For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
The Human Resources Technology professional will be responsible for the overall vision, strategy, and operation across the global HR technology ecosystem. They will partner with HR, IT and business leadership to design and deliver innovative HR solutions that lead to a great employee experience. The incumbent will be a thought leader to drive the continued evolution of the HR technology platform through innovative new digital solutions and process improvement for current and future state. The ideal candidate has a keen awareness of market trends and the experience to implement efforts across a complex organization. This role will drive operational excellence and scalability while enabling our team to continue building a high-performing culture.
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Responsibilities
- Design and lead the Global HRIS intake and governance board, where proposed updates/changes to the HRIS system are reviewed, approved, and prioritized through collaboration with IT and Finance.
- Thoughtfully lead a team (10 full-time employees & contingent staff) and technology partners; supports their development, manages performance and delegates effectively while managing performance and holding direct reports accountable to meet deadlines and goals.
- Think critically about the short and long-term evolution of your team and function; analyze learning gaps for direct reports, develop growth plans, and keep your team feeling engaged, rewarded, and motivated.
- Develop collaborative and productive relationships of all levels of employees ranging from Executive leadership to front-line, spanning multiple functions (such as HR, IT, and Finance) and includes managing external vendor relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to establish a functional global vision and roadmap for global HRIS execution aligned to the future business needs, talent strategy and employee experience. Adept at developing a long-term perspective that extends beyond the immediate initiatives, visualizes, and articulates a clear direction.
- Serve as the overall product owner for the HRIS ecosystem, and other supporting HR applications. Directs the pace and sequencing of the project portfolio and alignment with long-term strategic roadmap. Develops global policies, practices or processes to support the vision, in conjunction with senior leadership.
- Uses data to influence decisions, demonstrates executive presence to present new ideas and project updates and to effectively prioritize and execute the human resources technology roadmap.
- Identify opportunities for automation and reduction of manual processes and partner with team on implementation of modern and forward-thinking solutions.
- Diagnose and resolve unexpected issues or process flaws; recommends and works through solutions or alternate methods to meet requirements and ensure data integrity.
- Responsible for overseeing global HRIS system maintenance, including assisting in the review, testing and implementation of upgrades.
- Assists with budget planning, monitoring and expense management to ensure all project resourcing stays within budget plan guidelines, in conjunction with senior leadership.
- Plans, directs, and makes decisions on all change management initiatives, associated with system enhancements or known outages to the HRIS systems (including coordination of communication plans, training or documentation of changes).
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum 10+ years SuccessFactors experience demonstrating expert level proficiency across the talent suite (Employee Central, Recruiting, Onboarding, Compensation, LMS, Performance Management etc.).
- Minimum 10 years of people management, development and coaching
- Certifications in HR and/or Project Management preferred
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $220K - 230K USD annually. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
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