Senior Human Resources Business Partner
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Job Location:
Waltham, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 137000 - 167000
Posted on:
31-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Description
Ardelyx is a publicly traded commercial biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover develop and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs. Ardelyx has two commercial products approved in the United States IBSRELA (tenapanor) and XPHOZAH (tenapanor). Ardelyx has agreements for the development and commercialization of tenapanor outside of the U.S. Kyowa Kirin commercializes PHOZEVEL (tenapanor) for hyperphosphatemia in Japan. A New Drug Application for tenapanor for hyperphosphatemia has been approved in China with Fosun Pharma. Knight Therapeutics commercializes IBSRELA in Canada.
Position Summary:
Ardelyx is seeking a Senior Human Resources Business Partner with experience driving and supporting HR programs and initiatives. The Senior HRBP will report to the Vice President HR Business Partner and will partner with our expanding HR team. Our successful candidate will understand the importance of building relationships influencebased partnerships trust building empathetic professionalism and solid communication while continuing to strengthen and nurture a strong and cohesive company culture. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in HR and a passion for developing highquality programs tools and resources. At Ardelyx we focus on providing a strong employee experience and our HR team is committed to supporting and enhancing the employee journey.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as an HRBP and resource by providing handson expertise and practice in multiple areas of human resources to both managers and employees
- Collaborate with assigned department management on all daytoday aspects of HR toward helping them reach their company goals and in areas such as organizational design employee relations compensation and benefits talent development and workforce planning
- Partner with management team to understand their business; establish positive employee relationships and a high level of employee morale
- Manage employee activities such as recruitment talent management learning and development performance management succession planning retention and diversity and inclusion
- Partner with broader HR team to use internal and external resources to implement programs related to employee engagement learning and performance management
- Take a handson approach to all HR related initiatives while successfully monitoring the pulse of the employees
- Act as a cultural ambassador to promote a positive working environment that is inclusive high performing and creative
- Lead and manage ad-hoc projects with a flexible team player mindset and open to meeting the needs of business
Qualifications:
- Requires a BA/BS degree preferably with an emphasis in Human Resources or related discipline with 8 years relevant handson practice and experience in the HR field or equivalent experience
- HRBP experience working with a Commercial team in the life sciences is essential and highly preferred
- Excellent verbal written interpersonal communication skills are required as well as being an active listener and a team player
- Solid skills in the MicroOffice suite
- Able to coach management on leadership skill
- Must be highly approachable positive and professional
- Strong relationship skills with ability to gain trusted advisor status to HR team employees and leadership
- Solid knowledge and understanding of Human Resources legislation/employment law principles policies and procedures
- Ability to exercise strong judgment and independently determine and take appropriate action within defined HR policies and procedures
- Experience working in smallmid size commercial companies a major plus
The anticipated annualized base pay range for this full-time position is $137000-$167000. Ardelyx utilizes industry data to ensure that our compensation is competitive and aligned with our industry peers. Actual base pay will be determined based on a variety of factors including years of relevant experience training qualifications and internal equity. The compensation package may also include an annual bonus target and equity awards subject to eligibility and other requirements.
Ardelyx also offers a robust benefits package to employees including a 401(k) plan with generous employer match 12 weeks of paid parental leave up to 12 weeks of living organ and bone marrow leave equity incentive plans health plans (medical prescription drug dental and vision)life insurance and disability flexible time off annual Winter Holiday shut down and at least 11 paid holidays.
Ardelyx is an equal opportunity employer.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Marketing & Sales
- Business Administration
- Bid
- Instrumentation & Control
- HACCP
About Company
From discovery through commercialisation, all of us at Ardelyx are driven to advance targeted therapies where significant medical needs persist.
