Senior Vice President, Human Resources

ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; San Diego (CA); Presencial; USD 360.000 - 400.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Equity

401k matching

Medical coverage

Dental & Vision

Resumo da vaga

ARS Pharmaceuticals is seeking a senior HR leader to guide compensation strategy, equity design, and retention initiatives across corporate and field teams at our California HQ and remote operations.

The role partners with the CEO, CFO, CLO and external consultants to drive governance, SOX compliance, and transformative organizational development while building high-performance teams and scalable processes.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in business, HR, organizational development or related fields. MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive HR experience, with 5+ years heading HR/People in a publicly traded biotech/pharma company.
• Experience with executive compensation, proxy disclosures, and equity plans.
• Experience launching and supporting remote commercial field forces (sales, access, medical affairs).

Responsabilidades

• Lead Compensation Committee deliverables with the CEO, CFO, CLO, and external consultants.
• Design and model broad-based equity and retention pools across corporate and field tiers.
• Partner with CCO on field incentive compensation plans tied to net revenue goals.
• Translate product commercialization trajectories into headcount models and hiring roadmaps.
• Build talent pipelines across commercial field sales, market access, regulatory, medical affairs, and technical operations.
• Establish onboarding programs to cut ramp-to-productivity time for HQ and field teams.
• Drive culture and organizational health initiatives to foster agility and high-performance norms.
• Implement talent reviews, succession plans, and leadership development frameworks.
• Run performance management, OKRs/KPIs, calibration, and merit cycles.
• Modernize HR tech stack to ensure clean reporting and self-service.
• Report metrics to CEO and Board (equity burn, turnover cohorts, ramp speed, time-to-fill).
• Manage benefits packages including health, welfare, and executive benefits.
• Ensure compliance across multi-state remote operations and California HQ labor laws (FLSA, leave laws).
• Lead complex employee relations, investigations, and severance negotiations with Legal.

Conhecimentos

Strategic HR partner

Executive communication

Data analytics

Change management

Leadership development

Formação

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Ferramentas

HRIS

ATS

Payroll systems

Descrição da vaga

ARS Pharmaceuticals is a fast-growing, innovative company dedicated to transforming the treatment of severe allergic reactions with neffy® the first and only FDA-approved needle-free epinephrine product. If you’re motivated to make a meaningful impact, this is your opportunity to join a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and inclusive culture.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Board Governance & Total Rewards

• Lead Compensation Committee deliverables alongside the CEO, CFO, CLO, and external compensation consultants (peer group selection, executive pay, proxy CD&A disclosures).
• Design and model broad-based equity (options, RSUs/PSUs, ESPP) and targeted retention pools across corporate and field tiers.
• Partner with the CCO and Commercial Operations on field sales incentive compensation plans (ICPs) tied directly to net revenue goals.

Commercial Scaling & Talent Acquisition

• Translate product commercialization trajectories and clinical pipeline milestones into dynamic headcount models and hiring roadmaps.
• Build talent pipelines to recruit top-tier talent across commercial field sales, market access, regulatory, medical affairs, and technical operations.
• Establish structured onboarding programs that cut ramp-to-productivity time for both HQ staff and distributed field teams.

Culture Evolution & Organizational Development

• Drive company-wide culture and organizational health initiatives to foster agility, cross-functional accountability, and high-performance norms.
• Implement formal talent reviews, succession plans, and leadership development frameworks (especially for first-time people managers).
• Run performance management frameworks, goal setting (OKRs/KPIs), calibration sessions, and annual merit cycles.

HR Operations & People Analytics

• Modernize and scale the HR tech stack (HRIS, ATS, payroll) to ensure clean reporting, headcount tracking, and self-service.
• Track and report actionable people metrics to the CEO and Board (equity burn rates, turnover cohorts, ramp speed, time-to-fill).
• Manage competitive, fiscally responsible health, welfare, financial, and executive benefits packages.

Compliance & Employee Relations

• Ensure full compliance across multi-state remote field operations and California HQ labor laws (FLSA, pay transparency, leave laws).
• Serve as lead escalation point for complex employee relations, internal investigations, and severance negotiations in tandem with Legal.
• Maintain SOX-compliant HR workflows, corporate governance, and code of conduct enforcement.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, HR, organizational development or related fields. MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred. Equivalent combination of education and relevant job experience may be considered.
• 15 or more years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5+ years of demonstrated success heading the HR/People function in a publicly traded, commercial, biotech/pharma company.
• Track record of Commercial Launch including experience building, deploying and supporting remote commercial field forces (sales, access, medical affairs).
• Executive presence and solid experience working with and presenting to Board Members and the Compensation Committee, and experience with structuring executive compensation, proxy disclosures, and equity plans.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Acts as a strategic C-suite thought partner who remains hands‑on, decisive, and agile in a high tempo, lean environment.
• Identifies and analyzes workforce data and engagement metrics to identity trends and drive continuous improvement metrics.
• Ability to harness and collect data, develop metrics, draw conclusions, design and implement strategies that align with Corporate and Board business plannings.
• Develops a deep understanding of ARS’s business strategy, growth priorities, and operating environment, translating these insights into workforce, organizational, leadership, talent, and systems integration strategies that enable sustainable growth and operational excellence.
• Serves as an innovative and forward‑looking leader who leverages technology and integrated systems to enhance decision‑making, scalability, and organizational effectiveness.
• Commitment to compliance and a high ethical standard.
• Experience in HR policy development, implementation, and governance
• Familiar with HR SOX Compliance.
• Strong foundation of Federal, State, local payroll, tax, wage and hour, benefits, ACA, Cobra, HIPPAA, GMLA and other applicable employment related regulations.
• Excellent analytical, communication, problem‑solving, change management, and executive presentation skills
• Must be available and able to travel up to 25% of the time.

At ARS, we are proud to offer a highly competitive compensation & benefits package.

The full-time salary range for this posted position is $360,000 to $400,000 and may be eligible for a discretionary annual performance bonus. Actual pay rates are determined by considering multiple factors including qualifications, relevance of experience, education & credentials, subject matter expertise, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

This position is also eligible for Equity, 401k matching, and our excellent benefits package including 100% employer paid Medical, Dental & Vision for employees.

ARS Pharmaceuticals believes in Equal Opportunity for all and is committed to ensuring all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, have an opportunity to apply for those positions that they are interested in and qualify for without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. ARS Pharmaceuticals is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals so that an individual can perform their job‑related duties. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and require special assistance or an accommodation to apply due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail]

The position will be posted until a final candidate is selected for the requisition or the requisition has a sufficient number of applications.