Ryan Sullivan
About Ryan Sullivan
Ryan Sullivan is the Director of HRIS at Alkermes in Waltham, Massachusetts, with extensive experience in HR and IT roles.
Professional Experience at Alkermes
Ryan Sullivan is currently the Director of HRIS at Alkermes in Waltham, Massachusetts. Since 2020, he has held this position and has expanded his role to include HR Business Partner responsibilities for the quality and operations team. Before being promoted, he served as Associate Director of HRIS from 2016 to 2020. Sullivan initially joined Alkermes in 2013 as an IT Project Manager and worked in the Greater Boston Area until 2016.
Previous Roles and Experience
Prior to his tenure at Alkermes, Ryan Sullivan worked at Mercury Systems as a Principal Business Systems Analyst from 2008 to 2013. He also gained experience at Deloitte as a Consultant between 2005 and 2008. Earlier in his career, he was a Desktop Systems Specialist at Springfield Technical Community College from 2002 to 2005.
Educational Background
Ryan Sullivan holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Business Administration and Management, Information Technology from Bentley University, completed between 2012 and 2017. He also earned a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he studied from 2001 to 2005.
HR Infrastructure and People Analytics
Ryan Sullivan led the team responsible for establishing and designing an HR infrastructure for Mural Oncology using UKG as the HRIS software. He created over 30 dashboards and more than 300 insights to advance Alkermes' people analytics. His contributions helped transition Alkermes' reporting from basic to advanced, significantly enhancing the company's analytics capabilities.
Initiatives in Talent Management and Diversity
Sullivan spearheaded the implementation of a global Talent Management solution, modernizing talent strategies through talent reviews, succession planning, and career development. He also collaborated with the Diversity Committee to create standard executive summary decks for reviewing workforce demographics and benchmarking progress. Additionally, he led the implementation of a new applicant tracking system (ATS), established a listening program for new hires, and set key metrics for measuring recruiting effectiveness.