HR Associate

About ARCHIMED

ARCHIMED is a global investment firm focused exclusively on healthcare. Since 2014, the firm has raised roughly €8 billion across its main funds and operates from Lyon, New York, Singapore, and Tokyo. We back growth and buyouts across healthcare subsectors, with flexible checks from €10 million to €1 billion and a track record of top-decile performance for fully deployed funds.

Role Purpose

Cut through noise so operators can build. Your job is to make the people systems simple, humane, and repeatable. When a plant is busy or a lab is stretched, you help managers hire well, give clear feedback, stay compliant, and keep payroll and benefits precise. When needed, you support executive searches with the same clarity: define the need, design the scorecard, move with integrity.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment and onboarding
• Run full cycle recruiting for non-executive roles: spec, sourcing, screening, slate, references, offers.
• Put basics in place for every search: intake notes, scorecards, interview guides, a first slate in 10 business days.
• Coordinate onboarding end to end with managers and IT; confirm day-one readiness
• HR business partnership
• Translate company goals into a 90-day people plan with owners, dates, and five simple metrics.
• Coach managers on headcount, feedback, career steps, and team communication.
• Review progress with operators monthly; adjust without drama.
• Performance management
• Launch or improve performance and feedback cycles, finish on time.
• Calibrate fairly, document decisions, and track what changes in behavior the next quarter.
• Employee relations and compliance
• Triage issues with judgment and documentation. Protect confidentiality.
• Keep handbooks and policies current and communicated.
• Manage exits cleanly, including reporting and learnings for managers.
• Payroll and benefits
• Ensure accurate and timely payroll, including bonus and commission runs.
• Handle annual benefits renewals with brokers; publish clear employee communications.
• Answer benefits and pay questions within two business days.
• Training and manager enablement
• Drive completion of required compliance training.
• Build short manager toolkits and SOP one-pagers that people actually use.
• Executive search support
• Partner with the Portfolio Talent team on C-suite and Board searches: intake, scorecards, pipeline hygiene, diligence, references, and offer documentation

Requirements

• Required
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or a related field.
• 3 to 5 years in an HR Generalist, HRBP, or People Operations role in fast-changing settings.
• Hands-on experience across recruiting coordination, onboarding, performance cycles, employee relations triage, payroll inputs, and benefits administration.
• Strong HRIS and ATS proficiency; solid Excel or Google Sheets skills for audits and simple dashboards.
• Preferred
• Experience in PE-backed, multi-site, healthcare, life sciences, or manufacturing environments.
• Direct ownership of payroll processing and annual benefits renewals with brokers.
• Prior work drafting handbooks, policies, and manager FAQs.
• SHRM-CP or PHR certification

Benefits

• Two week summer shutdown
• End of year shutdown
• Full healthcare benefits paid for by ARCHIMED
• Friday Team lunches
• Travel to France