Manager of People and Talent

About OpenClinica:

OpenClinica enables organizations to recruit participants and conduct clinical studies through connected solutions that simplify operations and accelerate discovery, making clinical trials more efficient and effective with advanced technology and recruitment solutions. Our industry-leading EHR-to-EDC connectivity automates source data acquisition, reduces errors, and eliminates delays, while our precision recruitment solutions help teams enroll the right participants with ease. Trusted by the world's leading life sciences companies, academic institutions, and government agencies, OpenClinica bridges the gap between healthcare and research.

About the Role:

The Manager of People and Talent is OpenClinica's HR leader with a primary focus on recruiting and employee relations. This role partners closely with department heads to anticipate hiring needs and move quickly on open roles. You will own recruiting end-to-end and be the go-to resource for people-related matters providing core HR support for employee relations, compliance, and people operations for a remote workforce.

• Location: Fully Remote in the U.S.

• Status: Full-time, Exempt
• Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
• Comp.: Base Salary = $105,000 - $115,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual bonus incentive.

What You Will Do:

• Own full-cycle recruiting across the organization, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, offer logistics, and closing.
• Manage multiple requisitions at once while maintaining clear priorities, fast follow-through, and strong communication with hiring managers and candidates.
• Conduct thoughtful recruiter screens that assess qualifications, motivation, communication style, compensation expectations, work authorization, and role alignment.
• Drive candidates through the process with urgency, including timely outreach, scheduling, feedback collection, decision follow-up, and offer-stage communication.
• Prepare and present qualified candidate slates to hiring managers with clear context, strengths, risks, and recommended next steps.
• Own offer logistics in partnership with Finance and hiring managers, including compensation alignment, offer approvals, offer letters, and candidate close strategy.
• Own ATS hygiene, requisition management, candidate stage accuracy, interview documentation, dispositioning, and recruiting workflow consistency.
• Serve as a trusted HR resource for employees and managers on people-related matters, balancing employee care with business judgment.
• Coach managers through performance conversations, employee concerns, corrective actions, performance improvement plans, and terminations.
• Conduct employee relations reviews or investigations as needed, maintaining appropriate documentation and involving outside counsel when appropriate.
• Own core HR operations, including HRIS data integrity, personnel records, onboarding and offboarding workflows, benefits administration support, and policy updates.
• Maintain awareness of federal and multi-state employment law requirements for a remote workforce and recommend practical compliance improvements.
• Support compensation benchmarking and market-informed hiring recommendations to improve offer competitiveness and internal consistency.
• Identify and evaluate recruiting tools, HR vendors, and process improvements that help scale the people function efficiently.
• Administer engagement surveys and support targeted culture, recognition, and retention initiatives as needed.
• Support remote culture programming: team events, recognition, and connection
• Partner with leadership to build workforce plans aligned to annual business goals and budget cycles.
• Identify and evaluate HR tools and vendors to scale the people function .

Qualifications:

Required:

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience with significant depth in both recruiting and employee relations
• Demonstrated ability to run full-cycle recruiting independently
• Deep experience handling ER matters: performance management, investigations, terminations, and difficult conversations
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. employment law across multiple states, with experience supporting a remote workforce
• Comfortable being the sole HR team member
• Sound judgment on when to resolve directly, when to escalate, and when to involve outside counsel
• Hands-on experience with HRIS platforms (ADP, Rippling, Workday, or similar) and an ATS
• Clear, empathetic communicator who builds trust with both employees and leadership
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Nice to Have

• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification
• Experience in a SaaS, tech, or life science company
• Familiarity with clinical research, eClinical, or regulated industry environments
• Experience building or significantly improving an HR function at a company under 100 employees
• Background in compensation benchmarking or total rewards design
• Experience with international employment; contractors or employees outside the U.S.