{"id":3995430,"url":"https://alion.io/job/bios-life-hr-manager","title":"HR Manager","company":{"id":4478736,"name":"Bios Life","domain":"bioslife.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/bios-life","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"HR","role_family":"HR","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Cambridge, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-06T14:46:34Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-06","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T01:05:37Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":34,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":34},"description":"About the Company\nBios Life is developing next-generation cancer surveillance technology that modernizes and scales long-term cancer follow-up care. We integrate evidence-based clinical frameworks, technology-enabled workflows, and diagnostics into accessible, high-quality screening and survivorship models. The company is based in Cambridge, Ma with an office in the UK.\nAbout the Role\nBios Life is seeking an experienced, energetic, and highly hands-on HR Manager to own the day-to-day People function as we continue to grow and evolve.\nThis is a broad HR leadership role spanning the employee lifecycle, from recruiting and onboarding through employee relations, performance management, development, compensation, and retention. The HR Manager will serve as a trusted resource to employees and managers while ensuring that the programs, processes, and infrastructure supporting our people keep pace with the needs of a rapidly changing organization.\nThis is not a role for someone looking to manage HR from the sidelines. The HR Manager will be deeply involved in the day-to-day needs of the business, proactively identifying issues, solving problems, coaching managers, supporting employees, and ensuring that important People initiatives move forward.\nThe HR Manager will report to the COO and work closely with Bios Life's fractional Chief People Officer, who will provide strategic People leadership, executive partnership, and support on more complex organizational and talent matters. Together, they will ensure Bios Life has both the strategic and day-to-day HR capabilities required for its next stage of growth.\nThe right person will thrive in an environment where priorities can shift quickly, new challenges emerge regularly, and change is the one true constant. We are looking for someone who sees that environment as energizing rather than disruptive and who brings a proactive, practical, and solutions-oriented approach to everything they do.\nWhat You Will Own\nDay-to-Day People Operations\nOwn the day-to-day HR function and serve as a primary People resource for employees and managers.\nManage HR activities across the employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, employee development, performance, retention, and offboarding.\nEnsure People processes are practical, scalable, well communicated, and consistently executed.\nMaintain accurate employee records and HR documentation and ensure key employee changes are processed accurately and on time.\nPartner with the COO and fractional Chief People Officer to identify People priorities and translate them into action.\nProactively identify gaps, issues, and opportunities rather than waiting for them to become problems.\nRecruiting & Talent Acquisition\nServe as the internal project lead for recruiting and help drive a consistent, high-quality hiring process across the organization.\nPartner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, role requirements, priorities, and timelines.\nManage day-to-day relationships and workflow with external recruiting partners, ensuring searches remain on track and recruiters have the information and feedback needed to be successful.\nMaintain visibility into all open positions and provide clear updates on recruiting activity, candidate pipelines, interview progress, and potential roadblocks.\nCoordinate interview processes and help ensure candidates receive a responsive and professional experience.\nSupport offer development, compensation benchmarking, approvals, and the transition from candidate acceptance through onboarding.\nHelp evaluate and continuously improve recruiting processes as Bios Life scales.\nEmployee Relations & Manager Support\nServe as an accessible and trusted HR partner to employees and managers.\nManage employee relations matters with sound judgment, discretion, empathy, and appropriate documentation.\nCoach managers through employee issues, difficult conversations, performance concerns, and day-to-day people management challenges.\nIdentify emerging employee or organizational issues and escalate appropriately to the COO and/or fractional Chief People Officer.\nSupport workplace investigations and more complex employee relations matters in partnership with senior People leadership and employment counsel when appropriate.\nHelp create an environment where employees feel comfortable raising questions and concerns.\nPerformance, Development & Retention\nOwn and administer Bios Life's performance management processes and ensure managers and employees understand expectations and timelines.