People Business Partner
GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by developing pioneering technology to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types early. The company is using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology, and to develop its multi-cancer early detection blood test. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies. For more information, please visit www.grail.com.
The People Business Partners (sometimes called HRBPs) at GRAIL are critical to achieving our mission to detect cancer early when it can be cured. This team helps shape our collective leadership, our ability to do life-saving work, and helps us connect with one another with authenticity and greatness. At GRAIL, we rely on the strategic thinking of our People Team and its ability to advise and advance the business. We are looking for a People Partner who will support our People Partner team and help define the broader talent strategy across functions at GRAIL.
You Will:
- Support the People Partner team and partner with managers to develop and execute HR strategies focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, and employee engagement.
- Execute programs that run across the broader HR team (e.g. Performance reviews, Calibrations, Employee surveys, Focal, etc.)
- Provide consultation and coaching to frontline leaders.
- Assist managers and employees in understanding and applying best practices in order to maximize employee performance, achieve organizational effectiveness, improve employee engagement, and ensure legal compliance.
- Provide employees with an empathetic and invested first-contact point to discuss and solve employee challenges such as total rewards, leaves of absence, employee development and career pathing, etc.
- Manage employee relations issues and administer follow-up/disciplinary actions addressing challenges with sensitivity, thoughtfulness, and care for compliance and legal considerations.
- Collaborate closely with Talent Acquisition and Total Rewards to provide a seamless and integrated experience for potential and current employees and leaders.
- Provide data-driven recommendations that improve performance, retention, and overall employee experience.
- Complete ad-hoc projects, reporting, and analysis as needed.
Your Background Should Include:
- 5+ years of People Operations or Human Resources experience with progressive scope and scale of responsibility; HRBP or generalist experience considered favorably as is diversity of experience.
- Relevant undergraduate degree or noteworthy experience combined with HR certifications; advanced degree in organizational behavior or business considered favorably.
- Experience building and implementing People Operations programs with measured success.
- Experience partnering at the leadership levels as a trusted advisor.
- Fluency with and ability to coach on diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging.
- Experience handling sensitive employee relations matters.
- Experience working with tech or life sciences preferred; experience working with technical and scientific experts highly preferred.
- Ability to work adeptly with data analysis and systems (ie; Google slides and Google sheets a plus).
- Strong competency with coaching with proven results in advancing the development of managers and leaders.
- Strong knowledge of HR compliance, legislation, and best practice.
- Experience in rapid growth or start-up organization (and the resulting requirement to wear multiple hats) viewed favorably.
- Not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get involved in all aspects of the role - no job too big or too small.
- Genuine curiosity and storing a desire to continuously learn and grow.
- A sense of humor and passion for GRAIL are essential - we are excited to work here and you should be too!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.