Strategic People Leader (South San Francisco)

Myriad Genetics Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Myriad Genetics Inc. is seeking a Strategic People Leader to guide senior leaders across Technology and R&D on organizational design, workforce planning, and engagement. The role requires strong partnership skills, data-driven decision making, and the ability to operate in a hybrid office with on-site collaboration several days per week.

The SPL will partner with Sr. Directors and VP-level leaders to shape talent strategy, develop leadership capability, and drive culture initiatives that align

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 7+ years HRBP experience focusing on strategic initiatives
• HR certification preferred
• Ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization
• Strong leadership and influencing skills; design, implement and lead change management initiatives
• Functional experience with organizational concepts and practices
• Flexible and agile in a changing environment
• Willingness to learn, grow and tackle expanded duties
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Excellent meeting design and facilitation
• Ability to handle ambiguity with ease
• Excellent judgment and integrity with a sense of urgency
• Ability to work tactically and strategically to meet business needs
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Cloud-based systems (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Responsibilities

• Guide senior leaders on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, and design
• Lead workforce planning and talent development initiatives
• Identify and address key people issues and remove barriers
• Develop key talent and ensure development and retention
• Coach leaders to improve performance and deliver feedback
• Coordinate with COEs to deliver HR programs
• Influence organizational health by aligning talent strategy with business goals
• Analyze business data to inform decisions and recommendations
• Anticipate needs and provide expert consultation to leaders
• Collaborate with People, legal and compliance teams

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Change management

Data analytics

Microsoft Office

Strategic partnership

Influencing

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

HR certification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Strategic People Leader (South San Francisco)

• Full-time

The Myriad Women's Health Regional Medical Specialist (MWH RMS) is a strategic and critical position within the company, responsible for providing clinical education and support on prenatal genetics and hereditary cancer risk assessment and management, to healthcare providers and key opinion leaders. The MWH RMS supports three products: Myriad myRisk® hereditary cancer panel (including riskScore®), Myriad Prequel™ NIPS screen and Myriad Foresight® carrier screening panel.

Location: South San Francisco, CA, United States
Job Identification:2509
Job Schedule:Full time

Strategic People Leaders (SPL) tackle the most pressing talent opportunities and challenges throughout Myriad. This role is the next evolution of the HRBP (Human Resources Business Partner) role which will now focus on key strategic talent priorities. Strategic People Leaders are aligned with specific business functions that span across the enterprise and own the people management strategy for that group. Each Strategic People Leader will serve on their respective management teams as the lead HR (Human Resources) role for that business segment, reporting up to the Head of the SPL Team.

The Strategic People Leader team involves future-oriented critical and strategic thinking that directly contributes to the success of long-term business objectives. Through consultation and advising our business leaders, we deliver results through talent strategies, organizational design, and development of key people business initiatives.

Success in this role requires strong partnership skills and the ability to influence the aligned functional leaders. The Strategic Talent Leader must have distinctive problem-solving skills and must be adept in collaboration, business acumen and data analytics

Responsibility

We are looking for a strategic partner to guide our senior leaders in the Technology and R&D organizations. You will drive initiatives and conversations around organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, organizational design, employee engagement, culture strategies, and change and transformation leadership by partnering with Sr. Directors and VP level leaders in the business. This is a hybrid role, however, this South San Francisco based position will be required to come into the SSF office at least 3 times per week in order to provide onsite leadership and team support and engagement.

• Provide partnership and support in the areas of organizational design, organizational development including succession strategy, talent development, employee engagement, and change management processes
• Drive workforce planning initiatives and build capabilities needed to achieve the stated vision and strategy
• Identify and address critical organizational and people issues, and remove barriers impeding the success of the business
• Identify and develop key talent and ensure they are provided with experiences that enable development and retention
• Build performance management capabilities by coaching leaders to effectively address performance issues and deliver effective feedback
• Coordinate with the COEs to deliver HR programs to the business, including engagement survey, leadership developments programs, annual rewards, and workforce planning
• Influence the organizational health of the business unit by learning and understanding the business goals to enhance the talent strategy
• Analyze the data of the business to use those metrics to understand performance, to make recommendations and enhance decisions for the business
• Anticipate upcoming needs of their group and provide expert consultation to the functional leaders.
• Work closely with the People team, corporate legal and compliance departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 7+ years of experience in progressive human resources business partner role, focusing on strategic initiatives
• Human resources certification preferred
• Ability to establish relationships and partnerships (internal and external) at all levels of the organization
• Exhibit strong leadership and influencing skills, and design, implement, and lead change management initiatives
• Functional experience and proven success in organizational concepts and practices
• Proven ability to remain flexible and agile in an ever-changing environment
• Willingness to learn, grow and tackle expanded duties as business needs evolve
• Critical thinking skills with the ability to take sizable problems and break them into small manageable pieces
• Excellent meeting design and facilitation skills
• Ability to handle ambiguity with ease
• Superb judgment and integrity, including excellent decision-making skills and a sense of urgency
• Ability to work both tactically and strategically to get business needs met
• Attention to detail and the ability to effectively handle multiple priorities
• Exceptional verbal communication and presentation skills, and skilled in use of Microsoft Office Cloud-based systems - Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Physical Requirements

OFFICE - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; talk; or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop; kneel; or crouch The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception.

About Us

Myriad Genetics Inc., is a leading personalized medicine company dedicated to being a trusted advisor transforming patient lives worldwide with pioneering molecular diagnostics. Myriad discovers and commercializes molecular diagnostic tests that: determine the risk of developing disease, accurately diagnose disease, assess the risk of disease progression, and guide treatment decisions across six major medical specialties where molecular diagnostics can significantly improve patient care and lower healthcare costs. Myriad is focused on three strategic imperatives: maintaining leadership in an expanding hereditary cancer market, diversifying its product portfolio through the introduction of new products and increasing the revenue contribution from international markets. For more information on how Myriad is making a difference, please visit the Company's website: www.myriad.com .

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