The Senior Human Resources Business Partner (Sr. HRBP) is a strategic advisor and trusted partner to leadership, delivering high-impact HR solutions that align with business objectives and drive organizational performance. In this influential role, the Sr. HRBP acts as a key liaison between the business and cross-functional partners, supporting key initiatives while championing a culture of excellence, engagement, and continuous improvement.
This role balances strategic foresight with operational rigor-advising senior leaders on organizational design, talent development, and workforce planning, while also navigating complex employee relations and HR operations. The ideal candidate thrives in high-growth, fast-paced environments and is energized by transformation, cross-functional collaboration, and innovation in people strategy.
This full-time, exempt position reports to the Head of Human Resources, North America and is based in our Portsmouth, NH office.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategic HR Partnership:
- Serve as a strategic advisor to business leaders, leveraging data-driven insights to guide talent planning, organizational development, and workforce strategy.
- Influence business outcomes by aligning HR strategies with key organizational priorities across multiple functions and geographies.
- Proactively identify talent and organizational risks and design forward-looking solutions that enable scalable growth and high performance.
- Lead complex employee relations matters with sound judgment and sensitivity, ensuring outcomes that mitigate risk and support a positive employee experience.
Organizational Development & Talent Strategy:
- Partner with senior leaders to drive organizational design, succession planning, and talent development efforts that support long-term business needs.
- Lead talent reviews and the development of individual development plans, supporting leadership pipeline development and internal mobility.
- Architect and evolve job families and career frameworks to reflect the evolving needs of the organization and ensure alignment with growth goals.
- Facilitate and support the performance management lifecycle, ensuring alignment between individual, team, and enterprise-level objectives.
HR Leadership & Project Execution:
- Champion enterprise-wide HR programs and change initiatives, providing thought leadership and regional implementation oversight.
- Collaborate with global HR colleagues to ensure alignment of local strategies with broader global goals and ways of working.
Operational Excellence:
- Ensure HR operational compliance including data integrity, audit controls, and policy adherence across all HR systems and processes.
- Provide strategic consultation and partnership in recruitment efforts, compensation planning, and workforce transitions within assigned functions.
- Monitor HR metrics and KPIs, distilling insights that influence strategic decisions and support continuous improvement.
QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE:
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field strongly preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5 years in a consultative HRBP capacity supporting senior leaders in complex, matrixed environments.
- Demonstrated experience influencing and advising senior-level stakeholders in a high-growth or transformational setting.
What You Bring:
- Strong knowledge and experience in the full-cycle of HR functions - Talent Acquisition/Planning, Learning and Development, Employee Relations, Organizational Development, Total Rewards, and Diversity & Inclusion
- Demonstrated ability to independently develop, drive and contribute to strategies and business plans in a rapidly developing and changing environment
- Action oriented with the ability to work hands on and quickly deliver high quality results in high growth environments
- Broad business and financial understanding with the ability to apply to human resource implications
- A growth mindset with the propensity to proactively embrace learning that drives positive, transformational change
- Strong customer relationship management skills and demonstrated experience in developing consultative relationships with senior leaders, including the capability to influence key decision-makers
- Strong interpersonal, verbal & written communication skills including policy and creative writing, group presentation & individual coaching, and counseling skills
- A big picture perspective that allows you to proactively identify issues or challenges while also identifying potential solutions
- Global experience - a focus on EMEA and North America is an advantage
- Critical thought with strong analytical skills and an understanding of how to navigate the "gray space"
- Experience in life sciences, biotech or pharma environment is an advantage
OTHER:
- Ability to lift up to 20 pounds
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.
ABOUT NOVOCURE:
Our vision
Patient-forward: aspiring to make a difference in cancer.
Our patient-forward mission
Together with our patients, we strive to extend survival in some of the most aggressive forms of cancer by developing and commercializing our innovative therapy.
Our patient-forward values
- innovation
- focus
- drive
- courage
- trust
- empathy
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