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Senior Human Resources Generalist

Supernus Pharmaceuticals
United States, Maryland, Rockville
Aug 27, 2025
Description

Supernus Pharmaceuticals is an award-winning biopharmaceutical company with more than 30 years of experience in developing and commercializing products that treat central nervous system (CNS) diseases. At Supernus, we develop innovative products that help treat neurological and psychiatric conditions. We currently have 9 products in the market that are making a real impact on patient outcomes.

Job Summary: The Senior HR Generalist is responsible for overseeing the Talent Acquisition operations process and onboarding all new employees. This includes processing background checks, coordinating and conducting orientations, I-9 compliance as well as interpreting policies and answering employee questions. They will also provide support to the Benefits team and work hand in hand with all Human Resources Management. This position would also support other HR team projects and initiatives as needed.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:



  • Provides operations and functional support in areas within the Human Resources department including but not limited to:

    • Talent Acquisition

      • Works with HRBP on the staffing requisition process and posts new positions in HRIS system.
      • Works directly with RPO and/or Management to facilitate all aspects of the recruitment process including application tracking
      • Serves as the first point of contact for our RPO and Hiring Manager's questions, coordinating response if needed from HR Management team.
      • Initiates all pre-hire paperwork, including compensation information and offer approval paperwork.
      • Sends out new hire paperwork, including offer letter and background check forms to final candidate.
      • Facilities the operational and onboarding duties of all contractors in partnership with the HRBP's and coordinates all requirements of our policies regarding contractors to ensure we are aware of their status within the organization.


    • Onboarding

      • Proactively partners with HR management on enhancing the employee experience within Onboarding.
      • Ensures all new hire information is complete and completes the new hire data entry process into HRIS. Creates new hire employee folders.
      • Enters background checks and coordinates with internal HR staff for completion/ability to start based on requirements being met. Follows the SOX and other compliance requirements when it comes to background checks and ensuring process is followed.
      • Ensures that employee has completed all necessary paperwork and policy agreements.
      • Answers any employee questions during the onboarding process, escalates questions when needed to the appropriate HR team member as appropriate.
      • Coordinates new hire orientation including all presentations (IST/Corporate) and acts as coordinator of all presenters/keeps hiring managers informed to ensure the first day for employee runs smoothly. Presents the HR portion of the new hire presentations for IST/Corporate.


    • Benefits Support

      • Fill in as backup to Benefits Specialist for bi-weekly and IST benefits presentations as needed.
      • Assist new hires with benefits questions and provides enrollment assistance as needed.
      • Assist with Open Enrollment activities and set up as needed.
      • Assist with the review of Health & Wellness reimbursements.
      • Serves as backup to Benefits Specialist related to the administration of FMLA/leave as needed.
      • Assist management with other projects as needed.


    • Other Tasks

      • Supports the department in other projects as assigned.
      • Provides SOX audit support to their assigned controls.






Supervisory Responsibilities:



  • N/A


Knowledge & Other Qualifications:



  • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5+ years of direct experience; or High School Diploma with 7 years of direct experience.
  • Experience with Talent Acquisition Operations and Onboarding Preferred.
  • Experience with Benefits Administration preferred.
  • Experience working in a Corporate Human Resources environment. Experience in a matrixed environment a plus.
  • Proven ability to exercise sound judgment when facilitating HR processes and determining next steps.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to process data with minimal errors.
  • Knowledge of employment laws and willingness to keep up date on these laws.
  • Ability to maintain high ethical standards of confidentiality, integrity and quality.
  • Ability to prioritize own work, take a proactive approach to tasks and be a self-starter.
  • Excellent communication, spelling and grammatical skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail, problem solving and organizational skills.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
  • Prior experience using a HRIS and ability to run and create reports as needed.


Other Characteristics:



  • Ability of having an innovative and dynamic approach to work.
  • A self-starter able to work independently but comfortable working in a team environment.
  • Ability to consistently exhibit Supernus Values in interactions with employees at all levels of the organization, vendors, customers and others.
  • Capable of performing other duties as assigned by Management.
  • Authorized to legally work in the United States without visa sponsorship.


Physical Requirements/Work Environment/Travel Requirements:



  • Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or carrying objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
  • The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer screen, iPad, or other electronic device; and extensive reading.
  • The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.


Compensation:

At Supernus, we offer a competitive compensation package that reflects your experiences and contributions. The expected salary range for fully qualified candidates applying for this role is $86,000 to $95,000. This range is what the Company reasonably expects to offer for the position and is not reflective of the full compensation scale of the role. This range may be modified in the future. An individual's salary within the range is based on multiple factors, which may include and are not limited to education, relevant experience, knowledge, length of industry experience and organizational needs.

Base salary is one part of the overall compensation package, which includes the opportunity to participate in employee stock purchase programs and performance-based bonus programs.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
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