Steve Schiavo
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer Alkermes plc
Steve Schiavo serves as Alkermes’ Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, he leads the Human Resources function, with responsibility for global compensation and benefits, talent acquisition, HR business partnering, employee engagement, organization and leadership development and diversity & inclusion. Steve has more than 20 years of HR Business Partner and HR leadership experience helping to develop and grow organizations, teams and individuals. Before joining Alkermes in 2018, he was Vice President of Human Resources for Vertex Pharmaceuticals, where he served as the Head of their HR Business Partner function. Prior to joining Vertex, Steve worked in the Financial Services industry where he held a number of senior human resource positions at Prudential Financial and Cigna. Steve earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Boston University and a Master of Industrial and Labor Relations degree from Cornell University. He also currently serves on the Board of Advisors for Life Science Cares Boston.
Seminars
The role of the CHRO and CPO has never been more complex or more consequential. As life sciences organizations navigate simultaneous pressures, from AI-driven restructuring and geopolitical volatility to talent scarcity and shifting employee expectations, the people function is being asked to do more, with less, faster than ever before.
In this candid, peer-to-peer discussion, a group of the most senior HR leaders in life sciences come together to share what is actually working, what isn’t, and what they wish they’d done differently. Expect frank conversation on how to maintain culture through relentless change, how to position HR as a true strategic partner to the C-suite, and how to build a people function that is genuinely fit for the future.
