practices and fresh, scrappy problem-solving to issues of retention and engagement
• Partner closely with the Legal team to ensure full compliance with local, state, and federal laws
• Draw on quantitative (people analytics) and qualitative (roundtables, exit interviews) insights to strengthen priorities
• Work with other People team leaders to create a holistic strategy for how we hire and inspire 'insitrocytes'