Senior Director, Talent Programs & Operations

The role

Lead Relay's recruiting team and own its recruiting and talent operations, analytics, and reporting. Also lead core people programs, including pulse checks, manager check-ins, and talent reviews, and connect Recruiting with HR Business Partners.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop the recruiting team
• Translate hiring plans into a recruiting strategy and prioritize critical and senior hires
• Scale recruiting to support growth across research, development, G&A and commercial teams
• Oversee search partner and agency relationships
• Strengthen employer brand and candidate experience
• Set processes, systems and standards for recruiting and talent operations
• Own talent analytics, dashboards and regular reporting
• Partner with People Operations and IT on the talent tech stack and data integrity
• Lead design and running of pulse checks, manager check-ins and talent reviews
• Act as a link between Recruiting and HR Business Partners

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive talent acquisition and/or talent management experience
• Significant experience leading and developing recruiting teams
• Proven track record building recruiting and talent operations infrastructure
• Hands-on experience designing and running people programs such as engagement or pulse surveys, performance check-ins, and talent reviews and succession planning
• Strong analytical skills, including building talent dashboards and translating data into recommendations for senior leaders
• Working knowledge of ATS and HRIS platforms (e.g., Greenhouse) and related talent technology
• Experience partnering with HR Business Partners and senior business leaders on workforce planning
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment

Nice to have

• Experience in a high-growth biotech, pharmaceutical, or life sciences environment
• Experience supporting a company's transition to commercial

About the company

Relay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision medicines company that uses insights into protein motion to drug protein targets, with an initial focus on targeted oncology. The company is preparing its transition to a commercial company.