Ann Hargraves
Chief Human Resources Officer TScan Therapeutics
Ann Hargraves is Chief Human Resources Officer at TScan Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing T cell receptor-engineered T cell therapies for cancer. She has led the company’s people function since 2020, scaling the team through TScan’s growth from private discovery-stage company to public, pre-commercial organization. Alongside her role at TScan, Ann is Principal at Mindset Consultants LLC, advising businesses on leadership, culture, and scaling for growth. Earlier in her career, she held HR leadership roles at Keurig and Kettle Cuisine. She holds a BS in Psychology from Salem State University and is SPHR certified.
Seminars
- How do you lead through the full arc of a biotech’s transformation, from private company to public, from discovery through pre-clinical to pre-commercial, and know when the moment calls for a different kind of leadership?
- Discover how leading with objectivity, transparency, and care, even while making some of the hardest personnel decisions of a career, allowed TScan to preserve trust through the process, evidenced by several former employees choosing to return to the company afterward
- Learn how TScan Therapeutics scaled from 25 to over 200 employees, growth that ultimately gave way to a 30% reduction in force as organizational priorities shifted, all while sustaining industry-leading retention and a Boston Globe Top Places to Work distinction
This interactive Q&A looks at what it takes to lead a people function through a biotech’s full transformation, from discovery to commercial stage.
- Recognizing when a different kind of leadership is needed as a company transforms
- Leading with objectivity and transparency through hard personnel decisions
- Sustaining trust and retention through a reduction in force
