Lisa Baldwin

Global biopharmaceutical company specializing in vaccines and therapeutic treatments, with approximately 1,200 employees worldwide.

• Partnered with the Site Head and Senior Leadership Team to drive workforce strategy across 350+ employees in manufacturing, supply chain, quality, engineering, and operations, aligning HR with regulatory and operational priorities.
• Led organizational restructuring initiatives that streamlined decision-making, clarified accountability, and positioned the company for future operational growth.
• Developed succession planning and leadership development initiatives, strengthening the talent pipeline, and ensuring continuity for critical operational and executive roles.
• Designed and executed culture programs that lifted engagement scores by 13% year over year, ranking in the top quartile of biotech peers.
• Led HR analytics and reporting strategy, providing executives with real-time dashboards on turnover, headcount, and compliance trends, cutting decision-making time by 30%.
• Modernized Canadian HR policies for compliance and fairness, reducing employee relations cases by 20%.
• Coached senior leaders across operations, achieving a 90% success rate in performance improvement plans within six months.
• Provided executive coaching to senior leaders across the site, strengthening leadership capabilities, and improving consistency in performance management.

Canadian plant-based protein start-up that scaled from 0 to 150 employees in under three years.

• Served as a core member of the executive team, leading HR and EHS strategy for employees across Canada and the U.S. During rapid growth and scale-up.
• Built and scaled the company’s first HR function, establishing payroll, benefits, recruitment, compensation, and HRIS infrastructure that enabled rapid growth in two years.
• Implemented HRIS and payroll systems (Ceridian Dayforce), reducing errors by 30%, and improving workforce reporting accuracy.
• Designed and executed DEIB and culture transformation initiatives, reducing voluntary turnover to less than 5%.
• Developed succession planning and leadership development programs, resulting in 35% of promotions filled internally, and creating a stronger leadership bench.
• Designed competitive compensation and benefits programs (salary structures, incentive plans, wellness initiatives) that increased employee satisfaction by 18%.
• Partnered with operations leaders to embed safety into the organizational culture, reducing workplace incidents by 15% year over year, strengthening compliance, and achieving Made Safe Certification.
• Directed senior and executive talent acquisition, reducing time-to-fill for critical roles by 40%, while ensuring long-term pipeline strength.

Leading hemp food and oil manufacturer with operations across Canada and the U.S.

• Managed HR operations for over 170 employees across Canada and the U.S., with oversight of payroll, benefits, and compliance.
• Directed HR integration during two M&A transactions, achieving 90% retention of key talent post-merger.
• Implemented an HRIS (ADP), reducing HR/payroll processing time by 35%, and improving data reporting.
• Built and led a 3-person HR team, aligning resources to support rapid growth and evolving business strategy.
• Introduced DEIB programming and values-based leadership training, increasing engagement scores by 20%.
• Partnered with operations leadership on organizational redesign initiatives that streamlined processes, improved efficiency, and enhanced profitability.
• Ensured compliance with Canadian and U.S. regulations. regulations. regulations. Labor legislation, mitigating risk, and supporting seamless cross-border operations.