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Boston, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Design, develop and facilitate learning programs for managers and individual contributors in response to organizational needs. Serve as performance consultant to the business to identify, design, and deliver solutions that address needs and impact business objectives. Manage all aspects of Biogen’s People Manager Curriculum. Design, develop, and facilitate these programs in order to increase the effectiveness of Biogen’s people managers. Collaborate with Biogen leaders, HR Partners, subject matter experts, and external vendors to align program objectives and outputs with business needs. Authored People Manager Handbook, a comprehensive guide to onboard new managers, support experienced managers, and supplement manager curriculum. Design, manage and facilitate Biogen’s global New Employee Orientation and onboarding program. Serve as Functional Learning Liaison to various functions of the business, providing guidance and learning solutions that develop their people and drive business results. Provide organizational effectiveness solutions for teams by designing and delivering team off-sites, teambuilding events, team effectiveness surveys and solutions, and developmental assessments. Design and implement surveys and data analysis tools to measure learning impact.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Design, develop, implement and manage all aspects of high-potential leadership development programs. Identify and partner with external vendors and internal leaders to design program coursework and learning and development activities. Ensure program alignment with leadership competencies and objectives. Implement updates, refinements and new elements based on participant feedback and changing business needs / priorities. Collaborate with key stakeholders supporting high-potential development including executive sponsors, HR partners, participants’ managers, internal subject matter experts and past program participants. Lead participant nomination process to ensure selection of high-potential candidates. Ensure successful onboarding of new program participants and their managers. Create program onboarding materials and manage all onboarding communication. Facilitate discussion of program plans and development objectives between participants and their managers. Partner with executives to define action learning project topics across the business and identify sponsorship. Educate sponsors and project teams on best practices for successful action learning projects. Implement project team coaching and liaise with teams, sponsors and coaches throughout the program to ensure high-quality project output for sponsors and effective learning for participants. Design and facilitate program elements and developmental assessment workshops. Continuously evaluate program content and respond to participant feedback in order to ensure consistent, high-quality experience throughout the length of the program. Outside of high-potential program work, support clients and teams across the company with team effectiveness work, 360 feedback programs, assessments, and organizational development initiatives.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Coordinated learning and development programs across all business areas, locations, and employee levels of the company. Created program curricula and training material and managed partnerships with Learning & Development partners (e.g. external vendors, HR business partners, internal communications, sourcing and procurement). Liaised with executives regarding program nominations and alignment of programs with business area objectives. Taught learning programs. Developed and implemented communication and marketing strategy for programs. Managed leadership development and learning programs including executive development, management development, emerging talent program, performance management curriculum, new hire orientation program and business and industry learning. Managed client requests for training and development needs and assessed training requirements and success measures across the organization.

Paris, Fr, Fr

Managed company’s Group Diversity Council, a team of executives from various affiliates and regions across the company who serve as sponsors of global diversity initiatives. Developed all communication on behalf of the Council and launched and guided working groups within the council on specific diversity topics. Established governance structure and procedures for the Council going forward. Managed global Diversity Network comprised of Diversity Champions and Correspondents from over 50 affiliates. Developed all communication, standards, and global policies for implementation at affiliate level. Ensured alignment of affiliates’ local diversity initiatives with global diversity objectives. Developed Global Policy on Diversity & Inclusion and managed rollout and implementation across all affiliates. Developed internal women’s network and formed partnerships with external women’s networks in an effort to address obstacles to women reaching senior executive levels. Solicited feedback from women across the company through surveys and focus groups and recommended solutions. Managed all global communications on diversity and inclusion.

Denver, Co, Us

Used Japanese language skills and cultural understanding to guide Japanese companies operating in the U.S. in a broad range of industries such as finance, insurance, pharmaceuticals, textiles, publishing, broadcasting, and manufacturing. Consulted clients on HR issues and developed and implemented performance management systems (including annual goals, job descriptions, compensation surveys and strategies, sales incentive plans, and performance management training), executive employment agreements, employee disciplinary procedures and company handbooks and human resources policies.Conducted training and presentations for expatriate Japanese and locally hired management and employees on topics such as performance management, goal setting and development planning, cross-cultural communication, management skills, and legal compliance with US employment practices. Served as a liaison between client companies’ senior management and employees by communicating human resources policies and practices, promoting performance management systems, conducting training, resolving employee relations issues and generally bridging the cross-cultural communication gap between Japanese expatriate managers and locally hired employees. Recruited, interviewed, placed, and trained human resources employees at client companies.

Planned and managed long term, international e-health projects related to promotion of health education worldwide through information technology. Recruited speakers, delegates and exhibitors from health and technology related fields for participation in international conference and exhibition, and produced marketing material, press releases and agenda for the event. Established and maintained relations with non-profit organizations worldwide. Prepared grant applications to fund association activities worldwide, particularly in developing countries.

Us

Taught English grammar and conversation to Japanese students and professionals of all ages and abilities for business, academic and personal purposes. Developed lesson plans and syllabi for classes and counseled students on their progress and continuing education.

B.A., Psychology

Ma, Japanese Studies (Politics, History, Language)