Joe Hand

As Chief People Officer at insitro, Joe Hand leads the company’s global people strategy, overseeing talent, organizational development, and culture, as the company continues to scale its integrated AI and biology platform and progress its differentiated, first-in-class programs toward the clinicz. A life sciences executive with deep expertise in executive compensation, total rewards, and building scalable HR organizations that enable business growth. He blends strategic insight with hands-on leadership across human capital management, serving as a trusted partner to CEOs and boards through periods of rapid expansion, cultural change, and complex corporate transactions.

During nearly a decade at Celgene, Joe served in senior leadership roles including Chief Human Resource Officer, where he modernized the company’s total rewards architecture compensation governance, talent acquisition, and HR operations during a period of significant global growth. He also served on the Executive Committee and Business Development Committee, contributing to major acquisitions and integrations. Joe was the principal architect and lead negotiator for all employee-related compensation and benefits matters in the $74B acquisition of Celgene by BMS and played a central role in the $13B divestiture of Otezla to Amgen. Earlier, as Chief of Staff to the CEO, he strengthened leadership alignment, drove enterprise-wide initiatives across R&D, commercial, and corporate functions, and created and managed the annual corporate bonus scorecard to set organizational priorities and align incentives.

Joe continued this focus on transformative HR work as Chief Administrative Officer at Phathom Pharmaceuticals, where he was among the first employees. He built the HR and total rewards infrastructure from the ground up as the company grew past 400 employees, establishing compensation governance, implementing modern people systems, and designing a comprehensive equity and rewards framework to support commercialization.

Joe holds a JD from NYU School of Law and a BBA from the University of Notre Dame.