Director, HR Business Partner
About the role
Denali Therapeutics Inc. is a biotechnology company pioneering a new class of biotherapeutics designed to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) using its proprietary TransportVehicle™ platform. With the first FDA-approved biologic specifically designed to cross the BBB, a clinically validated delivery platform and a growing portfolio of therapeutic candidates across all stages of development, we are advancing toward our goal of delivering effective medicines to transform the lives of people living with neurodegenerative diseases, lysosomal storage disorders and other serious diseases. We invite you to consider an opportunity with Denali to help achieve our goal of delivering meaningful therapeutics to patients. The Director, Human Resources Business Partner will collaborate with functional leadership to develop and execute the Human Resource (HR) strategy for specific functional groups in support of Denali’s organizational goals. The successful candidate will also serve as a primary project lead for cross-functional HR initiatives for the Company. This role requires on-site attendance in the South San Francisco offices.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior level business partner and advisor to ensure HR outcomes driven by and aligned with Denali’s business strategy and priorities.
- Collaborate closely with other HR leaders to consult, advise, coach and partner with functional leaders in all areas of HR strategy including Organizational Design, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Compensation, Benefits, and Employee Relations.
- Develop and execute assessment of internal talent needs and capabilities.
- Enable internal employee growth and development to achieve organizational goals and retain key talent.
- Partner with the business to attract, select and onboard highly-specialized talent to the Company.
- Support the development of organizational compensation and benefit strategies to attract, retain, reward and recognize employees.
- Partner with people leaders to identify employee performance gaps and to implement solutions in support of growth, improvement and successful business outcomes.
- Provide input into the effective application of the Company’s HRIS and other HR systems, as well as the development and use of people analytics to drive business outcomes.
- Collaborate with the Company and broader HR leadership team to plan for and seamlessly execute people-focused initiatives in support of employee engagement, connection, growth and inclusion.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 15+ years of broad and progressive HR