Sara Giesen

Chief People Officer - Global

Cogstate

Oct 2022 - Current (4 years)

At Cogstate, we believe brain health is profoundly important to quality of life and should be easier to measure. Our mission is to optimize cognitive assessments to support the development of new therapeutics and provide earlier brain health insights in clinical care.

Cogstate is a global company, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and listed on the ASX. Cogstate operates at the intersection of both Technology and Healthcare. For 20 years, Cogstate has proudly supported the leading-edge research needs of biopharmaceutical companies and academic institutions, and the clinical care needs of physicians and patients around the world. We provide rapid, reliable, and sensitive computerized digital assessment of cognition and suppo

Senior HR Director - Global Project Lead - Flexible Work

Bristol Myers Squibb

May 2021 - May 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for the global strategy and execution of Flexible Work for Bristol Myers Squibb. This impacted over 30,000 employees across 58 locations in 21 countries. The outputs below were delivered against an accelerated timeline during a pandemic and a conflation with Return to the Workplace (USA return). The implementation and change program was significant and materials and education were rolled out in the 7 key languages across 3 time zones to allow engagement with the audience.

Key deliverables:
• Transformational Change program
• External benchmarking
• Develop global guiding principals and policy for Flexible work
• Develop measurement and metric for the effectiveness of the Flexible work program (s

HR Director Australia & New Zealand

Bristol Myers Squibb

Jan 2016 - May 2022 (6 years 5 months)

Responsible for Workforce planning, Organisation design, Change management and strategy. A key member of the leadership team providing coaching, support and guidance on a range of People matters to the Managing Director and leadership team members. I lead an HR team in Australia and mentor other HRBPs in different BMS markets. HR legal market compliance including SOX and business people practice.

Key deliverables:
• Led Australia market M&A's and divestiture
• Successful multi launches year on year
• Built Franchises including with joint ventures
• Developed creative talent development programs and skills networks
• Led New Company Compensation Project Australia market
• Developed and led Employee

HR Director - Australia / NZ & HR Shared Services for APAC (Japan,Australia, Thailand & Singapore)

Bristol Myers Squibb

Sep 2011 - Jan 2016 (4 years 5 months)

I have the privilege of leading a team of passionate, talented and highly accountable HR professionals who provide exceptional HR to the business. My role is to lead the HR function for Australia/New Zealand and Shared Services for Japan, Australia, Thailand & Singapore to drive business outcomes, translated into HR strategy and solutions supported by a highly engaged workforce. I also work across Asia, Europe and Canada on Regional HR projects. It is an exciting time to be with BMS Australia as it continues its transformation to a BioPharma organisation with an outstanding product pipeline and a strong commitment to patients and employees.

Major achievements have included:
• Fastest growing BioPharma in Australia (ex gen

HR Manager (JPAC)

Bristol Myers Squibb

Nov 2010 - Aug 2011 (10 months)

Senior HR Manager

BMW Group Australia

Jan 2001 - Nov 2010 (9 years 11 months)

During my time at BMS Group Australia, I worked with the Commercial organisation, the Financial Services Organisation and set up HR in the Retail entities BMW Group owned which included the set up of new sites in Sydney and Melbourne. My role encompassed Corporate, Financial Services, Warehouse and Distribution and Retail across 600+ employees. During my time at BMW, the business grew particularly in the Financial Services entity which transformed to a Regional Hub for Asia.

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