Alicja Januszewicz

Alicja Januszewicz, Ph.D., has served as the Head of People & Culture of Allena since 2019. Before joining Allena, she consulted with small organizations in Cambridge within talent management: employee development, organizational development, succession management, high potentials, and workforce planning. Previously, she had served as the Head of Talent Management at Baxalta Innovation Center, where she supported global R&D teams until the Shire acquisition.

Prior to joining Baxalta in 2015, Ms. Januszewicz was the Head of Talent Management at Epizyme. From 2007 to 2013, she served as a Talent Development Lead at Boston Scientific HQ, rolling out global talent management initiatives. Before Boston Scientific, she was supporting the organizational development of Genzyme’s global HR manufacturing group.

Ms. Januszewicz holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Polish Academy of Science, where she wrote her thesis under the mentorship of Prof. Henryk Domanski. She is a graduate of the Talent Management Institute, University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School.