\nCoach managers on setting expectations, providing feedback, documenting performance, and addressing performance concerns.\nSupport performance improvement plans and other formal performance processes when necessary.\nPartner with leaders to identify development needs and opportunities to strengthen manager and employee effectiveness.\nHelp identify retention risks and recommend practical solutions.\nSupport the development of programs and practices that strengthen employee engagement, growth, recognition, and retention.\nCompensation & Benchmarking\nConduct compensation benchmarking for new and existing roles using available market data and internal equity considerations.\nSupport hiring managers and leadership in developing compensation recommendations for new hires, promotions, and other employee changes.\nMaintain awareness of compensation trends and help ensure Bios Life's practices remain competitive and internally equitable.\nSupport compensation and performance cycles as the organization develops more formal processes.\nMaintain appropriate documentation around compensation decisions and approvals.\nHR Systems, Benefits & Compliance\nManage and continuously improve the HR systems and processes supporting Bios Life's employees.\nPartner effectively with Bios Life's PEO and other HR, benefits, payroll, and employment partners.\nManage employee questions and issues related to benefits, payroll, policies, and HR programs, coordinating with external partners when needed.\nEnsure employee changes are accurately reflected across relevant HR and payroll systems.\nSupport benefits administration, annual enrollment, and employee communications.\nMaintain required employee documentation and help ensure compliance with applicable employment laws and company policies.\nExperience with Rippling is strongly preferred.\nCulture & Employee Experience\nBring a visible, approachable People presence to the Cambridge office.\nBuild strong relationships across the organization and understand what employees and managers need to be successful.\nHelp create a high-performing culture that balances accountability with a positive and engaging employee experience.\nSupport employee communications and People initiatives that create clarity and connection as the organization grows.\nBring energy, optimism, and a willingness to jump in wherever needed.\nLook for opportunities to make the employee experience better, simpler, and more effective rather than accepting processes simply because \"that's how we've always done it.\"\nIdeal Candidate Profile\nThe ideal candidate is an experienced HR generalist who loves being close to the business and is energized by the pace and unpredictability of a startup environment.\nThis person is proactive by nature. They do not wait for employees, managers, or leadership to tell them what needs attention. They notice issues, ask questions, anticipate needs, and move things forward. They know when to make a decision independently and when to bring in the COO, fractional Chief People Officer, or outside expertise.\nThey are equally comfortable coaching a manager through a difficult employee conversation, benchmarking a new role, managing an external recruiter, troubleshooting an HR system issue, improving an onboarding process, and sitting down with an employee who needs support.\nThe successful candidate will bring:\nAt least 8 years of progressive HR experience, ideally as a strong HR generalist with responsibility across multiple areas of the employee lifecycle.\nMeaningful experience working in a startup or similarly fast-growing, rapidly changing organization is required.\nDemonstrated experience managing employee relations and performance management matters independently and with sound judgment.\nExperience supporting recruiting and managing relationships and workflows with external recruiting partners.\nStrong understanding of compensation benchmarking and internal equity.\nExperience working with PEOs and outsourced HR, payroll, and benefits partners.\nExperience with HRIS platforms; Rippling experience is strongly preferred.\nWorking knowledge of employment practices and the ability to recognize when legal or senior HR guidance is appropriate.\nStrong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.\nExcellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to build credibility with employees and leaders at all levels.\nA highly proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented working style.\nStrong judgment, discretion, follow-through, and attention to detail.\nComfort working in an environment where priorities change and processes continue to evolve.\nA genuine enjoyment of working with people and a desire to be a visible, approachable, and trusted presence within the organization.\nAbility to work from Bios Life's Cambridge office at least three days per week.\nAbility to travel occasionally to Bios Life's UK office.\nAbove all, we are looking for someone who combines HR experience with startup energy. This person should be comfortable rolling up their sleeves, figuring things out, bringing structure where it is needed, and moving quickly without sacrificing judgment or the employee experience. At Bios Life, change will be a constant. 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