People Technology Lead

YOUR WORK WILL CHANGE LIVES. INCLUDING YOUR OWN.

THE IMPACT YOU’LL MAKE:

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. We’re 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 Recursion’s People technology ecosystem is scalable, insight-driven, compliant, and aligned to our ambitious growth.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

* Serve as functional and technical owner of HiBob across Core HR, Compensation, Talent, and Workforce Planning, and 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: Recursion’s 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.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU’LL NEED:

* 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: This position is open to both remote and hybrid models. The hybrid position would be office-based at either our office located in New York City, New York or Salt Lake City, Utah. Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time. Relocation support can be provided for candidates not local to either geographical location. At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skills, experience, and qualifications needed for this role, the estimated annual base salary range is:

• New York City, Boston, & San Francisco Bay Area(s): $168,630–$211,750
• Salt Lake City & all other U.S. locations: $153,300–$192,500

In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and 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 isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day. * We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders 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. Recursion’s 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECRUITMENT & STAFFING AGENCIES: RECURSION PHARMACEUTICALS AND ITS AFFILIATE COMPANIES DO NOT ACCEPT RESUMES FROM ANY SOURCE OTHER THAN CANDIDATES. THE SUBMISSION OF RESUMES BY RECRUITMENT OR STAFFING AGENCIES TO RECURSION OR ITS EMPLOYEES IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED UNLESS CONTACTED DIRECTLY BY RECURSION’S INTERNAL TALENT ACQUISITION TEAM. ANY RESUME SUBMITTED BY AN AGENCY IN THE ABSENCE OF A SIGNED AGREEMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME THE PROPERTY OF RECURSION, AND RECURSION WILL NOT OWE ANY REFERRAL OR OTHER FEES. OUR TEAM WILL COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH CANDIDATES WHO ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY AN AGENT OR INTERMEDIARY UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED TO PRIOR TO INTERVIEWING FOR THE JOB.