Vice President, Human Resource Business Partner - Commercial
Ardelyx, Inc.
July 01, 2026
Remote friendly (Waltham, MA)
United States
Human Resources
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the senior HR business partner to the CCO and commercial organization, leading a team of commercially aligned HRBPs and aligning people strategy with business priorities, market expansion, launch readiness, and revenue goals.
- Advise leaders on organizational design, operating models, leadership effectiveness, team structure, capability gaps, succession planning, and change leadership.
- Partner with commercial executives to design and scale an organization delivering performance in a fast-paced, high-growth environment (sales, marketing, market access, patient services, field operations as applicable).
- Lead strategic workforce planning; identify current/future talent needs, critical capabilities, and talent implications of corporate strategy.
- Drive a high-performance culture via talent assessment, performance management, succession planning, leadership development, performance calibration, accountability, and differentiated development.
- Improve manager effectiveness and strengthen team environments to accelerate performance and retention.
- Use people analytics and workforce data to identify trends and influence decisions that improve organizational effectiveness and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on hiring strategies for critical roles and diverse talent pipelines.
- Partner with Compensation, Benefits, Talent Management, Employee Relations, HRIS, and other HR COEs for integrated solutions.
- Lead talent review, succession planning, leadership development, and retention strategies for key populations.
- Lead business transformation, scaling, reorganizations, and change initiatives.
- Monitor organizational health and engagement; translate insights into actionable strategies.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree; advanced degree preferred (HR, Business, or related).
- 15+ years progressive HR experience, including significant HRBP leadership supporting commercial/customer-facing biotech/biopharma/life sciences.
- Success partnering with senior executives on organizational performance and talent outcomes.
- Experience supporting high-growth commercial expansion, launches, transformation, or scaling.
- Ability to lead through change/ambiguity.
- Strong business acumen; expertise in organizational design, strategic workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and change leadership.
- Executive coaching experience.
- Data/analytics and clear storytelling to influence decisions.
- Deep employee relations and employment law knowledge.
- Strong collaboration across HR COEs; high integrity and resilience.
- Travel up to 25%.
Benefits (explicitly listed):
- 401(k) with generous employer match; 12 weeks paid parental leave; up to 12 weeks living organ and bone marrow leave; equity incentive plans; medical/prescription/dental/vision; life insurance and disability; flexible time off; annual Winter Holiday shut down; at least 11 paid holidays.
- Serve as the senior HR business partner to the CCO and commercial organization, leading a team of commercially aligned HRBPs and aligning people strategy with business priorities, market expansion, launch readiness, and revenue goals.
- Advise leaders on organizational design, operating models, leadership effectiveness, team structure, capability gaps, succession planning, and change leadership.
- Partner with commercial executives to design and scale an organization delivering performance in a fast-paced, high-growth environment (sales, marketing, market access, patient services, field operations as applicable).
- Lead strategic workforce planning; identify current/future talent needs, critical capabilities, and talent implications of corporate strategy.
- Drive a high-performance culture via talent assessment, performance management, succession planning, leadership development, performance calibration, accountability, and differentiated development.
- Improve manager effectiveness and strengthen team environments to accelerate performance and retention.
- Use people analytics and workforce data to identify trends and influence decisions that improve organizational effectiveness and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on hiring strategies for critical roles and diverse talent pipelines.
- Partner with Compensation, Benefits, Talent Management, Employee Relations, HRIS, and other HR COEs for integrated solutions.
- Lead talent review, succession planning, leadership development, and retention strategies for key populations.
- Lead business transformation, scaling, reorganizations, and change initiatives.
- Monitor organizational health and engagement; translate insights into actionable strategies.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree; advanced degree preferred (HR, Business, or related).
- 15+ years progressive HR experience, including significant HRBP leadership supporting commercial/customer-facing biotech/biopharma/life sciences.
- Success partnering with senior executives on organizational performance and talent outcomes.
- Experience supporting high-growth commercial expansion, launches, transformation, or scaling.
- Ability to lead through change/ambiguity.
- Strong business acumen; expertise in organizational design, strategic workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and change leadership.
- Executive coaching experience.
- Data/analytics and clear storytelling to influence decisions.
- Deep employee relations and employment law knowledge.
- Strong collaboration across HR COEs; high integrity and resilience.
- Travel up to 25%.
Benefits (explicitly listed):
- 401(k) with generous employer match; 12 weeks paid parental leave; up to 12 weeks living organ and bone marrow leave; equity incentive plans; medical/prescription/dental/vision; life insurance and disability; flexible time off; annual Winter Holiday shut down; at least 11 paid holidays.