Senior HRIS Specialist

Job Description

Alkermes is seeking an experienced HRIS Specialist in a vital role to optimize, support, and enhance our global Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) and other HR applications. The successful candidate will deliver key business reports, provide direction on future enhancements, lead projects, troubleshoot system errors, and test/implement new HRIS functionality. You will be responsible for leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making processes related to human resources and workforce management. The individual must have great interpersonal and collaboration skills to lead various cross-functional projects. Candidate must also have strong written and verbal communication skills and demonstrate the ability to multi-task in a faced paced environment. This position is based in Waltham and will work a hybrid (3 days/week) office schedule.

This position will report to Sr Director, HRIS and Analytics.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

HRIS Management:

• Administer and maintain the organization's HRIS software (Oracle HCM), ensuring data integrity and system accuracy
• Configure, customize, and optimize the HRIS system to meet the organization's needs
• Stay up-to-date with HRIS best practices, trends, and system updates
• Support and implement all HR key events such as open enrollment and mid-year/ year-end performance and compensation cycles
• Work closely with IT to manage projects and resolve open tickets with vendors

Data Management and Reporting:

• Oversee HR data entry and documentation for the lifecycle of an employee within Oracle HCM
• Regularly audit HR data to ensure accuracy and compliance with organizational policies and legal requirements
• Extract meaningful insights from data and present findings in a clear and understandable manner
• Create and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations to communicate insights effectively to stakeholders

User Support and Training:

• Provide training and support to HR and other users on HRIS functionality and processes
• Troubleshoot and resolve user issues related to the HRIS system

Process Improvement:

• Collaborate with HR and other departments to identify process inefficiencies and propose HRIS-driven solutions
• Continuously improve HR processes by leveraging HRIS capabilities

Integration and Upgrades:

• Collaborate with IT and vendors to ensure seamless integration of HRIS with other systems and applications
• Evaluate and recommend enhancements or upgrades to HR technology solutions
• Responsible for helping manage and ensure successfully quarterly releases. Review release notes and provide input to the HR functions of the impact and functionality of release

Training and Support:

• Provide training and support to HR staff and end-users on HRIS system functionality and best practices
• Create and update HRIS documentation, including user guides and process manuals.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Human Resources, or a related field
• At least 5 years of proven HRIS experience, Oracle HCM preferred
• Previous experience in Oracle in one or more functional areas (core HR, benefits, compensation, and performance)
• Understanding of HR processes, data management, and compliance
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to work a hybrid office schedule in our Waltham office

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
• Detail-oriented and highly organized
• HR certification (e.g., PHR, SHRM-CP) is a plus
• Experience working in a global organization preferred

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About Us

Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we are committed to pursuing great science, driven by deep compassion to make a real impact in the lives of patients. Alkermes has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various neurological disorders, including narcolepsy.

Beyond our important mission of developing medicines to address unmet patient needs, we actively seek to foster a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging throughout our business. We strive to ensure that all voices are respected and valued, recognizing that our diversity of thought, background and perspective makes us stronger. We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations, including being certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. in 2024, honored as a Healthiest Employer in both Ohio and Massachusetts in 2023, a Best Place for Working Parents in 2023, and to have received the Bell Seal at the Platinum level for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America for three consecutive years (2021-2023).

Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.