Hansa Biopharma – HR Manager

Do you want to work as a strategic HR business partner in an international life science company? Are you an experienced HR professional who thrives in a smaller global organization? Hansa Biopharma is now looking for an HR Manager to play a key role in strengthening the organization through professional and structured HR practices.

In this role, you will act as a bridge between HR and the business, ensuring that people strategies and initiatives fully support the company’s goals, growth, and culture.

About the role

As HR Manager, you will among other things:

• Contribute to and execute the HR Annual Plan (Performance Review, Goal Setting, Salary Review, Bonus Payout)
• Act as a trusted HR partner to assigned managers throughout the entire employee lifecycle
• Provide coaching and guidance to managers on employee relations, performance management, and talent development
• Ensure compliance with Swedish labor law, HR policies, and corporate guidelines
• Collaborate with hiring managers on recruitment
• Support workforce planning and participate in the budgeting process
• Partner with Finance on payroll, benefits, and employee expenses
• Ensure structured onboarding and offboarding processes, including exit interviews
• Draft, implement, and update HR SOPs and policies
• Maintain accurate HR data in HRIS (Sympa) and Veeva Quality Docs
• Develop and maintain HR dashboards and metrics (e.g., turnover, recruitment cycle time, workforce demographics) to provide insights and support evidence‑based decision‑making.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR and internal data privacy standards related to employee data handling.
• Comply with Swedish pay transparency rules, including required salary‑range disclosure and support for pay equity analysis.Support succession planning and talent development initiatives
• Lead and contribute to HR-related projects and organizational development initiatives

You report to Chief Human Resources Officer and will be part of the Global HR Team of four members based in Lund, Stockholm and New York.

The position is full-time position based at the Hansa office in Lund, and presence in the office five days per week is preferred.

Your background

To succeed in this role, we believe you have:

• University degree in Human Resource Management or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years of HR experience
• Solid knowledge of Swedish labor law
• Experience from the Life Science / Pharma industry, preferably within a smaller international biotech company
• Experience in a global or international context
• Strong experience in both strategic and operational HR work
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Fluency in Swedish and English, both written and spoken
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office

Meritorious:

• Experience with Veeva Quality Docs is highly meritorious
• Previous experience preparing for inspections or audits
• Experience driving organizational or cultural change initiatives

About you

We are looking for someone who is structured, process-oriented, and highly organized, yet flexible and adaptable to changing priorities. You are a true team player who builds trust and strong relationships across the organization. You act with integrity and accountability and lead by example in living the company’s values, vision, and mission on a daily basis.

What we offer

At Hansa Biopharma, you will join an innovative and science-driven organization with a global footprint and ambitious growth agenda. You will work closely with senior leaders and contribute to shaping the people agenda in a dynamic international environment. Hansa´s culture is built on our core values: Accountability, Courage, Integrity and Pioneering. These values guide way of working, collaboration and decision-making at Hansa. The culture at Hansa is also characterized by pride – pride in what the do in the company, and in what the have achieved and will accomplish for patients around the world.

About Hansa Biopharma

Hansa Biopharma is a fast-growing, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, pioneering the development and commercialization of innovative, lifesaving and life altering treatments for patients with acute or complex immune disorders.

Our broad therapeutic pipeline based on the company’s proprietary IgG-cleaving enzyme technology platform has potential to address serious unmet medical needs in autoimmune diseases, gene therapy, and transplantation.

By empowering our people we move our projects forward with high speed, efficiency and scientific excellence. We strive to attract leading talent from around the world, broaden our network of partners and establish a presence in key markets around the world. There are many opportunities for highly qualified, motivated, and passionate team players to join us on our exciting journey.

Hansa Biopharma was founded in 2007, with the corporate headquarters in Lund, Sweden and has operations in other European countries and in the US. The Company has been listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Stockholm from 2007 to 2015 and on the Nasdaq Stockholm since 2015.

Your application

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For more information about the position, you are welcome to contact Researcher Sandra Dabbour at sandra.dabbour@academicsearch.se. or Senior Consultant Marcus Kleine at marcus.kleine@academicsearch.se

The process is ongoing and we will review applications as they are received so please submit your application as soon as possible. We are looking forward to receiving your application!