7:15-9:10 – Additional Breakfast Deep Dive A

9:00 am Conference Registration & Networking

9:20 am What it Takes to Make a LEAP a Reality

9:30 am Chair’s Welcome, Opening Remarks & Connection Before Content

  • Semi Trotto Chief People and Experience Officer, MOMA Therapeutics

Navigating A Turbulent Biotech Industry

9:40 am Discover: :Market Insights: Merit and Salary Budgets Increases, Turnover, Hiring Trends and More

Synopsis

  • The latest strategies in managing equity for emerging Life Sciences firms

10:00 am Discover: Reactive to Proactive: The Formula For Strategic Workforce Planning

Synopsis

  • What needs to be done to change from a reactive mindset to a proactive one and build a vision & strategy for success?
  • Identifying where and how human capital can be a source of competitive advantage and designing an actionable strategy to maeke this a reality
  • How Cellarity a leverages strategic workforce planning to create value

10:20 am Discover: Re-imagining Employee Benefits to Retain Key Biopharma Talent In a Turbulent Biotech Market

Synopsis

  • What more can we do to keep employee wellbeing a focus to further advance employee engagement within our biopharma organisations?
  • Transforming your employee benefits package to incentivise your workforce & reimagine work life balance for employees
  • PepGen’s philosophy for cultivating a great company culture through employee wellness & benefits and maintaining this through times of
  • industry turbulence

10:40 am Develop: What More Can We Learn From the HR Leaders Re-engaging and Investing In Their Biopharma Talent

Synopsis

  • Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

11:00 am Action: How Are You Going To Stay Ahead of the Curve & Better Navigate Industry Turbulence?

Synopsis

  • Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

11:20 am Speed Networking Break

Re-thinking Employee Engagement to Retain Key Biopharma Talent

11:50 am Discover: Retention & Rewards in action: strategies & lessons learned with HR leaders

Synopsis

  • Sr. HR panel discussion outlining their business situation, approach and rationale
  • Rewards framework companies can consider to address employee retention
  • Effectiveness of past retention actions and lessons learned

12:10 pm Discover: Building a Fully Integrated and Impactful Culture Strategy

  • Karen Weisbach Vice President, People & Culture, Kymera Therapeutics

Synopsis

  • Developing a Talent & Experience approach that informs program prioritization and degree of investment
  • Adopting a “campaign” mindset and activating employees in building a strong company culture
  • Measuring success and creating accountability for company culture

12:30 pm Discover: Cultivating a High-Performance Culture to Advance Growth

  • Paul Froisland Senior Vice President, Human Resources, North America, Sail Biomedicines

Synopsis

  • What more can we do ensure that we are truly investing in our employees & keeping consistency in our values to cultivate a strong, inclusive
  • culture?
  • The principle of ‘Confident Humility’ to instil a sense of confidence and build a united workforce who are connected to business goals
  • How Senda Biosciences are nurturing an inclusive and successful culture with creative approaches to employee engagement to thrive whilst

12:50 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn From the HR Leaders Re-engaging and Investing In Their Biopharma Talent

  • Cathy Carew Chief Organization Effectiveness Officer, Verastem Oncology
  • Paul Froisland Senior Vice President, Human Resources, North America, Sail Biomedicines
  • Heidi Church Chief of Staff, Verastem Oncology
  • Karen Weisbach Vice President, People & Culture, Kymera Therapeutics

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

1:10 pm Action: What New Approaches Are You Going to Take to Engage & Empower Your Employees?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

1:30 pm Proclinical Private Lunch (Invitation Only)

1:30 pm Lunch

Realigning Your Talent Acquisition Strategy to Onboard & Engage Top Biopharma Talent

2:10 pm Discover: Realigning Your Talent Acquisition Strategy: Selective Hiring for a Connected Workforce

  • Pamela Cramer Chief Human Resources Officer, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc

Synopsis

  • How can we hire and onboard top biopharma talent that are genuinely aligned with our company values & mission statement?
  • Re-energising your workforce to ensure professional development for your employees and for your business
  • The story of ‘Selective Hiring’ from Rhythm Pharmaceuticals to build a workforce connected to the values and goals of your business

2:30 pm Discover: Transforming Talent Acquisition Strategy To Effectively Attract and Obtain Top Talent

Synopsis

  • What more can we do to inject intention and purpose into our talent acquisition strategy and ensure that we are attracting the top biopharma talent?
  • Defining the critical values to create meaningful outcomes from interviewing
  • Elevating talent acquisition strategy with fresh approaches to recruit the top talent needed to reach your business goals

2:50 pm Develop: What Else Can We Learn From Those Realigning Their Talent Acquisition Strategy to Hire Top Talent?

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

3:10 pm Action: What Are You Now Going to Change in Your Approach to Top Level Hiring?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

3:20 pm Spotlight: Unpacking Commercial Transition Challenges

  • Deirdre Vitale Executive Director - Talent and Experience, Syndax Pharmaceuticals
  • Mike Gamble President, Taylor Strategy Partners

Synopsis

The complexities of transitioning from being a Clinical organization to Commercializing run the spectrum. From talent and workforce planning challenges to the unpredictable stock market and FDA approval shifts, journeying through the process can feel unpredictable. In this presentation, we will focus on how organizations must flex and pivot their talent acquisition strategy to ensure a successful outcome

3:30 pm Comfort Break

Prioritizing DEI as a Core HR Function in Emerging Biotech Organisations

3:50 pm Discover: Managers are the linchpin to organizational success: how focused development of people leaders drives overall organization effectiveness

Synopsis

  • Only 1 in 2 employees is confident in their manager’s ability to lead their team to be successful in the next two years (source: Gartner).
  • How can organizations with varying levels of resources invest in people leaders through deep, meaningful, and sustained learning experiences that transform their confidence & capabilities, and enable them to be successful?
  • Deep insights from Enspira, a consulting firm, and Blueprint Medicines on how to successfully drive focus and sustainment on people leader effectiveness

4:10 pm Discover: Advancing Meaningful DEI Initiatives To Retain & Nurture A New Generation At Emerging Biotechs

Synopsis

  • What more can be done to ensure that key DEI Initiatives are built in as a core part of our HR?
  • Nurturing a new generation of employees at emerging biotechs to ensure a multi-dimensional workforce with a strong sense of belonging
  • How Neogene Therapeutics are prioritizing and advancing meaningful DEI that can continue to grow and develop whilst operating in the volatile biotech industry

4:30 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn From the HR Leaders Prioritizing Meaningful DEI Initiatives?

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair

4:50 pm Action: How Are You Now Going to Make Key DEI Initiatives a Core Non-Negotiable in Your HR?

Synopsis

Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

5:10 pm Panel Discussion: Looking Back to Look Forward: An Insight Into HR Biopharma Trends

Synopsis

  • Join LEAP CHRO Searchlight members to discuss challenges they've faced over the previous year to prepare for what's coming next
  • Hear how HR leaders used various solutions, processes and their community to access answers and solve challenges with confidence
  • Reflecting on the presentations shared in the conference to add shared experiences and lessons

5:50 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference Day One

  • Semi Trotto Chief People and Experience Officer, MOMA Therapeutics

6:10 pm Drinks Reception with Alpine Rewards and Newfront