Director, Talent & Workforce Strategy

About the Role

The Director, Talent & Workforce Strategy shapes and leads Insmed's enterprise approach to talent management processes, including talent reviews, succession planning, organizational design, and strategic workforce planning as Insmed evolves toward a future-focused skills-based approach. This role helps build the future workforce by integrating enterprise talent strategy, Organizational Design, and Strategic Workforce Planning with skills-based organization design and data-driven insights — including emerging AI-powered solutions — to ensure the right capabilities and talent are in place.

What You'll Do

• Translate business strategy into capability-driven organizational designs, partnering with HRBPs to guide role evolution, team composition, and spans/layers aligned to future ways of working.
• Own enterprise talent management processes, including talent reviews, succession planning, and critical role identification, evolving them from periodic events into continuous, data-enabled conversations integrated with business planning cycles.
• Drive Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) in close collaboration with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), conducting supply/demand and scenario analyses to surface capability risks, trade-offs, and long-term workforce needs.
• Assess and integrate emerging workforce trends, including the impact of AI and evolving work models, into talent and workforce strategy to keep Insmed future-ready.
• Enable leaders and HR partners through the development of clear communications, toolkits, and guidance that support effective adoption of talent, skills-based, and workforce planning practices.
• Partner with People Analytics and People Operations to leverage dashboards and predictive insights that inform workforce capacity, capability, and risk decisions across the enterprise.
• Cultivate cross-functional partnerships across HR, Finance, and business leaders to embed skills into career frameworks, role architecture, and workforce decisions, enabling a clear path for internal mobility, external hiring, and alternative talent models.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or other related field.
• Minimum 10 years of Human Resources experience required, including 5-8+ years of related Talent Management, Workforce Planning, OD, or HR Business Partnership experience; prior experience in Pharma and/or Biotech a plus.
• Experience designing and implementing novel talent system and process approaches.
• Background leading or supporting Strategic Workforce Planning, including scenario planning and skills-based forecasting.
• Strong understanding of organizational design principles, including job/role architecture, team design, and capability frameworks.
• Experience implementing AI-driven talent solutions.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights, recommendations, and clear action plans.
• Strong consulting, facilitation, and communication skills with the ability to influence leaders at all levels.
• Experience using Workday or similar HRIS system(s).
• Experience managing, coaching, and developing direct reports while cultivating a high performing team preferred.
• Exceptional attention to detail and follow through, with ability to be flexible and adapt in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Must be commutable to Bridgewater, NJ Headquarters.

Travel Requirements

This role requires domestic travel of approximately 5-10% based on business needs.

Where You'll Work

This is a hybrid role based out of our Bridgewater, NJ office. You'll have the option to work remotely most of the time, with in-person collaboration when it matters most.