Director, Human Resources

Description

Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a US-based, fully integrated pharmaceutical company with capabilities in product development, manufacturing, and commercial operations. Cosette has a fast-growing portfolio of branded pharmaceuticals in cardiology, women's health, and migraine markets. It has a long history in quality manufacturing of complex dosage forms including topical creams, ointments, oral liquids/solutions and suppositories, which has led to consistent supply to customers and commercialization success.

Cosette has corporate and manufacturing facilities in New Jersey and North Carolina and more than 300 dedicated employees across all functional areas.

The Director, Human Resources serves as the principal execution engine of the HR department and the primary HR Business Partner (HRBP) for the broader organization. This role requires an operationally rigorous leader who excels at translating executive decisions and high-level strategies into practical, effective rollouts. The Director exercises full end-to-end ownership over the development, deployment, and ongoing execution of enterprise-wide talent programs including performance management, talent management, and succession planning.

Based at our Bridgewater headquarters, this leader ensures the day-to-day HR engine runs with flawless precision, maintaining legal compliance, establishing operational governance, and driving a high-performance culture across the business.

Innovating every day.

• Broad-Scale Business Partnering:
  Serve as the dedicated, day-to-day HRBP for directors, managers, and staff-level teams across Cosette’s commercial, corporate, R&D, and operational functions.
• Operationalizing Executive Decisions:
  Take direct ownership of executing and scaling all human capital strategies, restructuring plans, and cultural initiatives finalized at the executive (ELT) level.
• Managerial Advisory:
  Act as the primary advisor to mid-level and senior management on employee lifecycle events, team performance, retention strategies, and change management.

• Performance Management Architecture:
  Drive the full lifecycle of Cosette’s annual performance management framework, including goal-setting, mid-year check-ins, and year-end evaluations.
• Talent Management & Optimization:
  Build and oversee progressive talent evaluation programs and facilitate calibration sessions across departments to map internal capability and build actionable development pathways for high-potential employees.
• Succession Planning Execution:
  Develop and maintain the company’s core succession planning framework to identify critical talent vulnerabilities, mitigate flight risks, and secure talent pipelines for key technical and operational roles.
• Manager Upskilling:
  Design and deploy targeted learning and development initiatives that enhance managerial capability and leadership consistency across the organization.

• Policy Development & Modernization:
  Lead the design, authoring, and continuous updates of Cosette’s corporate policies, compliance protocols, and the Employee Handbook to match a multi-state, hybrid workplace.
• Regulatory Compliance:
  Maintain strict oversight of federal, state, and local labor laws (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, EEO), serving as the operational auditor for pharmaceutical-sector compliance and reporting.
• Day-to-Day Employee Relations:
  Own the resolution of employee relations matters across the organization, conducting objective investigations and ensuring a fair, legally sound framework for grievance and disciplinary actions.

• Lifecycle Data & Transaction Accountability:
  Establish and enforce the data governance protocols for all employee status changes, serving as the final quality-control checkpoint before data is transmitted.
• Leaves & Accommodations Governance:
  Hold ultimate accountability for the company’s Leave of Absence (LOA) and ADA accommodation programs, managing external vendors to ensure legally…