Full-time CHRO, Foundation Medicine

About the Job:

People are at the core of Foundation Medicine's success. As FMI continues to

grow and evolve, the leader of People & Culture plays a critical role in shaping

a high-performing organization, developing exceptional leaders, and ensuring we

attract, engage, and retain world-class talent.

Reporting to the CEO and serving as a member of the Executive Team, this leader

will define and execute FMI's people strategy, foster a culture rooted in our

values of Integrity, Courage, and Passion, and ensure the organization is

positioned to achieve its strategic and operational goals. Through strong

business partnership, organizational leadership, and a focus on talent and

culture, this individual will help drive performance, innovation, and long-term

growth across the enterprise.

As an enterprise leader, this individual will influence business outcomes

through talent, culture, leadership, and organizational effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Partnership & Enterprise Leadership
• Partner with the CEO and Executive Team to define and execute a people
• strategy that enables FMI's business objectives, growth ambitions, and
• organizational priorities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and Executive Team on talent,
• culture, organizational effectiveness, leadership, and enterprise
• transformation.
• Shape and evolve the organization's culture, ensuring it reflects FMI's
• values and supports high performance, accountability, innovation, and
• collaboration.
• Co-lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, ensuring organizational
• structures, capabilities, leadership, and culture evolve to support FMI's
• strategic priorities.
• Partner with the CEO and Executive Team to anticipate future workforce and
• organizational capability needs, helping shape FMI's approach to AI,
• automation, and evolving ways of working to ensure long-term success.
• Use organizational and talent strategies to strengthen business
• performance, accelerate execution, improve leadership effectiveness, and
• enable sustainable growth.
• Talent, Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness
• Lead organizational design and workforce planning efforts to ensure FMI is
• positioned to scale effectively and meet future business needs.
• Create and implement talent strategies that attract, develop, engage, and
• retain exceptional talent.
• Drive leadership development initiatives that build strong leaders and
• strengthen succession pipelines across the organization.
• Establish robust talent review and succession planning processes, including
• development opportunities across the Roche network where appropriate.
• People & Culture Strategy
• Define and execute a forward-looking People & Culture roadmap that supports
• FMI's evolving business and workforce needs.
• Ensure compensation, benefits, and recognition programs remain competitive,
• equitable, and aligned with the company's strategy and values.
• Champion an inclusive, high-performing culture where employees can
• contribute, grow, and succeed.
• Leverage data and workforce insights to inform decision-making, identify
• trends, and continuously improve organizational effectiveness.
• People Operations & Team Leadership
• Lead and develop a high-performing People & Culture team, fostering
• excellence, business partnership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure delivery of best-in-class people programs, systems, and processes
• that effectively support employees and leaders across the organization.
• Maintain a strong focus on operational excellence, scalability, compliance,
• and employee experience.
• Lead enterprise-wide people initiatives and change management efforts that
• strengthen FMI's culture and organizational capability.
• Comply with FMI's attendance policies
• Qualifications:
• Basic Qualifications:
• 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 serving as a strategic advisor to CEOs and executive
• leadership teams, 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 with the 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 levels of the organization.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Advanced degree (MBA, Master's, 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 periods of 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
• Commitment to reflect FMI’s values: Integrity, Courage, and Passion
• Proven expertise in strategic workforce planning, with a strong understanding
• of how AI, automation, and emerging technologies shape organizational design
• and talent strategy
• Relocation: Domestic U.S. relocation assistance available.
• The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of

Boston, MA is $267,520 - $351,120 per year. The salary range is commensurate

with Foundation Medicine’s compensation practice and considers factors

including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market

conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity. A discretionary annual

bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This

position also qualifies for Foundation Medicine's benefits.