Director, People Business Partner

Responsibilities

• Serve as the strategic People partner to executive and VP leaders across Commercial, Marketing, and Production Lab
• Advise senior leaders on organizational structure, role clarity, decision-making effectiveness, and team design
• Partner with leaders on talent architecture and related organizational decisions
• Lead executive-level talent reviews, succession planning, and calibration discussions
• Assess talent health and provide recommendations to improve critical role coverage and retention
• Coach executive and VP leaders through complex leadership, team, and talent decisions
• Drive large-scale organizational change initiatives
• Leverage people analytics and business context to identify emerging risks and inform decisions
• Partner with People team COEs to drive organizational culture initiatives

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, Psychology, or related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in People Business Partnering or talent strategy
• Significant experience partnering directly with executive, SVP, and VP leaders
• Demonstrated success in organizational design and succession planning
• Experience leading executive-level talent reviews and workforce planning
• Proven ability to translate talent insights into actionable recommendations
• Strong executive presence and communication skills
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and manage complexity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting commercial, marketing, production, or laboratory environments
• Experience in healthcare, biotech, or diagnostics industries
• Advanced degree in a related field

About the Company

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.