Healthcare Consulting Senior Director - Human Resources Talent & Culture

Huron • Chicago, IL

19h • $215,000 - $265,000 • Remote

About The Position

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes. Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. At Huron, a Senior Director leads with expertise and collaboration, partnering with Huron and client leaders to create sustainable solutions that drive meaningful results. As a Senior Director with our Healthcare team, you will lead complex performance improvement engagements, create high-performing environments and ensure successful client outcomes. You’ll manage engagement-wide economics, apply critical thinking to quantify benefits, and develop solutions for performance improvement initiatives. Your role will foster a supportive, inclusive environment, empowering team members and creating a workplace where diverse perspectives are valued. You will build strong executive-level relationships, lead change processes, and identify new business opportunities, leveraging Huron's capabilities to meet client objectives. This allows you to make an impact and provides career opportunities both within and beyond your areas of expertise. If you’re passionate about driving impactful solutions and believe in the power of collaboration, Huron offers a rewarding path forward. The Healthcare Consulting Senior Director in Human Resources, Talent & Culture has: HR Strategy & Process Excellence Proven ability to assess, redesign, and implement end-to-end HR processes (talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, employee relations, compensation, workforce planning, total rewards). Strong command of organizational design principles, workforce optimization strategies, and change enablement methodologies. Experience leading process improvement efforts, preferably using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement frameworks. Data-Driven Decision Making Ability to interpret HR, workforce, and operational data to uncover insights, diagnose root causes, and quantify impact. Skill in building models, dashboards, and scenario analyses to support workforce planning and process redesign decisions. Comfort with tools such as Workday, SuccessFactors, UKG, or similar HRIS platforms. Proven analytical and critical thinking skills required to effectively quantify operational benefits for performance improvement initiatives, identify risks to achieving projected outcomes, and develop and implement solutions to address data gaps or risks. Change Management & Enablement Proven success in building strong executive-level and C-suite relationships while leading a multi-faceted change process Strong proficiency designing and executing change management strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, communications, and training for HR transformations. Ability to lead cultural shifts, adoption strategies, and behavioral change across large, matrixed organizations. Industry Knowledge & Thought Leadership Deep understanding of HR trends, technology innovation, and workforce transformation strategies. Ability to develop and deliver thought leadership, frameworks, and methodologies that differentiate consulting offerings. Experience in presenting at executive steering committees, workshops, and leadership forums.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 10 years of human resource consulting or human resources operations experience in one or more Total Rewards programs and industry practice, including compensation, absence management, benefits, and/or other areas of core human resources expertise.
• Business development experience in using networks and existing relationships to identify new/expanded sales opportunities based upon Huron’s broad set of capabilities, designing solutions that meet new and existing client business objectives, and effectively articulating value and return on investment in order close new business
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• The ability to travel based on client, enterprise, or project needs is an essential function of this role. While travel requirements may vary based on business need, the current average travel in the Healthcare practice is less than 50%, annually.

Nice To Haves

• Human resources experience within the healthcare or healthcare consulting industry
• Experience in a matrixed organization or cross-functional team environment

Benefits

• Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
• Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees