Pam Petriello
Former Vice President – Global Total Rewards & Human Resources Operations Maravai LifeSciences
“An innovative and strategic Global HR Executive and Total Rewards Expert specializing in accelerating business strategy, cultivating thought leadership, and delivering transformative actions globally.
Pam is recognized by board committees and executive teams as a trusted strategic partner across the bio-pharma, scientific instrument, technology, and finance industries in environments of high intellect, high speed and high expectations of quality. Change agent with the passion and perseverance to help organizations transform cultures and achieve success. Developer of effective centers of expertise, efficient shared service centers and cohesive teams that act as internal consultants to ensure present and future business needs are understood and served. Experienced in due diligence and the successful implementation of major multinational M&A projects.”
Seminars
- How can life sciences organizations create a consistent, future‑ready job architecture that supports rapid scientific innovation, complex organizational growth and employee engagement, whether the company is 50 people or 5,000?
- Learn how the organization built a unified, transparent career framework and job architecture among diverse business groups and scientific disciplines, facilitating difficult cross‑functional conversations, and creating a shared definition of job families, role levels, expectations, and progression criteria across different scientific sub-specialties, functional areas and business lines
- Discover how the new structure increased employees’ understanding of career paths, strengthened perceptions of fairness, enabled more consistent manager decision‑making, and improved trust and transparency across the business, driving stronger engagement even amid challenging market conditions
Interactive Q&A Session
This Q&A session explores how life sciences organizations can scale research functions from a small founding team to a fully mature, high-performing research engine without losing culture, speed, or scientific rigor. Gain insights into creating interview processes that prioritize scientific excellence, preparing leaders to assess talent effectively, and designing a roadmap for cohesive, cross-functional growth.
- Strategies for scaling research teams while preserving culture and collaboration
- Building rigorous, candidate-centric evaluation processes to strengthen team fit
- Preparing scientific leaders for talent assessment and leadership responsibilities
- Maintaining engagement and scientific integrity during rapid expansion
