Director & Head of gRED Administrative Business Partnering

The Opportunity

Are you ready to shape the future of operational excellence and lead a premier administrative community? As the Head of Administrative Business Partnering (ABP) for Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED), you will lead a talented team of approximately 70 administrative and operational professionals supporting a world-class organization of 3,000 scientists and researchers.

In this highly impactful leadership role, you will execute the strategic vision for a newly centralized administrative function, driving innovative ways of working, increasing collaboration, and elevating the career development experience for our administrative professionals.

The successful candidate will build a future-ready ABP organization that accelerates collaboration, innovation, and execution while fostering an exceptional employee experience and a vibrant professional community.

Key responsibilities include

• Driving Strategic Vision: Develop and execute the organizational design and strategic vision for the centralized function, aligning the administrative support model directly with core scientific and business goals.
• Fostering Executive Partnerships: Serve as a strategic thought partner to executive leadership on operational effectiveness, organizational design, resource allocation, and team engagement.
• Leading with Enterprise Mindset: Act as an advocate and mentor for the administrative community, driving visibility, recognition, and team unity to maximize the community's positive impact on culture.
• Cultivating Excellence & Innovation: Establish modern training frameworks, optimize operational processes, and actively govern the adoption of cutting-edge technologies—including AI—to maximize efficiency.
• Managing Resources Dynamically: Oversee administrative staffing, lead inclusive recruitment efforts, and make data-driven decisions regarding budgeting and agile resource deployment.
• Nurturing Culture & Inclusion: Role-model inclusive leadership across the community, ensuring professional development pathways are equitable and aligned with broader organizational milestones.

Who You Are

You are a visionary and empathetic leader who thrives on unlocking the potential of people and building high-performing operational teams within complex, fast-paced environments. You bring an enterprise-wide perspective and a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.

To be set up for success in this role, you bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred - 10+ years of proven experience managing administrative professionals and/or administrative supervisors in a large, dynamic corporate environment.
• Prior Administrative Background: Previous hands-on experience in a professional administrative role is strongly preferred.
• Proven Leadership Experience: Extensive experience successfully leading, managing, and developing large teams of administrative professionals or supervisors within a large, dynamic corporate matrix organization.
• Passion for People Development: A strong track record of acting as an expert coach and mentor, with proven skills in capability building, proactive career pathing, and performance management.
• Strategic Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with an innate ability to align operational strategies with executive goals and constructively navigate complex organizational dynamics.
• Resource & Operational Mastery: Strong capability in resource management, including talent matching, agile budget oversight, and the prioritization of high-impact support services.
• Tech & AI Forward Mindset: High proficiency in modern collaboration ecosystems (such as Google Workspace) and a demonstrated track record of championing and implementing digital tools, including AI, to optimize workflows.
• Discretion & Judgment: Uncompromised judgment and professional discretion when handling highly sensitive, proprietary, and confidential information.

• This role is based at our South San Francisco campus.
• Relocation benefits are available for this position.
• This role will require a minimum of 3 days onsite at the South San Francisco campus.

Pay and benefits

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $166,500 - $309,100. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

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