Jennifer Flaisher

Chief People Officer at Spark Therapeutics

Jennifer Flaisher is the Chief People Officer (CPO) at Spark Therapeutics, where she has responsibility for Human Resources (HR); Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and Corporate Communications and Community Engagement, and is focused on enabling, empowering and inspiring Spark’s most important resource – its talented people.

Jennifer and her team are responsible for translating business priorities into talent, communication and engagement strategies that strengthen Spark’s competitiveness and ability to fulfill its mission to challenge the inevitability of genetic disease. To support this mission, Jennifer’s team is focused on building a strong, values-driven culture, where everyone is respected, feels a sense of belonging and can thrive, and communicating with all of Spark’s key stakeholders, including the broader community, to enable meaningful engagement with the Company.

Jennifer joined Spark in 2017 and previously served as the Head of HR, leading the team that recruited, hired and onboarded hundreds of team members to more than double the Company’s size over four-year period. During her more than 20 years in HR, Jennifer has held a number of senior-level roles at leading bio-pharmaceutical companies. Her expertise is centered in business transformations and, organizational effectiveness, change management, HR effectiveness and creating employee-centric solutions. She served as Vice President of HR for Teva Pharmaceuticals, leading the HR function for its U.S. business, and at Shire Pharmaceuticals (now part of Takeda), as the Chief of Staff to the CHRO, in addition to a number of senior-level HR Business Partner roles.

Jennifer holds a B.S. from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Villanova University. She sits on the board of Women Golfers Give Back, a non-profit focused on helping girls build resilience and confidence through golf.

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  • Chief People Officer

    April, 2021 - present

  • Chief Human Resources Officer

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