Kura Oncology Hiring for Director, Talent Acquisition at Boston, MA, United States Full Time

Are you ready to join a team committed to making a meaningful impact on cancer treatment through the discovery and development of precision medicines?

At Kura Oncology, you have an opportunity to be a part of something bigger, with a lasting impact that you can be proud of.

At Kura Oncology, we are working to change the paradigm and improve the science of cancer treatment. As an organization, we strive to cultivate a diverse and talented professional culture driven to develop precision medicine therapeutics.

As we continue to build a leading biotech organization with a strong culture, a patient-focused mindset and a team focused on relentless execution, we are looking for innovative, passionate professionals to join us and make our vision a reality.

To succeed at Kura, you will need to have a demonstrated ability for excellence in drug discovery and development and a roll-up your sleeves attitude.

The ideal candidate will possess a values-driven work style where integrity and grit drive all behaviors, decisions, and actions.

The Director, Talent Acquisition will be a key member of the HR team, partnering very closely with our hiring managers to recruit high quality candidates and understands how to tell the story of Kura Oncology.

This role develops and implements strategic approaches to attract, recruit, and hire top talent for Kura Oncology. As a partner and advisor, works collaboratively with other members of HR and with business leaders to develop robust talent acquisition plans by combining in-depth knowledge of recruitment best practices, new innovation and technology, and an understanding of the business and talent landscape.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead the full-life cycle recruitment with the support of the local HR Partner of open requisitions at Kura Oncology including leading kick off calls, posting jobs, sourcing, scheduling interviews, initial HR phone screens, completing scorecards, leading interview debriefs, completing references and making offers.
• Owning and driving the hiring process while building and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders. Collaborate with department managers to fully understand hiring needs and ensure those needs are met.
• Manage the strategy and implementation of building our talent pipeline. Leverages effective sourcing strategies to attract active and passive candidates.

Uses employee referral, recruiting boards, social media, and industry & community organizations to build a strong talent pool.

Continuously improves the recruitment process to ensure its’ efficient and effective. Uses data to drive decisions and enhance recruitment strategies.

Delivers quarterly dashboards demonstrating progress and effectiveness.

• Manages the candidate experience, solicits feedback, communicates status to candidates and hiring managers.
• Maintain a high level of candidate engagement throughout the entire process through regular communication.
• Develop a deep understanding of our business to be able to tell the story of Kura Oncology in a compelling way to the market.
• Create and implement recruitment-based programs, including diversity initiatives, student outreach efforts, college recruiting, manager training opportunities, etc.

Represents Kura Oncology at job fairs, conferences and networking events.

• Leverage broad and deep experience with different talent acquisition methods to manage resources dynamically, efficiently and effectively.
• Coordinate with HR and Finance to ensure roles are approved by the Headcount Committee prior to recruitment.
• Has a strong understanding of different talent acquisition methods, including in-house and outsourced, including a sophisticated understanding of which tool to use in which situation.
• High focus on prioritizing candidates being the right fit and not the quickest to fill.

Job Requirements

• 7+ years of In-house talent acquisition experience in a high-growth company
• Biotech or pharmaceutical experience. Commercial build experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with a range of different talent acquisition methods, including in-house and outsourced.
• Experience with programs to identify and attract distinctive and diverse talent, including targeting under-explored talent pools as well as recognizing and correcting selection practices that may have missed qualified candidates.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite, Greenhouse ATS and LinkedIn Recruiter
• UKG experience is a plus.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proactive, highly organized with attention to detail
• Demonstrate experience multi-tasking in a fast-paced work environment with changing priorities.
• This is a hands on role, requiring sourcing candidates and filling requisitions, we require a roll up your sleeves type background to dig into the work.

The base range for a Director, Talent Acquisition is $195,000 – $225,000 per year. Individual pay may vary based on additional factors, including, and without limitation, job-related skills, experience, work location, and relevant education or training.

Kura’s compensation package also includes generous benefits, equity, and participation in an annual target bonus.

Kura’s Values that are used for candidate selection and performance assessments :

• We work as one for patients
• We are goal-focused and deliver with excellence
• We are science-driven courageous innovators
• We strive to bring out the best in each other and ourselves

The Kura Package

• Career advancement / development opportunities
• Competitive comp package
• Bonus
• 401K + Employer contributions
• Generous stock options
• ESPP Plan
• 20 days of PTO to start
• 18 Holidays (Including Summer & Winter Break)
• Generous Benefits Package with a variety of plans available with a substantial employer match
• Paid Paternity / Maternity Leave
• In-Office Catered lunches
• Home Office Setup
• Lifestyle Spending Stipend
• Commuter Stipend (Boston Office)
• Regular employee social activities, including happy hours, monthly birthday celebrations, Kura Koffee Talks, and much more!

Kura Oncology is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing personalized therapeutics for the treatment of solid tumors and blood cancers.

The company’s diverse pipeline consists of small molecules that target cancer signaling pathways where there is a strong scientific and clinical rationale to improve outcomes by identifying those patients most likely to benefit from treatment.

Kura Oncology’s approach to drug development is focused on rapidly translating novel science into life-saving medicines.

Our goal is to help patients with cancer lead better, longer lives. Kura Oncology has offices in San Diego, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.

Kura’s pipeline consists of three investigational drug candidates : ziftomenib, tipifarnib and KO-2806. Ziftomenib is a once-daily, oral drug candidate targeting the menin-KMT2A protein-protein interaction for the treatment of genetically defined AML patients with high unmet need.

Ziftomenib is currently enrolling patients in a Phase 2 registration-directed trial (KOMET-001) in NPM1-mutant relapsed or refractory AML.

Kura is preparing to initiate multiple Phase 1 trials to evaluate ziftomenib in combination with current standards of care in earlier lines of therapy and across multiple patient populations, including NPM1-mutant and KMT2A-rearranged AML.

Tipifarnib, a potent and selective FTI, is currently in a Phase 1 / 2 trial (KURRENT-HN) in combination with alpelisib for patients with PIK3CA-dependent HNSCC.

Kura intends to evaluate KO-2806, a next-generation FTI, in a Phase 1 dose-escalation trial (FIT-001) as a monotherapy and in combination with other targeted therapies in adult patients with advanced solid tumors.

For additional information, please visit Kura’s website at www.kuraoncology.com .

Kura Oncology is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.