Associate Director, Human Resources

Repertoire Immune Medicines•Watertown, MA

1d•$160,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Director, Human Resources is the second member of Repertoire Immune Medicines’ HR function and partners directly with the VP of Human Resources to build, operate, and scale people infrastructure for a growing biotech operating in the United States and Switzerland. This hands-on, on-site role is accountable for HR operations, benefits and total rewards administration, employment compliance, talent acquisition, and day-to-day partnership with functional leaders and teams. The role combines transactional responsibilities—such as Form I-9 completion, interview scheduling, benefits reconciliation, and HRIS data entry—with designing scalable processes, policies, and systems. It requires both operational execution and the ability to advise senior leaders on people and team matters.

Requirements

At least 8 years of progressive HR experience, including substantive HR Operations and business partnership experience.
Strong knowledge of federal and state employment laws and ERISA regulations.
Advanced proficiency in HRIS platforms; ADP is preferred.
Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP, data analysis, and reporting.
Sound judgment on confidential and sensitive matters, with a high standard of discretion and documentation.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Biotech or life sciences industry experience.
Swiss or European HR experience.

Responsibilities

Own and optimize HR systems, including ADP, JazzHR ATS, and related platforms, maintaining data integrity, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance across both sites.
Manage employee lifecycle processes, including onboarding, offboarding, promotions, job changes, immigration and visa processing, and benefits enrollment.
Partner with Finance on semi-monthly U.S. payroll processing and reconciliations, and with Swiss leadership on payroll adjustments as needed.
Develop HR dashboards, people analytics, and executive reporting for the VP of HR and leadership.
Own and maintain the HR Compliance Calendar for filings, notices, audits, and regulatory actions.
Ensure U.S. compliance with wage and hour laws, ERISA, ACA, COBRA, I-9, E-Verify, Workers’ Compensation, Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave, and salary range transparency requirements.
Work with Swiss leadership to ensure compliance with Swiss employment law, including written employment contracts and working time and vacation entitlements.
Maintain the employee handbook and HR policies, working with outside counsel in both countries to keep them current and mitigate risk.
Manage benefits administration, vendor relationships, open enrollment, and file-feed accuracy across U.S. health and welfare plans and Swiss pension and insurance programs.
Coordinate 401(k) administration, including contributions, compliance testing support, and audit responses.
Support compensation and benefits benchmarking, annual compensation planning, job architecture mapping, and merit and equity cycle preparation in partnership with the VP of HR and Finance.
Support full-cycle recruiting, including intake, sourcing strategy, screening, interview coordination, offer development, and closing.
Manage agency and search partner relationships, including terms, performance, and cost.
Track and report talent metrics, including time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and source effectiveness.
Advise and coach managers on talent and performance management, employee development, team effectiveness, and conflict resolution.
Manage the full leave-of-absence process through a third-party administrator, ensuring legal compliance and a positive employee experience.
Support leadership development, employee engagement, and core values programs and initiatives.
Manage HR vendor contracts and relationships, including benefits brokers, HR technology providers, search firms, and fiduciary partners; generate purchase orders and coordinate invoice processing with Finance.
Identify operational inefficiencies and automate or eliminate manual work to help HR capacity scale faster than headcount.