People Business Partner, Northeast

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) • White Plains, NY

12d • $100,000 - $120,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a field-based role supporting VEG's hospitals in the Northeast Region, requiring the candidate to reside in NY, NJ, or CT (NY/Tri-State Area). At VEG, we find a way to say YES—and this role is about bringing that mindset to how we keep VEG compliant while making it the best place to work. We empower our people to do the unexpected, and as a People Business Partner, you'll be key to making that happen. You'll think outside the box of what you know in HR and build relationship-driven partnerships with market leaders, hospital managers, nursing managers, and medical directors across your region. This is a perfect mix of strategic partnership and hands-on execution in a fast-paced, start-up environment—where you'll bring sound judgment, field credibility, and deep care to the moments that matter most, and help build markets ready for VEG's continued growth.

Requirements

• Strong business judgment and the ability to connect People decisions to operational outcomes, leader effectiveness, and the VEGgie experience.
• Trusted-advisor presence with the credibility to challenge leaders constructively, influence without authority, and hold the bar in high-stakes or ambiguous situations.
• Proven experience managing complex employee relations issues and facilitating difficult conversations, with the judgment to balance compassion, accountability, and business risk.
• Ability to recognize patterns across data and field signals, diagnose root causes, and turn engagement, retention, and performance trends into practical recommendations.
• Comfort spending time in hospitals and with frontline teams; ability to travel up to 50–70% of the time.
• Bachelor's degree in HR, Organizational Development, or related field preferred, plus 4+ years of progressive HR experience with an HRBP focus; PHR or SHRM-CP and Workday experience a plus.

Nice To Haves

• Empathetic, instinctively taking a people-centric approach, whether supporting your colleagues or making an effort to understand different perspectives
• Have a sense of humility; acknowledging mistakes, sharing credit with others, and lifting up your team’s’ accomplishments
• Feel a strong sense of ownership over your work, taking responsibility for outcomes and staying committed to achieving long-term, impactful results
• Curious by nature; you ask insightful questions and continuously seek out opportunities to learn and grow your skills and knowledge

Responsibilities

• Use data and relationship-driven partnerships to influence leaders on people and business decisions, and drive the people strategy for your region—participating in business rhythms like MBRs to turn operational goals into clear People priorities.
• Travel to hospitals weekly within your geography to keep a constant People Team presence, building trusted relationships with VEGgies and on-site leaders.
• Support the development and execution of annual People processes including performance reviews, succession and development planning, engagement surveys, retention initiatives, and compensation reviews.
• Coach regional and local leaders to build organizational capability—diagnosing root causes of performance concerns and building development plans that improve VEGgie performance.
• Guide leaders through sensitive employee moments—employee relations, conflict, difficult conversations, and escalations—balancing confidentiality, consistency, business risk, and the VEGgie experience.
• Protect the VEG culture by proactively troubleshooting medium- and high-risk concerns and guiding local leaders on HR policy and legal adherence (EEO, ADA, FMLA, etc.).

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation Including $100,000 - $120,000 + bonus + benefits.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits that start on day one, and access to free therapy or counseling
• Paid parental leave, up to 12 weeks at 100% of regular salary, and offering inclusive fertility and family-building care for all types of families
• Unlimited PTO to use for vacation or sick days—however you need it!
• Generous employee referral program, so our awesome people can bring in more awesome people.
• Casual office attire, ability to bring your fur baby to work, cool VEG swag, food in the fridge for when you’re hungry and free lunches twice a week!!
• Company laptop and a monthly cell phone reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level