Human Resources Project Manager

Job Description:

HR Project Manager

NewAmsterdam is an innovative biotech company with the experience and expertise to deliver across its ambitious clinical, regulatory, and commercial goals. Our robust scientific approach focuses on advancing a new era of life-saving treatments for lipid-related diseases. Our vision is that people at risk for heart disease can take control of their health and live longer, fuller lives. Our team is led by a world-class team of industry veterans and key opinion leaders, including some of the world’s preeminent cardiometabolic experts and we foster a passionate, supportive culture that is backed by a high level of integrity and inclusivity.

Position Summary

The HR Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing high-impact people, culture, facilities, and executive support initiatives across the organization. This role serves as a central project lead for company-wide meetings, leadership development sessions, employee engagement events, facilities needs, and key HR-related operational priorities. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams, stakeholders, budgets, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Company-Wide Meetings, Events, and Employee Engagement

• Plan and coordinate all company town halls, including logistics, agendas, speaker coordination, and post-event follow-up.

• Project manage HR-led meetings from planning through execution, ensuring timelines, deliverables, vendors, and communications are completed successfully.

• Identify, recommend, and manage events that celebrate organizational milestones, employee achievements, cultural moments, and other engagement opportunities, ensuring activities are meaningful, inclusive, and aligned with NAP cultural attributes and priorities.

• Collaborate with the VP, Corporate Communications on initiatives that support employee engagement, leadership communication, culture-building, and company-wide organizational priorities.

• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure events and meetings are well organized, inclusive, on-brand, and aligned with company priorities.

Leadership Development and External Visibility

• Coordinate leadership development sessions, including scheduling, logistics, facilitator support, participant communications, and tracking follow-up actions.

• Support external leadership visibility efforts by identifying conferences, panels, speaking opportunities, awards, thought leadership opportunities, and other forums to promote company leaders and NAP’s external presence.

• Assist with external internet or web-based initiatives related to leader visibility, culture, employer brand, or organizational communications, partnering with internal and external stakeholders as needed.

Branded Merchandise and Onboarding Support

• Explore and recommend solutions for branded employee materials that strengthen company identity, support a consistent onboarding and engagement experience, and create operational efficiency in how items are selected, ordered, tracked, and distributed.

• Own the ordering, inventory management, and distribution of company merchandise, including items used for onboarding, employee engagement, milestone celebrations, and company events.

• Coordinate needs for new hires and ensure onboarding materials are prepared, accurate, and delivered in a timely and consistent manner.

• Manage vendor relationships, product selection, purchasing, tracking, and budget coordination for branded materials.

Ad-hoc Project Management 

• Develop project plans, timelines, milestones, communications, and tracking tools to ensure successful execution of HR, facilities, events, and employee engagement initiatives.

• Coordinate across HR, Finance, Operations, Communications, site leaders, vendors, and executive stakeholders to keep projects moving forward.

• Work on assignment projects across the HR team as assigned, demonstrating a high level of collaboration and organization. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Operations, or a related field preferred.

• At least 5+ years of experience in HR operations, project management, employee engagement, events, or a related role.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, competing priorities, budgets, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and follow-through skills.

• Experience supporting senior executives, leadership meetings, Board-related scheduling, or confidential business matters preferred.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, project tracking tools, and other collaboration platforms.

• Proficiency with AI-enabled tools and a demonstrated ability to leverage technology to improve project planning, communication, content development, process efficiency, and employee experience initiatives.

• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and operate with professionalism and discretion.

• NAP operates under an on-demand workplace philosophy. This role is predominantly remote; however, in-person attendance at the Philadelphia-area office is required based on business needs, collaboration requirements, and key organizational initiatives rather than a predetermined office schedule. Candidates located within commuting distance of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, are strongly preferred

• Travel is required based on business needs, including attendance at internal meetings, key company and/or industry events, and corporate offices

Key Competencies

• Exceptional project management and execution discipline

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to build relationships and collaborate across all levels of the organization

• High degree of confidentiality, discretion, and professionalism

• Customer-service mindset and proactive problem-solving approach

• Comfort working in a dynamic, fast-paced, and evolving environment 

Reporting Relationship

This role reports to the Chief People Officer and works closely with internal teams, external vendors, executive stakeholders, and site leaders.

Salary and Benefits:

We offer a competitive base salary, annual bonus, and long-term incentives. In addition, we provide a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, dental and vision coverage, term life and disability coverage, and retirement plans.

NewAmsterdam Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.