We are looking for a dynamic people operations manager to join our People team to own and optimize our employee lifecycle, benefits, people systems, and compliance programs. Reporting to the Sr. Director of People Operations, you will have the opportunity to build, streamline and maintain efficient people processes and systems, while also partnering with stakeholders to ensure a seamless and supportive people experience across the organization.
If you are a systems-minded practitioner with a service-oriented approach who isn’t afraid to roll up your sleeves and have fun while doing so, we’d love to meet you!
Your role:
- Manage the day-to-day lifecycle operations from onboarding through offboarding and partner with internal stakeholders, including payroll, IT and legal to ensure an efficient, comprehensive and compliant process
- Administer the benefits program for Relay, including project managing and administering open enrollment, completing all required compliance requirements and audits, facilitating communication and education, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and enrollment across benefits (including 401(k))
- Partner with employees and our external partners on processes such as leave of absence and immigration
- Support the recruiting team with talent operations including job approvals and systems updates
- Support the compensation program by managing operational and systems-related components of the annual compensation cycle and facilitating our semi-annual Employee Stock Purchasing Program in partnership with legal and finance
- Manage and maintain our people data, documents, and systems (including ATS and HRIS) to ensure data integrity, reliable reporting, and efficient workflows
- Serve as the main point of contact for our employees for all their people operations questions and leverage resources to provide timely and accurate guidance
Your background:
- 5+ years of people operations experience, with a strong understanding of HR processes, benefits, and systems
- HRIS experience preferred; ATS experience is a plus
- Process and systems-orientation with experience improving processes and systems to drive standardization and efficiency
- Deeply detail-oriented with the ability to scope problems and prioritize solutions
- Demonstrated experience in simplifying complex information and effectively communicating to varied audiences inside and beyond your organization
- Adept at project management, including setting and meeting deadlines
- Strong project management skills with the ability to set and meet deadlines
- High-level discretion and professionalism with confidential information
- Ability to adapt and shift gears based on changing business needs and priorities
***This role is onsite in Cambridge, MA***
About Relay Therapeutics
Relay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision medicines company transforming the drug discovery process with the goal of bringing life-changing therapies to patients. Built on unparalleled insights into protein motion and how this dynamic behavior relates to protein function, we aim to effectively drug protein targets that have previously been intractable, with an initial focus on enhancing small molecule therapeutic discovery in targeted oncology. Our Dynamo platform integrates an array of leading-edge experimental and computational approaches to provide a differentiated understanding of protein structure and motion to drug these targets. We have built a world-class team of leading experts from each of these disciplines, and they are driven by a deep collaboration at every step of our drug discovery process.
Our team is equal parts fearless and relentless, with a shared passion for working collaboratively in intellectually stimulating environments. If you’re excited by the challenge of putting protein motion at the heart of drug discovery and passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients, join us!
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Relay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision medicines company transforming the drug discovery process. Built on unparalleled insights into protein motion and how this dynamic behavior relates to protein function, our approach combines unprecedented computational power with leading-edge experimental approaches across the fields of structural biology, biophysics, chemistry and biology. By applying these insights, we believe we have a differentiated approach to drug protein targets based on their motion, enabling us to select and advance unique product candidates that can be developed into novel therapies for patients.
Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, our world-class team is equal parts bright and bold, with a shared passion for working in intellectually stimulating environments. If you're creative, collaborative and passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients, join us!
