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Jo-Ellen Petrone

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VP, Talent at Bicara Therapeutics
📍 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Jo-Ellen Petrone is the VP of Talent at Bicara Therapeutics, with deep expertise in full-cycle recruiting and talent acquisition within the biotech industry. She has a history of building high-performing teams at companies like Anthos and Sage Therapeutics. Colleagues describe her as professional, talented, and hard-working.

She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her career has been consistently focused on the human resources and talent side of innovative pharmaceutical and therapeutic companies, indicating a strong connection to the healthcare sectors mission.

She was a featured panelist at a Leap HR conference, where she discussed the strategy behind building a commercial team from the ground up.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
VP, Talent
Job Level
Senior
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Biotech Talent Acquisition
Has led talent acquisition for multiple therapeutics companies, including Bicara, Anthos, and Sage, focusing on recruiting for highly specialized roles.
Building Commercial Teams
Spoke on a panel about "The Roadmap to Commercialization" and has direct experience building out the commercial team for Sage Therapeutics.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
VP, Talent
Bicara Therapeutics
6-2025 - 10-2025
Human Resources Consultant
Bicara Therapeutics
11-2024 - 10-2025
Head of Talent Acquisition
Anthos Therapeutics
10-2023 - 11-2024
Human Resources Consultant
Lantheus
9-2022 - 9-2023
Head of Talent Acquisition, Commercial, G&A
Sage Therapeutics
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Education
1998 - 2002
BS
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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