Senior HR Operations & Strategy Lead — Biotech

repertoireimmunemedicinesinc; Watertown (MA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Flexible time off

Incentives

Job summary

Repertoire Immune Medicines is seeking an Associate Director, Human Resources to scale the people infrastructure across the U.S. and Switzerland, partnering with the VP of HR to build on-site HR operations, benefits, compliance, talent acquisition, and strategic business partnership.

This broad, hands-on role executes payroll, policy development, HRIS data entry, and process design to enable rapid biotech growth while ensuring regulatory compliance and data integrity across two sites.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including Operations and business partnership.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state employment laws; ERISA; Swiss/European HR experience preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in HRIS platforms (ADP preferred) and Microsoft Excel (PivotTables, XLOOKUP, data analysis, reporting).
• Sound judgment on confidential and sensitive matters; high standard of discretion and documentation.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize HR systems (ADP, JazzHR) and ensure data integrity, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance across both sites.
• Manage full employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, offboarding, promotions, job changes, immigration and visa processing, and benefits enrollment.
• Partner with Finance on semi‑monthly U.S. payroll processing and reconciliations, and with Swiss leadership on payroll adjustments as needed.
• Develop HR dashboards, people analytics, and executive reporting for the VP of HR and leadership.
• Own the employee handbook and HR policies, working with outside counsel in both countries to keep them current with evolving regulations.

Skills

HR Operations

Payroll

Employee Relations

Compliance

Talent Acquisition

HRIS

Excel

Tools

ADP

JazzHR

Excel

Job description

Repertoire Immune Medicines is seeking an Associate Director, Human Resources to scale the people infrastructure across the U.S. and Switzerland, partnering with the VP of HR to build on-site HR operations, benefits, compliance, talent acquisition, and strategic business partnership.

This broad, hands-on role executes payroll, policy development, HRIS data entry, and process design to enable rapid biotech growth while ensuring regulatory compliance and data integrity across two sites.