HR Director Wrexham

About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience with global hubs in the U.S. France and the U.K we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration excellence and impact. At Ipsen every individual is empowered to be their true selves grow and thrive alongside the companys success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth creating real impact on patients and society!

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HR Director Wrexham Manufacturing Site

We are looking for an experienced HR Director to lead the people agenda at our award-winning Wrexham manufacturing site during a period of growth and transformation. Wrexham is our largest site in the UK with a primary focus on manufacturing but also encompassing R&D global Finance Shared Services and a number of other functions. Total headcount locally is in the region of 550.

This is a senior highimpact role for a strategic HR leader who thrives in complex environments partners confidently with strong leaders and balances global frameworks with local execution.

The role

As HR Director you will be a trusted advisor to the Site Head and Site Leadership Team accountable for endtoend HR delivery across manufacturing and pharmaceutical development activities. You will lead a local HR team and work closely with global Centres of Excellence to ensure consistent compliant and highquality people practices.

Key focus areas include:

• Driving the site people strategy in line with Ipsens global ambitions
• Shaping culture engagement and speakup across the workforce
• Leading organisational design workforce planning and talent development
• Owning employee relations with confidence judgement and credibility
• Ensuring excellence in core HR processes governance and compliance

About you

You are an experienced HR leader with deep expertise in manufacturing or regulated environments comfortable operating in matrix organisations and influencing senior stakeholders.

You bring:

• Demonstrated progressive HR experience including leadership roles
• Strong background in employee relations change and transformation
• Proven success partnering with leadership teams in fastpaced settings
• Sound knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Gravitas resilience and the ability to lead through ambiguity

Experience in pharma or biotech is an advantage.

Why Ipsen

At Ipsen people are central to our success. You will join a valuesdriven organisation where HR has a strong voice and where you can make a tangible impact on culture leadership and performance at site and beyond.

Location: Wrexham
Working model: Hybrid
Reporting to: SVP HR International Operations (with dotted line to Site Head)

If you are a strategic pragmatic HR leader ready to shape the future of a critical manufacturing site we would love to hear from you.