Contract HR Manager

Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture.    

 What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet. 

Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.   

Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.  

Position Summary

The HR Manager is a critical HR role responsible for providing day-to-day HR support to multiple Flagship Labs startup companies in partnership with an HR Business Partner. This role will spend a significant portion of their time providing high touch HR support to our lab companies as they grow and scale.

As the onsite representative of Flagship HR team, you will be a crucial link connecting lab teams and Flagship Pioneering support and resources.  Through this role, you will interact with everyone in the companies in some way, helping remove obstacles to their productivity and looking after the culture and satisfaction of the workforce.

We are looking for HR professionals who enjoy rolling up their sleeves quickly in a high impact role and are extremely motivated to actively participate in the growth and scale up of these startup companies. Please note that this is a temporary parental leave coverage role, and not a contract to hire role. 

What you will do:

• Partnering with an HR Business Partner and others in the HR team, deliver on Flagship’s overall HR strategy to drive a culture of high employee engagement and success in alignment with business strategies
• Deliver outstanding services across the full spectrum of HR activities including onboarding, employee relations, performance management/talent management, learning and development, offboarding and compliance
• Partner with the HR Business Partner to handle company changes such as mergers or reductions
• Support HR programs and initiatives (such as rollout of career paths) to drive organizational effectiveness and professional development
• Build relationships cross-functionally, partner with other HR Managers to ensure consistency across the function and prevent siloes
• Partner with L&OD to support trainings and people processes for labs as well as relevant initiatives such as mentorship programs and affinity groups
• Provides information and counseling to employees, including career development, compliance and company policies, etc.
• Provides guidance to managers and supervisors regarding implementation of human resources policies and procedures to ensure appropriate and fair human resources practices.
• Performs other HR related and assigned duties as necessary.

What you bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of HR or closely related experience. 
• Must have experience in the biotech/pharma industry, preferably in a startup environment 
• Proven track record working independently to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• High level of self-awareness and the ability to interact effectively with a diverse employee population
• Strong interpersonal skills with a customer service focus
• Technology savvy with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong organizational skills with great attention to detail
• Knowledge of the principles/practices of HR administration
• Must understand and remain informed of legal regulations related to HR  
• Must be able to maintain strictly confidential information
• Ability to be on-site at least 4, if not 5 days per week in Cambridge, MA

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.