HR Specialist

Pharming Group; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work schedule

Annual target bonus

401(k) plan with company match

Paid Time Off (PTO)

13 Company Holidays per year

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance and disability plans

Phone stipend

Job summary

Pharming Group in Warren, NJ is seeking an HR Specialist to support a broad range of HR processes. The role combines onboarding, payroll reporting, benefits administration, data integrity, and HR system support in a collaborative, hybrid environment.

You will work with hiring managers and employees to create a positive employee experience, maintain compliance, and assist with recruiting and offboarding activities. This is an entry-level role with growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field with at least 6 months of HR experience (internships considered)
• High degree of detail orientation and customer service focus
• Ability to prioritize effectively
• Excellent technical skills

Responsibilities

• Coordinate benefits administration activities, including reporting and invoice coordination
• Monitor the US-HR inbox and handle requests or forward to appropriate resource
• Facilitate onboarding process including pre-employment screening, I-9s, and first day schedule
• Manage offboarding process for existing employees
• Support recruiting through interview scheduling and training for new managers
• Maintain employee data with high data integrity and controls
• Provide HR system support and training as needed
• Create monthly payroll, headcount and ad-hoc reports with analysis
• Maintain compliance documentation with OSHA and state requirements
• Handle vendor invoices, POs and new vendor setup
• Participate in global HR team initiatives
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Detail orientation

Customer service

Prioritization

Technical skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field

Job description

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The Human Resources Specialist coordinates and executes processes spanning across all areas of Human Resources. Working in collaboration with the HR Team, hiring managers, and employees, this position helps to create an excellent employee experience and ensures data and files are accurate and complete. This is a fantastic entry level role where you would learn about a broad range of HR processes while working with a supportive, energetic, and committed team.

This is a hybrid role based in our Warren, NJ office with an expectation of 2-3 in office days in office each week. This position is non-exempt and eligible for overtime.

What you'd do

• Coordinate all benefits administration activities, including reporting and invoice coordination
• Monitor the US-HR inbox and handle requests or forward them to the correct resource as appropriate
• Facilitate the onboarding process including pre-employment screening, completion of employee paperwork, I9’s, first day schedule, and all related communications
• Manage the offboarding process for existing employees
• Support recruiting processes through interview scheduling for candidates and coordinating interview training for new managers
• Maintain employee data and records putting processes and controls in place to ensure a high-level of data integrity
• Provide technical and troubleshooting support for our HR Systems, helping guide our Managers and Employees and providing training as needed
• Create monthly payroll, headcount, and ad-hoc reports as needed, providing analysis and periodic audits
• Maintain compliance documentation and records ensuring we meet OSHA, Federal, and State requirements
• Handle the approval and processing of vendor invoices, purchase orders, and new vendor set-up
• Participate in global HR team initiatives
• Other duties as assigned

What you'd need

• Bachelors’ Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field with a minimum of 6 months of professional Human Resources experience (internship experience will be considered applicable)
• High degree of detail orientation and customer service focus
• Ability to prioritize effectively
• Excellent technical skills

Who we are

We’re built on a simple belief: people living with rare diseases deserve more. Pharming is a global biotechnology company taking on some of the toughest rare disease challenges. We develop and commercialize innovative therapies for rare and ultra-rare immunological and genetic diseases with significant unmet need, where our scientific and commercial expertise, long-term commitment, and real partnership can help advance care.

We put patients at the heart of our work. Their insights, along with those of caregivers, clinicians, scientists, and partners, shape our strategy, guide our decisions, and help turn science into meaningful progress. We keep it simple, act with urgency, and get it done – expanding access to approved therapies, advancing high-value pipeline programs, and building a leading global rare disease company.

Our vision is simple: a world where people living with rare diseases don’t wait for progress or care. Together with the communities who inspire us, we’re opening new possibilities – proving that breakthroughs aren’t just discovered. They’re created together.

Ready to make a difference? Join us.

What it’s like to work here

At Pharming, every role helps move rare disease therapies closer to the people who need them. We make it happen together, across teams, disciplines, and borders, because breakthroughs don’t happen in silos. Rare diseases are complex, and meaningful progress takes people who ask better questions, challenge each other, and turn insight into action. Here, you won’t work on the sidelines. Pharming is a place for builders, problem-solvers, and bold thinkers who move with urgency, take ownership, and stay focused on what matters most: improving the lives of people living with rare diseases. Advancing rare disease care isn’t the work of one team or one leader. It’s all of us, building what’s next together.

This is also an important moment of transformation for Pharming’s digital and technology capabilities, as they evolve from a traditional support function into a more integrated, enterprise-wide enabler of business value. You will have the opportunity to influence how applications, data, technology, processes, and ways of working develop across the organization, helping to build scalable, resilient, and future-ready capabilities that support Pharming’s continued growth.

Salary range

Pharming takes into consideration a combination of candidate’s work experience, training, and education, as well as the scope of the role, complexity, and external market and internal value when determining a salary level.

The base salary range for this job is from $65,000 to $80,000 per year.

• Flexible hybrid work schedule to promote a healthy work-life balance
• Competitive compensation package including annual target bonus
• Long-term incentive program
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 13 Company Holidays per year
• Excellent benefit plans including medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible spending accounts
• Company-provided life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability plans
• Optional accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance plans
• Health and wellness program
• Choice of company provided mobile phone or cell phone stipend

Additional Information

Pharming Healthcare, Inc. is a merit-based equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected classes.

An applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request via email [e-mail].

Unsolicited resumes from agencies should not be forwarded to Pharming. Pharming will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes through this source. Pharming will only pay a fee to agencies if a formal agreement between Pharming and the agency has been established. The Human Resources/Talent Acquisition department is responsible for all recruitment activities; please contact us directly to be considered for a formal agreement.