Cecilia Kelly, Sphr Email & Phone Number

Hopkinton, Ma, Us

Paris, France, Fr

Human Resources Business Partner for Research (i.e. Research Therapeutic Areas, Medical Intelligence Patient Perspectives, Global Research Program Management, Breakthrough Labs); Translational Medicine & Early Development; and CMC Dossier Development & Coordination).Human Resources Business Partner for Manufacturing Science and Technology, Genzyme Corporate Quality Organization, Sanofi Biologics, Genzyme Global External Manufacturing, Genzyme Industrial Operations Learning & Development, and Sanofi North America Industrial Information Systems organizations.

Lexington, Ma, Us

Provide guidance to clients in employee relations, change management, engagement and retention, career development, coaching, and performance management to Research and Development and Technical Operations business units, including Discovery Biology, Discovery Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Research, Non-Clinical Development, Manufacturing & Process Development, Supply Chain and Quality business units. Partnered with Merck HR counterparts in integration process. Provides change management support in acquisition. Managed reorganization of Discovery Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Process Development business units, and provided counsel to Senior Vice Presidents and line management in process and communications through reorganization. 

Medford, Massachusetts, Us

Partnered with senior managers and employees of select client groups in Africa and Asia in the areas of employee relations, compensation and benefits, performance management, talent retention, talent acquisition, and workforce development. Counseled senior managers of client groups on employment related decisions with local legal guidance and an acquired understanding of country specific laws.Partnered with senior management on the merger of three organizational centers. Analyzed skills and experiences of workforce and recommended organizational structure of new business unit. Prepared change management communications. Implemented revised global compensation structure through job leveling of all assigned field positions by assisting managers in updating job requirements and job descriptions and rolled out job titles to employees. Managed the development and revision of the company’s employee handbook for US based employees and expatriates. Developed the personnel policies template, applicable to local employees, to be adapted for each of the 41 field offices. Recommended workforce planning, compensation and benefit programs for the startup of new field offices. Managed the shut down and phase out of selected field offices and projects.Counseled senior managers on employee coaching, disciplinary actions and grievances ensuring compliance with local legal statutes. Delivered employee performance management training programs, face to face and virtual, for both US-based employees and international employees. Coached assigned newly hired field Human Resource Managers to be a high performing human resource work team.Developed plans for staffing needs and related costs for new business development proposals.

Medford, Massachusetts, Us

Managed the USAID funded organizational development technical assistance program provided to CIES, a reproductive health organization in Bolivia. Activities included donor and client relations, project design, budget development and monitoring, ensuring of compliance with contractual requirements, and donor report writing.Supervised employees supporting project management. Activities included the recruitment, training and coordination of staff assignments.Managed USAID Latin American Caribbean Regional funds for the Business Planning for Health project in municipalities in Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.Improved, maintained and centralized standard operational processes for project management.

New York, Ny, Us

Oversaw all organizational international expatriate recruitment activities for West Africa and Eurasia through the full cycle of sourcing to hire; defined positions, wrote job descriptions, developed advertising and sourcing strategies, placement, negotiation, reference checking and on-boarding.Guided assigned client groups and home office on employee relation issues. Traveled to West Africa, East Africa, and the Eurasia to represent IRC Headquarters HR Department at regional and sector conferences. Developed and conducted training sessions on team building and employee performance management to communicate expectations in people management practices among workforce. Initiated, developed, and managed home office orientation project and materials for IRC worldwide.Managed internship programs with select universities, including Harvard Business School, Columbia, and John Hopkins.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa)

School Of Industrial Relations; Certificate Program Of Management Development; Supervisory Studies