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Senior Director, Human Resources Business Partner - Technology

Vertex Pharmaceuticals · Boston, MA · 1 mo ago
Hybrid$227k–$341k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role (maybe not needed as heading? The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have a lot of description. We can structure: - About the role: summary paragraph(s) describing role. - Responsibilities: list of duties (maybe from "Knowledge and Skills" bullet points? Actually those are Knowledge and Skills. Responsibilities could be derived from description: partner with CDIO, lead people agenda, ensure operating model, etc. We'll extract bullet points. - Requirements: maybe Education and Experience bullet list. - Skills: maybe Knowledge and Skills bullet list (but that overlaps). Could separate: Knowledge and Skills as Skills. - Benefits: we have description of benefits: inclusive market-leading benefits, medical, dental, vision, PTO, educational assistance, student loan repayment, commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k), etc. - Pay: we have Pay Range: $227,200 - $340,800 plus bonus, equity awards, overtime eligibility. - Schedule: Flex Designation: Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible details. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, application instructions, cookie/navigation, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We must not invent or summarize away detail; preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all specifics: e.g., "week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter", "educational assistance programs including student loan repayment", "generous commuting subsidy", "matching charitable donations", "401(k)", etc. We must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We'll produce something like:

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Benefits

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Pay

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We must ensure we don't create sections with filler. All sections have content. Now extract content. First, About the role: The first paragraph(s) before "Knowledge and Skills:" maybe. Original text: "We are seeking a strategic, influential, and Data/Technology/AI-savvy Senior Director, HR Business Partner to partner directly with the Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) and lead the people agenda for Vertex’s Data, Technology & AI organization. This role ensures the operating model, leadership capability, and enterprise talent strategy are in place to execute the Data/Tech/AI roadmap as AI transforms how work is delivered. This is a senior individual contributor role that leads through influence and serves as the primary people strategist for the Data/Tech/AI function. The role owns talent strategy and organizational effectiveness across the enterprise, driving transformation through change leadership, organizational design, and strategic workforce planning. In close collaboration with Data/Tech/AI leadership, this HR Business Partner identifies and delivers strategic and operational people solutions across workforce planning, talent development, performance management, organizational effectiveness, and HR programs and policies. The ideal candidate is a modern, business-focused thought leader who thrives in a fast-paced, complex environment and brings both strategic perspective and a hands-on mindset. This role requires strong business acumen, industry insight, and the ability to build trust and credibility with leaders at all levels." We can put that as About the role paragraph(s). Could split into two paragraphs but one is fine. Responsibilities: Could be derived from the "Knowledge and Skills:" bullet points (they are actually Knowledge and Skills). But we can treat those as Responsibilities? Actually they are more like duties. Let's treat them as Responsibilities. List items under Knowledge and Skills: - Strategic HR Partner: Serve as the primary HR partner to the CDIO and Data/Tech/AI leadership team, translating business, technology, and AI strategy into a prioritized, integrated people and organizational agenda, and influencing executive decisions through clear options, tradeoffs, and data-backed recommendations tied to delivery outcomes. Ensure disciplined execution of the annual people operating cadence through leaders (goal setting, performance and talent reviews), with an emphasis on quality, fairness, and business relevance. - Transformation Leadership: In partnership with the CDIO, lead change to embed and mature the Data/Tech/AI operating model across the enterprise by maintaining a durable case for change, activating sponsors and stakeholders, enabling leaders, and using adoption measures to sustain new decision rights, governance, and ways of working. - Organizational Architect: Act as the chief architect for Data/Tech/AI organizational design and effectiveness, leading the evolution of structure, role clarity, spans and layers, leadership interfaces, and operating mechanisms that reduce friction, improve delivery velocity, and strengthen accountability in a rapidly changing environment. - Talent Strategist: Own the talent strategy for Data/Tech/AI capability and job families enterprise-wide maintaining the role architecture, skills expectations, selection standards, development pathways, and succession depth so critical capabilities scale consistently across Vertex. - Strategic Workforce Planning: Drive strategies to attract, develop, and retain high-quality technical and leadership talent, proactively closing capability gaps through targeted build/buy/borrow approaches, internal mobility and upskilling/reskilling pathways as roles evolve with AI, and location strategies that expand access to scarce talent while balancing cost, speed, and business needs, supported by focused retention actions for critical roles. - Executive Coach and Developer: Elevate leadership and team performance