Director, Talent Acquistion

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.

2d • $200,000 - $220,000 • Remote

About The Position

Praxis is evolving from a clinical-stage company into a commercial organization, one that is built to deliver for patients at scale. Help make that transition real as our Director of Talent Acquisition. You’ll lead a high-performing, business-embedded talent acquisition function that enables Praxis to hire exceptional talent across all groups and teams – including commercial, medical, and corporate teams. This role is geared for a player-coach as you’ll be hands-on with the work, directly engaging in critical searches, candidate assessment, and closing key hires.
You bring pattern recognition from biotech companies that have successfully made the clinical-to-commercial shift, along with the judgment to adapt that playbook to Praxis’s culture: fast, candid, and deeply accountable. You will operate as a thought partner to leaders, a builder of systems, and a hands-on operator who leads from the front. You will be a steward of our culture, ensuring we scale and increase talent density.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading Talent Acquisition in a biotech or life sciences company that has successfully transitioned from clinical-stage to commercial-stage
• Track record of building commercial teams including sales, market access, marketing, and medical affairs in a high-growth environment
• Experience designing structured, high-signal interview and assessment processes
• Strong business acumen with a clear understanding of how talent decisions connect to launch success and patient impact
• Demonstrated hands-on ability owning searches and closing critical hires

Responsibilities

• Build the commercial hiring engine from the ground up
• Further develop and execute the talent strategy to support go-to-market buildout such as market access, sales, marketing, and medical affairs. Align hiring plans to business milestones and launch readiness while personally driving priority searches.
• Partner with leadership
• Act as a trusted advisor to our hiring leaders. Challenge assumptions, calibrate talent needs, and ensure we hire for long-term impact. Step in directly on critical roles to shape desired outcomes.
• Define and operationalize “what great looks like” at Praxis
• Translate our values of Trust, Ownership, Curiosity, and Results into clear hiring criteria, interview practices, and selection standards while actively participating in evaluating top candidates.
• Upgrade how we assess talent
• Further develop our rigorous, real-world evaluation methods such as simulations and case work that predict performance in a fast-moving, high-accountability environment.
• Lead and scale the TA function
• Hire, develop, and hold a high bar for a small but exceptional TA team. Create clarity on roles, ownership, and performance expectations, while staying close to execution and delivery.
• Use data to drive decisions
• Establish and track meaningful metrics such as quality of hire, time to productivity, funnel conversion, and impact on outcomes. Continuously improve based on real signal.
• Protect and evolve our culture as we scale
• Act as a culture steward. Ensure we hire people who raise the bar and strengthen how we work, modeling hands-on ownership and accountability throughout the hiring process.

Benefits

• 99% of the premium paid for medical, dental and vision plans
• company-paid life insurance, AD&D, disability benefits, and voluntary plans to personalize your coverage
• dollar-for-dollar match up to 6% on eligible 401(k) contributions
• long-term stock incentives and ESPP
• discretionary quarterly bonus
• extremely flexible wellness benefit
• generous PTO
• paid holidays and company-wide shutdowns

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed