About GondolaBio GondolaBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing breakthrough therapeutics for genetic diseases. GondolaBio is an independent sister company to BridgeBio, originally carved out in 2024 after securing $300M in private financing from external investors. GondolaBio aims to leverage cutting-edge biological research to discover, create, test, and deliver transformative medicines to treat patients who suffer from genetic diseases.
The Role
GondolaBio is seeking a Director of Talent to partner closely with the President and leadership team on attracting exceptional talent and building a high-performing, patient-centric organization. Recruiting will be the anchor of the role, with a broader mandate to serve as a practical thought partner on organization design, team effectiveness, and culture. This is a hands-on, high-judgment role for someone who can move fluidly between search execution, sensitive people problem-solving, and consulting-style projects.
The emphasis is on talent and organization building rather than traditional HR administration or policy ownership. What You'll Do Recruiting & Talent Strategy: Lead key searches end to end, from workforce planning and role definition through talent mapping, assessment, offer development, and closing. Build a strong understanding of the talent market and help GondolaBio attract exceptional leaders and operators, particularly across clinical development and other critical capabilities.
Organization & Leadership Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor on organization design and team effectiveness. Help leaders work through team issues with sound judgment, discretion, and a pragmatic bias toward action. Compensation & Talent Insights: Develop market-informed perspectives on compensation, leveling, offers, and retention. Culture, Talent Programs to enable growth and scale: Translate GondolaBio's desired culture into practical mechanisms.
Lead high-priority projects that are centered around talent, bringing structure, analysis, and follow-through to ambiguous organizational and business questions.
Who You Are
Experience in biotech or life sciences, particularly clinical development, is strongly preferred; deeply motivated by building organizations that deliver meaningful impact for patients A high-judgment, low-ego operator who combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution A strong recruiter and talent assessor who can build trusted candidate relationships and close senior hires Experienced across some combination of talent acquisition, people and organization work, consulting, and executive search roles Comfortable analyzing compensation and organizational questions and translating imperfect data into practical recommendations A discreet, trusted partner who can navigate sensitive issues and influence leaders at all levels
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This company is involved in clinical pharmacology and early clinical development, focusing on early clinical sciences and development strategy from first-in-human through Phase 2. They also lead quantitative sciences including data analytics, pharmacometrics, biostatistics, and data management to inform dose selection and program development.