Gayle Gironda joined Inozyme in July 2021 and serves as our senior vice president and Chief People Officer. She has more than 20 years of experience in organizational design, talent recruitment, performance culture, planning and leadership development.
Ms. Gironda offers a deep knowledge of life sciences, stemming from her work with large multinational pharmaceutical organizations as well as small biotech companies. She previously served as vice president, human resources, global hematology and global market access at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), playing a key role integrating the Hematology Business Unit as part of the company’s acquisition of Celgene. Additionally, she supported the Global Market Access, Pricing and Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) teams through post-acquisition strategy, organizational design and talent alignment. Before joining Celgene in 2018 as vice president, human resources, global franchises, Ms. Gironda was executive director, HR, commercial operations at Alexion Pharmaceuticals. Her previous experience also includes leadership roles in human resources and operations for small-to-mid-sized companies such as Watson/Actavis, Jerini Ophthalmic, Inc. and Eyetech Pharmaceuticals. Ms. Gironda received a B.A. in liberal studies from SUNY Purchase and has completed additional graduate coursework in social-organizational psychology at Columbia University, Teachers College.