Pamela Herbster

Pamela brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in human resources, organizational transformation, and business operations across the biopharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. She joins Inventiva from Sage Therapeutics, where she served as Senior Vice President, Chief People & Experience Officer and played a key role in supporting the company’s growth, talent strategy, and organizational development through its acquisition by Supernus Pharmaceuticals.

Prior to Sage, Pamela held a global leadership role at EMD Serono / Merck KGaA, where she oversaw Regulatory Affairs, Business Development, and Alliance Management, and also served as U.S. Site Head for Research & Development. Earlier in her career, she spent six years at Biogen in business partner roles of increasing responsibility, supporting multiple functions during periods of growth and transformation.

Pamela began her career within the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, where she developed broad cross-functional experience across the healthcare industry. Her background includes mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, and product launches across consumer health, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.

She holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.