Director, Human Resources Business Partner
About The Position
The Director, Human Resources Business Partner serves as a senior strategic advisor and thought partner to senior operational leaders, enabling business outcomes through integrated, data-informed people strategies. The role translates enterprise strategy into talent, engagement, and organizational solutions that deliver measurable impact in complex healthcare environments. It supports System Home Office and requires strong knowledge of health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, as well as familiarity with graduate medical education programs and medical school graduates. The position partners with senior operational leaders to shape people strategies that strengthen culture, patient outcomes, and workforce effectiveness while aligning with financial and operational priorities. It anticipates workforce needs, uses insights to align systems and talent initiatives, and supports results at both system and local levels. The role advances Sutter Health’s HR transformation by applying enterprise strategies in entity settings. As a trusted advisor, it works with operational leaders and HR partners to elevate leadership capability, align talent solutions, strengthen engagement, drive labor outcomes, and lead change in dynamic, highly regulated environments, with emphasis on adoption, sustainability, and long-term impact. The position is hybrid, with an estimated 12 onsite days per month, and the employee must live within the Sacramento or Emeryville footprint.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree; equivalent experience is accepted in lieu of the degree.
- 10 years of recent relevant experience.
- Progressive HR experience, including senior HR business partner or HR leadership roles.
- Demonstrated success partnering with senior operational leaders in complex, matrixed environments.
- Experience in organizational effectiveness, engagement, workforce planning, leadership development, talent management, organization design, and change leadership.
- Strong background collaborating with HR centers of expertise in an enterprise or shared-services HR model.
- Experience operating consultatively and through influence without direct employee relations ownership.
- Experience shaping proactive workforce and labor strategies to prevent escalation, reduce risk, and drive operational stability.
- Experience using HR data, metrics, and analytics to measure business outcomes and inform executive decisions.
- Working knowledge of state employment and labor environments sufficient for executive advisement, not case execution.
- Expertise in organization design, succession planning, engagement strategy, leadership development, and using data and insights to drive outcomes.
- Business and financial acumen.
- Knowledge of external labor, industry, and market trends to inform competitive people strategies.
- Expertise in change management governance and guiding leaders through complex organizational transitions.
- Executive-level presence and ability to influence without authority.
- Strategic thinking and strong clinical acumen.
- Ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable guidance for leaders.
- Enterprise mindset balanced with sensitivity to entity-specific operational realities.
- Highly collaborative, consultative, and relationship-driven approach.
- Demonstrated ability to drive alignment across multiple HR disciplines and enterprise initiatives.
- Must live within the Sacramento or Emeryville footprint.
- Strong knowledge of health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, and familiarity with graduate medical education programs and medical school graduates.
Responsibilities
- Advise senior operational leaders and serve as a strategic thought partner.
- Translate enterprise strategy into data-informed talent, engagement, and organizational solutions.
- Shape people strategies that strengthen culture, patient outcomes, and workforce effectiveness while aligning with financial and operational priorities.
- Anticipate workforce needs through proactive planning and use insights to align systems and talent initiatives.
- Apply enterprise HR strategies within entity settings and advance HR transformation.
- Partner with operational leaders and HR partners to elevate leadership capability, align talent solutions, strengthen engagement, and drive labor outcomes.
- Lead change in dynamic, highly regulated environments, emphasizing adoption, sustainability, and long-term impact.
- Guide leaders through complex organizational transitions and support workforce and labor strategies that promote operational stability.
- Leverage HR data, metrics, and analytics to measure outcomes and inform executive decision-making.
- Drive alignment across multiple HR disciplines and enterprise initiatives.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package for eligible positions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
