People Technology Lead

At Recursion we are decoding biology to radically improve lives. Scaling our impact at the intersection of machine learning and experimental science requires world-class People systems.

Were seeking a Global People Technology & Architecture Lead for our global HR technology ecosystem. This role owns HiBob configuration workforce analytics system integrations compliance and AI-enabled innovation across the People function. You will ensure our People infrastructure is scalable intelligent and built to support a rapidly evolving scientific and technical workforce across the US UK and Canada.

This is a high-impact role for a systems thinker who blends hands-on technical expertise with strategic workforce insight. Our ability to move faster in decoding biology depends on having the right talent supported by the right systems. This role ensures Recursions People technology ecosystem is scalable insight-driven compliant and aligned to our ambitious growth.

• Serve as functional and technical owner of HiBob across Core HR Compensation Talent and Workforce Planningand technical owner of Greenhouse PAVE Bridge and other people technology tools
• Lead system enhancements design and vendor management
• Assist in driving tech stack optimization and scalable system architecture in partnership with IT and Finance
• Identify and implement AI and automation solutions that streamline workflows and enhance our manager and employee experiences
• Build intelligent systems that elevate decision-making and operational efficiency.
• Translate workforce data into actionable insights that inform organizational design and capacity planning while developing dashboards and advanced reporting
• Oversee integrations across HRIS payroll benefits and enterprise systems while maintaining data integrity audit readiness and global compliance standards.

The Team You Will Join:

Recursions People Team creates the conditions to enable and sustain high-performing teams and helps employees do the best work of their careers. We are talent scouts and partners creating experiences and outcomes that support our employees and drive business success. We focus on scalable solutions that add value across geographies while providing individual advisory partnership and support where it matters most. With a people data approach we ensure Recursion has the people culture and operating dynamics to accelerate drug discovery and get medicines to patients faster.

• 8 years leading HRIS People Analytics and HR technology initiatives in scaling multi-entity organizations
• Proven experience implementing AI-enabled people tools end-to-end including vendor selection business case development data readiness change management and post-launch optimization
• Deep hands-on expertise in HiBob including workflow configuration permissions architecture lifecycle automation compensation cycles reporting and global system optimization
• Strong techno-functional knowledge across workforce planning compensation headcount forecasting talent management and org design with the ability to translate People strategy into scalable systems
• Experience designing and managing integrations across HR tech stacks (ATS payroll equity engagement finance) including APIs middleware data mapping and reconciliation
• Advanced reporting and data modeling skills with the ability to partner with leaders on executive dashboards headcount/attrition analytics compensation analysis and workforce forecasting with a strong focus on data integrity
• Experience with HR systems governance including SOX (as applicable) GDPR/CCPA compliance audit support access management and data quality standards.
• Ability to operate strategically and tactically owning multi-year HR systems roadmaps while remaining hands-on with configuration testing troubleshooting and stakeholder enablement

Working Location & Compensation:

Making Salt Lake City your home base is ideal; however we will consider remote work for this position. We ask that remote employees commit to regular on-site visits for routine work and departmental events.

At Recursion we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role the estimated current annual base range for this role is$153300 to $192500 (USD). You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

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The Values We Hope You Share:

• We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking take calculated risks and push boundaries but never at the expense of ethics science or trust.
• We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up speaking honestly and taking action.
• We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment test and refine embracing iteration over perfection.
• We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isnt about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
• We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability we enable trust and autonomyleaders take accountability for decisive action and teams own outcomes together.
• We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust clarity humility and impact. Through sharing we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.

Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate support one another spend our time make decisions and celebrate collectively.

More About Recursion

Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology rare disease neuroscience immunology and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS an AI-native end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology chemistry and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data purpose-built AI models and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter faster better and at scale for patients who are waiting.

Recursions platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City Utah and Milton Park Oxfordshire where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York Montréal and London three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at or connect on X and LinkedIn.

Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state local or provincial human rights legislation.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.