Vice President, Talent

Vera Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VERA), is a late clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for serious immunological diseases. Vera's mission is to advance treatments that target the source of immunologic diseases in order to change the standard of care for patients. Vera's lead product candidate is atacicept, a fusion protein self-administered at home as a subcutaneous once weekly injection that blocks both B-cell Activating Factor (BAFF) and A Proliferation Inducing Ligand (APRIL), which stimulate B cells to produce autoantibodies contributing to certain autoimmune diseases, including IgA nephropathy. Vera is also evaluating the role of atacicept in other immunologic disorders. Additionally, Vera is developing VT-109, a novel, next-generation dual BAFF/APRIL inhibitor in preclinical development, and MAU868, a monoclonal antibody designed to neutralize infection with BK virus, a polyomavirus that can have devastating consequences in certain settings such as kidney transplant. For more information, please visit:

Our values are the cornerstone of our culture. Our values inspire us every day and guide everything we do—from how we hire great people, to advancing our mission together, to achieving our ultimate goal to improve medical treatment for patients suffering from immunological diseases.

Position Summary
As a senior leader within the Human Resources function and a key member of Vera's senior management team, the Vice President, Talent is responsible for developing and executing an enterprise-wide talent strategy that supports the organization's rapid growth and evolving needs. This role will lead initiatives across leadership development, performance management, talent acquisition, and overall talent management with a strong focus on building organizational capability, agility, and a culture of continuous learning and development.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable leadership development programs and learning initiatives that enhance technical, functional, and leadership skills across all levels of the organization.
• Proactively assess and prepare for future skill and capability needs to ensure the workforce is agile and ready to meet evolving business demands.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning through a mix of formal training and experiential development opportunities.
• Provide executive oversight of the talent acquisition team and strategy/metrics, ensuring alignment with organizational workforce plans and implementation of inclusive, effective, and scalable hiring processes.
• Strengthen Vera's employer brand and enhance its employee value proposition to attract, engage, and retain top talent.
• Design and launch enhanced performance management frameworks that promote accountability, enable regular feedback, and drive continuous improvement, while clearly linking performance outcomes to the Vera values, career progression and growth opportunities.
• Lead the organization-wide talent review process, aligning talent strategies with business objectives and long-term growth plans.
• Blueprint, conduct and analyze annual employee engagement survey with a follow up action planning process, focusing on translating insights into meaningful initiatives that support development, recognition, and retention.
• Own and continuously improve the employee onboarding program, ensuring a best-in-class new hire experience.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders and executives, supporting leadership effectiveness, development, and alignment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in talent management, organizational development, or HR leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• HR Certification (e.g. SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CCP) preferred, not required.
• Proven success leading workforce and succession planning in complex or high-growth organizations.
• Strong track record in designing and implementing performance management systems and leadership development programs.
• Strategic thinker with excellent business acumen and ability to translate organizational needs into talent strategies.
• Leadership abilities and expertise to manage and develop direct reports and scale a team.
• Executive coaching experience with demonstrated impact on leadership performance.
• Strong communicator, facilitator, and influencer with executive presence.
• Commitment to building inclusive, diverse leadership pipelines.

Vera Therapeutics Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer.

Vera Therapeutics is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. The exact base pay offered for this role will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the candidate's geography, qualifications, skills, and experience.

For this role, the anticipated base pay range is

$290,000 - $310,000 USD

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