Director, People

Formation Bio is seeking a Director, People to drive operational excellence, lead strategic people programs, and partner with leaders to solve complex organizational challenges.

The Director, People will report to the SVP, Head of People, and have broad ownership across the People Team, translating business priorities into scalable programs, processes, and decisions that help the company grow.

Responsibilities

People Operations Excellence

• Drive AI-native operations across the People Team, identifying opportunities to leverage technology and fundamentally redesign workflows while maintaining the human elements of our work.
• Ensure operational excellence and compliance and continuously evolve our people processes as the business scales.
• Lead complex, cross-functional processes and partner with internal stakeholders including Legal, Finance, Tech Ops, and Quality Assurance to deliver business outcomes.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex people operations, benefits, and compensation matters.
• Manage external vendor relationships and consultant partnerships while continuously evaluating opportunities to improve quality, cost, and effectiveness.

Program Design & Strategic Execution

• Elevate and own our performance, promotion, and compensation review programs to ensure quality, consistency, and scalability as we grow.
• Own our compensation strategy and execution for Formation's unique business model, including framework design, market positioning, and equity programs.
• Lead benefits strategy, vendor selection, and plan design, ensuring our total rewards package is competitive and supports our culture and business needs.
• Anticipate future people program needs based on business priorities and organizational growth.

People Business Partnership

• Serve as a strategic People partner for designated leaders and functions.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business and build trusted relationships with leaders to anticipate business needs, identify organizational risks, and develop solutions.
• Coach managers through complex people situations while balancing employee experience, business outcomes, and long-term organizational health.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in people operations, people business partnering, total rewards, and/or HR leadership roles.
• Proven track record leveraging AI and automation to improve people operations.
• Strong operational background.
• Experience designing and scaling people programs while balancing quality, consistency, and operational efficiency.
• Ability to make independent, complex decisions.
• Strong ownership mentality and high accountability.
• People management experience.
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Compensation expertise is a plus.
• Experience in biotech, pharma, or other technical or regulated industries is a plus but not required.

Total Compensation Range: $185,500 - $267,000