Director, People Business Partner

GeneDx (Nasdaq: WGS) delivers personalized and actionable health insights to inform diagnosis direct treatment and improve drug discovery. The company is uniquely positioned to accelerate the use of genomic and large-scale clinical data to make precision medicine the standard of care.GeneDx is at the forefront of transforming healthcare through its industry-leading exome and genome testing and interpretation services fueled by the worlds largest rare disease datasets. For more information please visit.

Summary

This is a hybrid (3 days onsite)position in Gaithersburg MD.

The Director People Business Partner serves as a strategic advisor to GeneDxs most senior leaders across Commercial Marketing and Production Lab. Reporting to the Sr. Director of People Experience: This role partners directly with Executives and VP leaders to shape organizational direction strengthen leadership effectiveness and drive the talent decisions that matter most to business performance.

This role is accountable foradvising onexecutive-level organizational and talent priorities including organization design leadership planning succession depth critical role coverage and retention of high-performing talent. The Director People Business Partner brings judgment candor and insighttocomplexdecisionshelping leaders translate business priorities into clear organizational choices and durable talent outcomes.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as thestrategic Peoplepartner to executivesand VP leaders across Commercial Marketing and Production Lab.
• Advise senior leaders on organizational structure role clarity decision-making effectiveness and team design in support of business priorities.
• Partner with leadersontalent architectureand related organizational decisions that shape execution accountability and scale.
• Lead executive-level talent reviews succession planning and calibration discussions to strengthen bench quality and succession depth across critical roles.
• Assess talent health within assigned organizations and provide recommendations to improve critical role coverage accelerate readiness of internal talent andretainhigh-performing team members.
• Coach executive and VP leaders through complex leadership team and talent decisions bringing clear perspective and sound judgment to moments of consequence.
• Take the lead in driving large-scale organizational changeinitiatives partnering with Senior Leadership helping them navigate impact adoption and leadership accountability with clarity and consistency.
• Leverage advancedpeopleanalytics business context and organizational insight toidentifyemerging risks challenge assumptions and inform high-quality decisions.
• Influence thoughtfultimelydecisions on talent structure and leadership priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Work in close partnership with the broader People team COEs to drive organizational culture initiativesthat reinforce a high-performance mindset foster employeeengagementand promote a collaborative inclusive environment across all levels of the organization.
• Bring a high standard of ownership discretion urgency and follow-through to sensitive and high-impact work.

People Manager

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Education Experience and Skills

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Organizational Development Psychology or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10 years of progressive experience in People Business Partnering talent strategy organizational effectiveness or related leadership advisory work.
• Significant experiencepartnering directly with executive SVP and VP leaders.
• Demonstrated success advising senior leaders on organizational design talent strategy succession planning and leadership effectiveness is .
• Experience leading executive-level talent reviews calibration discussions and workforce planning conversations.
• Proven ability to assess organizational and talent risk and translate insights into clear actionable recommendations .
• Experience advising on critical talent decisions including succession depth internal readiness and retention of high-performing talent is required.
• Strong executive presence with exceptional communication influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Experience coaching senior leaders through sensitive organizational and talent matters is .
• Strong analytical capability and comfort using data to inform decisions challenge assumptions and shape recommendations are .
• Ability tooperateeffectively in ambiguity manage complexity and exercise sound judgment in a fast-pacedenvironment is .
• Experience supporting commercial marketing production operational laboratory or similarly complex business environments is preferred.
• Experience in healthcare biotech diagnostics or other fast-paced high-growth environments preferred.

Certificates Licenses Registrations

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Work Environment

This is a hybrid position. Work is performed in a climate-controlled environment using standard office equipment including a computer phone and video conferencing tools.

Physical Demands

This is a sedentary role requiring prolonged periods of sitting while working at a computer. Physical demands include:

• Sitting for extended periods (up to 8 hours per day)
• Repetitive use of hands and fingers for typing and mouse operation
• Visual acuity for reading computer screens and documents
• Ability to communicate effectively via phone and video calls
• Occasional lifting of up to 10 pounds (office supplies equipment)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Acknowledgements

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

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