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 organization solutions that drive measurable impact across complex healthcare environments and align with financial and operational priorities. It supports stronger culture, patient outcomes, workforce effectiveness, and leadership capability. The position plays a critical role in advancing Sutter Health’s HR transformation by applying enterprise strategies within entity settings. As a trusted advisor, the Director partners with operational leaders and HR colleagues to align talent solutions, strengthen engagement, drive labor outcomes, and lead change in dynamic, highly regulated environments, with attention to adoption, sustainability, and long-term impact. This role supports the System Home Office. The ideal candidate has strong knowledge of health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, and familiarity with graduate medical education programs and medical school graduates. The candidate must live within the Sacramento or Emeryville footprint. The hybrid expectation is approximately 12 onsite days per month.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree; equivalent experience will be 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 excellence in an enterprise or shared-services HR model.
- Experience operating consultatively and influencing without direct employee relations ownership.
- Experience shaping proactive workforce and labor strategies to prevent escalation, reduce risk, and drive operational stability.
- Experience leveraging HR data, metrics, and analytics to measure business outcomes and inform executive decisions.
- Working knowledge of state employment and labor environments sufficient to advise executives.
- 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, relationship-driven approach.
- Demonstrated ability to drive alignment across multiple HR disciplines and enterprise initiatives.
- Must live within the Sacramento or Emeryville footprint.
Nice To Haves
- Strong knowledge of health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage.
- Familiarity with graduate medical education programs and medical school graduates.
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior operational leaders to shape people strategies aligned with culture, patient outcomes, workforce effectiveness, and financial and operational priorities.
- Translate enterprise strategy into talent, engagement, and organizational solutions with measurable business impact.
- Anticipate workforce needs through proactive planning and use insights to align systems and talent initiatives at system and local levels.
- Apply enterprise HR strategies within entity settings and contribute to Sutter Health’s HR transformation.
- Elevate leadership capability, align talent solutions, strengthen engagement, and drive labor outcomes in partnership with operational leaders and HR colleagues.
- Lead organizational change and guide leaders through complex transitions, focusing on adoption, sustainability, and long-term impact.
- Use HR data, metrics, and analytics to measure business outcomes and inform executive decision-making.
- Shape proactive workforce and labor strategies to prevent escalation, reduce risk, and support operational stability.
- Drive alignment across HR disciplines and enterprise initiatives.
Benefits
- Eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
