Uncover the Unique Imprint of Your Organization

Every leader, manager, employee leaves a unique imprint on an organization. Our goal as leaders is to find and nurture that unique value each of us brings, find the best in each other, and through this journey and the culture it derives, build organizations that deliver exceptional results on their purpose.

PPC Human Capital is focused on “People, Performance and Culture” and assisting early and mid-stage, private or public companies achieve and accelerate their business goals by having an experienced, strategic and operational Human Capital partner to support all facets of Organization Development.

Practice Areas Across all Human Capital Disciplines Include:

Executive and Board Compensation:

Whether a Private, Pre-IPO or Public company, Mary provides counsel to ensure competitive fit and compensation though the various stages of a company’s growth.

  • Strategic compensation advice to enabling the ability to attract, retain and motivate top board and executive talent

  • Benchmarking through various stages of a company’s growth

  • General Compensation & Benefits Strategy

Coaching/Mentorship

In Mary’s 28+ years of Life Science experience taking companies from Private to Public and Discovery through Commercialization, Mary enjoys drawing on her years of experience to support first time CHRO’s/Heads of HR.

  • Support for first time CHRO’s/Heads of HR assisting in the development of a Human Capital Roadmap

  • Providing a partnership role to new CHRO’s/Heads of HR to ensure their success.

Interim CHRO/CPO

As a highly collaborative and experienced Life Science business partner, Mary provides fractional assistance to support CEO’s and Executive teams in need of a strategic and operational HR partner in the early and mid-stages of a company’s growth.  These areas include the following:

  • Establishing HR fundamentals in policies/compliance/practices

  • Developing a talent management strategy and driving talent acquisition

  • Talent and Calibration Reviews

  • Succession Planning

  • Identifying Total Rewards and Benefits alternatives

  • Developing Workforce Planning  strategies

  • Performance management Processes and Operational Delivery

  • Selection of HRIS and Payroll Partners and Implementation

  • Development of culture and engagement  strategy and initiatives to support the development of high performing organizations.

  • Organization development,s structure and design

  • New employee on-boarding and orientation

Executive/Leadership Assessment & Development

As an EQ certified practitioner and Lencioni Experienced leader, Mary supports and assists in the assessment and development of a high performing Executive and leadership team(s). 

  • Identifying gaps and working closely with teams to optimize their strengths

  • Shining a light on each member's EQ awareness and its impact on their effectiveness as well as its impact on the team performance and effectiveness.

Companies Mary has Impacted

Testimonials

  • “Mary is one of the best HR leaders that I have had the pleasure to work with.”

  • “Mary is a very compassionate leader. Her empathy in dealing with people and being very approachable allows her to connect with the pulse of the company.”

  • “Mary is a gifted communicator and has a strong focus on building company culture.”

  • “Mary's primary strength as a leader lies in her commitment to embodying her values, advocating for and standing by what she perceives as just and right.”

About Mary

Mary Weger

MA, CHRO/CPO, Founder & Principal PPC Human Capital

Mary is a senior HR executive with global experience in life sciences and biotech. She possesses a proven track record as a strategic leader, building high-performance teams, scaling companies through growth, driving transformational change and creating people centric cultures that deliver strong business results. Mary is a collaborative business partner whose strengths include organization development and design, strategic planning, executive and board compensation, executive coaching and talent management. She is an accountable, transparent and performance driven leader, an innovative problem solver, a caring and thoughtful business partner possessing strong work ethic and integrity.

Mary has an extensive and accomplished background in human resources, specializing in both early-stage and established biopharmaceutical companies. Commencing as Celgene Corporation’s first Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO). During her time at Celgene, Mary was instrumental in the company’s growth globally, building Celgene’s organizational capability throughout 85 countries, 3 acquisitions, and 5 marketing approvals. Mary went on to build other early-stage biotech companies including Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, named as “Boston Globes Top Places to Work”, Edge Therapeutics and most recently Chief People Officer for ProKidney from 2022 to July 2024.

Mary is the founder and principal of PPC Human Capital, an HR consulting firm focused on building organizational capability, acting as Interim CHRO in early-stage life science companies scaling through each companies’ maturation and growth as well as a coach and mentor to newly appointed Heads of HR. Some consulting assignments include Bit Bio, HR Consultant, VectivBio, commuting to Switzerland monthly for three years and then coaching/mentorship for new Swiss based Head of HR until VectivBio was acquired by Ironwood, AutoIus, UK based, mentored newly appointed Head of HR, In8Bio, HR Consultant and Avalo Therapeutics, Interim CHRO.

Mary earned her M.A., Human Resource Manager from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a Master’s Certificate, Six Sigma - Black Belt, from Villanova University. She is also a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Executive Human Resource Program. In addition, Mary is E.Q Certified.

Mary is available as Interim CHRO and HR consulting services, Coach/Mentor for newly appointed CHRO’s as well as assuming a Full time Chief People Officer role.