by coaching the senior leaders, designing and facilitating a structured leadership team journeys that strengthens cohesion, decision quality, prioritization, and accountability, and leading rigorous talent reviews and succession planning that build continuity and deepen pipelines for critical roles. - Culture Champion: Champion a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning where people thrive while sustaining delivery demands, strengthening employee feedback loops, improving organizational health, and reinforcing sustainable performance norms in a fast-moving environment. - AI and Analytics Enabled HR Leader: Generate strategic talent intelligence from data and analytics to shape strategy and action plans, define measures that track the impact and effectiveness of talent interventions over time, and leverage AI to accelerate execution, automate workflows, improve throughput, and raise the quality of outcomes. We'll put each as
  • . Requirements: Education and Experience bullet list: - Experience partnering with Data, Technology, Engineering, Product, AI/Analytics, Cybersecurity, or other highly technical organizations in complex, fast-moving environments. - Strong understanding of Data/Technology/AI operating models and the organizational implications of AI-driven transformation, evolving skills, and changing delivery models. - Demonstrated ability to leverage data, analytics, and AI to identify trends, inform decisions, drive accountability, and improve outcomes. - Proven experience applying AI within HRBP workflows to enhance decision support, streamline processes, and improve productivity and quality of work. - Advanced expertise in organizational effectiveness, change leadership, culture shaping, and organization design. - Deep experience in strategic workforce planning, including capability development, succession planning, and long-term talent strategies. - Track record of developing and implementing forward-thinking, enterprise-level HR strategies with broad organizational impact. - Bachelor’s degree required; 12+ years of progressive HR experience (or equivalent), including significant partnership with senior leaders in complex, technology-enabled organizations. We could also include Personal Attributes as Requirements? But they are more like personal attributes; could be part of Skills or Requirements. But we already have Skills section for Knowledge and Skills. Personal Attributes could be part of Skills or maybe we could add a section "Personal Attributes" but not in allowed headings list; we could put them under Skills or Requirements. The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Qualifications could be used for Education and Experience. But we already have Requirements. Could treat Requirements as Qualifications. But we need to follow instruction: use those headings; we can choose which to include. We'll include Requirements for education/experience, and Skills for knowledge/skills (including personal attributes maybe). But personal attributes list is long; we could include them under Skills as well. Better: Use Requirements for education/experience, Skills for knowledge and skills + personal attributes. Let's extract Personal Attributes bullet list: - Recognized strategic HR business partner with a proven ability to influence senior executives, shape function-wide priorities, and connect people decisions to measurable business outcomes (delivery, quality, risk, operational effectiveness). - Strategic and execution-oriented leader who moves effectively from vision to implementation, driving adoption through disciplined program and project management. - Strong business acumen with the ability to translate organizational and talent decisions into impact on speed, quality, risk management, and results. - Highly effective communicator and influencer, providing clear, pragmatic guidance and coaching leaders through ambiguity and transformation. - Demonstrates leadership presence and credibility to partner collaboratively with executives, HR peers, and employees at all levels. - Agile, forward-thinking, and quick to synthesize complex, rapidly changing information into sound decisions and actions. - Collaborative, high-energy leader who operates with confidence and humility, adapts across leadership styles, and works effectively in team-based environments. - Brings grit, resilience, sound judgment, integrity, curiosity, and emotional intelligence, aligned with Vertex’s mindset of continuous improvement, innovation, and change. We'll include these under Skills. Now Benefits: The paragraph after "At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits..." We'll extract list items: - inclusive market-leading benefits - medical, dental and vision benefits - generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter) - educational assistance programs including student loan repayment - a generous commuting subsidy - matching charitable donations - 401(k) - (and so much more) but we should not invent; we can list the specific ones. We'll put each as
  • . Pay: The paragraph: "Pay Range:$227,200 - $340,800 Disclosure Statement:The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base salary pay range for this job at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law." We'll output as

    with that info. Schedule: Flex Designation:Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible Flex Eligibility Status:In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:1. Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select2. On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time. #LI-Hybrid We'll output as

    summarizing. We must remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, application instructions, etc. The final paragraph about Company Information and EEO etc should be removed. Now produce HTML. Check for any duplicated lines: we need to ensure not to repeat same content. Let's craft. We'll start with

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