VP, Head of People & Culture

Foundation Medicine

11h • Hybrid

About The Position

The VP, Head of People & Culture is an enterprise leader responsible for defining and executing Foundation Medicine’s people strategy in support of its business objectives, growth ambitions, and organizational priorities. Reporting to the CEO and serving on the Executive Team, this leader advises executive leadership on talent, culture, organizational effectiveness, leadership, and enterprise transformation. The role shapes a culture rooted in Integrity, Courage, and Passion, and helps ensure the organization can attract, engage, and retain talent while supporting performance, innovation, and long-term growth.

The leader oversees organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, leadership development, and succession planning. They develop a forward-looking People & Culture roadmap, oversee competitive and equitable compensation, benefits, and recognition programs, and use workforce data to improve decision-making and organizational effectiveness. They also lead the People & Culture team and ensure scalable, compliant, high-quality people programs, systems, and processes that support employees and leaders. Domestic U.S. relocation assistance is available. The role is based primarily in Boston, Massachusetts, and is identified as hybrid.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 15+ years of progressive Human Resources, People & Culture, Talent, or related leadership experience, including experience leading senior HR/People teams.
• Demonstrated experience advising CEOs and executive leadership teams and influencing enterprise-level decisions and organizational strategy.
• Experience leading organizational design, talent management, leadership development, succession planning, and culture initiatives in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale organizational change and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong business acumen and ability to connect people strategies to organizational priorities and outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all organizational levels.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Commitment to reflect FMI’s values of Integrity, Courage, and Passion.
• Proven expertise in strategic workforce planning and understanding of how AI, automation, and emerging technologies shape organizational design and talent strategy.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree, such as an MBA, master’s degree, or other relevant graduate degree.
• Experience in biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, or another highly regulated and innovation-driven industry.
• Track record of serving as a strategic business partner to CEOs and executive leadership teams.
• Experience supporting organizations through rapid growth, transformation, integration, or organizational change.
• Demonstrated success building leadership capabilities and strengthening organizational effectiveness at scale.
• Experience working within a global organization and navigating complex matrix environments.
• Passion for advancing a high-performance culture grounded in accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and innovation.
• Experience supporting executive succession planning, leadership transitions, and organizational transformation.
• Understanding of HIPAA and the importance of patient data privacy.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO and Executive Team to define and execute a people strategy aligned with business objectives, growth ambitions, and organizational priorities.
• Advise the CEO and Executive Team on talent, culture, organizational effectiveness, leadership, and enterprise transformation.
• Shape and evolve organizational culture to reflect FMI’s values and support high performance, accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
• Co-lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, evolving organizational structures, capabilities, leadership, and culture to support strategic priorities.
• Anticipate workforce and organizational capability needs, including the effects of AI, automation, and evolving ways of working.
• Use organizational and talent strategies to strengthen business performance, accelerate execution, improve leadership effectiveness, and enable sustainable growth.
• Lead organizational design and workforce planning to prepare the organization to scale and meet future business needs.
• Create and implement strategies to attract, develop, engage, and retain talent.
• Drive leadership development and strengthen succession pipelines across the organization.
• Establish talent review and succession planning processes, including development opportunities across the Roche network where appropriate.
• Define and execute a forward-looking People & Culture roadmap.
• Ensure compensation, benefits, and recognition programs are competitive, equitable, and aligned with company strategy and values.
• Champion an inclusive, high-performing culture where employees can contribute, grow, and succeed.
• Use data and workforce insights to inform decisions, identify trends, and continuously improve organizational effectiveness.
• Lead and develop a high-performing People & Culture team.
• Ensure delivery of effective people programs, systems, and processes for employees and leaders.
• Maintain operational excellence, scalability, compliance, and a strong employee experience.
• Lead enterprise-wide people initiatives and change management efforts that strengthen culture and organizational capability.
• Comply with FMI’s attendance policies.

Benefits

• Foundation Medicine benefits
• Discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance
• Domestic U.S. relocation assistance available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive