Senior Consultant | Talent & Organizational Effectiveness

Gundersen Health System•La Crosse, IA
•Remote

About The Position

The Senior HR Consultant partners directly with the Vice President of Talent and Organizational Effectiveness to design, coordinate, and execute strategic people initiatives that strengthen talent density, elevate workforce capability, and improve business performance. The role serves as a strategic project, program, and analytics advisor, collaborating across HR, Talent, Finance, People Analytics, IT, and business leadership to advance organizational priorities. This position supports talent strategy and organizational effectiveness through project and program management, workforce analytics, executive communications, talent-system improvements, workforce planning, and workforce development initiatives. The role is suited to an experienced HR professional who can manage multiple priorities, work with senior executives, translate data into recommendations, use Workday and AI-enabled tools, and prepare polished executive presentations. Healthcare experience is highly preferred. The position is remote and candidates must live in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, or Iowa. It is scheduled for 40 hours per week and reports to the Vice President of Talent and Organizational Effectiveness. Starting salary is $92,539.20, with more offered for experience. Remote work is available in select roles, subject to approval and organizational policy.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field.
  • At least 7 years of progressive HR, Talent, HR consulting, or Organizational Effectiveness experience, including work with senior executives.
  • Experience using data and analytics to drive talent strategy.
  • Candidates must live in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, or Iowa.
  • Ability to work remotely in accordance with applicable organizational policies and maintain a positive, productive work environment.

Nice To Haves

  • Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field.
  • Healthcare industry experience.
  • Experience applying AI-enabled tools, workforce intelligence platforms, or generative AI solutions in HR, talent, workforce planning, learning, or organizational effectiveness.
  • Strong Workday skills.
  • Experience coordinating multiple projects and priorities.
  • Strong executive communication skills, including building polished PowerPoint presentations.
  • Comfort supporting senior leaders with both strategic and administrative needs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead planning, coordination, and execution of cross-functional HR and talent initiatives sponsored by the Vice President of Talent and Organizational Effectiveness.
  • Build project charters, workplans, timelines, and success measures to organize initiatives and keep them on track.
  • Partner with Talent, HR Business Partners, People Analytics, Finance, IT, and business leaders to drive alignment and timely delivery.
  • Support enterprise-wide initiatives to strengthen talent density, including skills-based hiring, internal mobility, reskilling, and organizational effectiveness efforts.
  • Help design and improve precision hiring and talent systems, including structured decision criteria, skills-based selection, and feedback loops.
  • Develop executive-level presentations, briefing materials, dashboards, one-pagers, and talking points for internal and external audiences.
  • Translate workforce analytics, AI insights, and organizational data into clear recommendations for executive decision-making.
  • Partner with People Analytics and HRIS to build and maintain dashboards related to talent, internal mobility, skills, performance, and retention.
  • Track key metrics and surface insights to help the Vice President and HR leadership identify risks, opportunities, and priority actions.
  • Support light workforce planning by consolidating demand signals, hiring plans, and capability needs into actionable views.
  • Coordinate workforce development, reskilling, and internal mobility initiatives using the Four R Framework: Recruit, Retain, Reskill, and Redesign.
  • Establish project governance routines, milestone tracking, decision logs, and risk and issue registers for key initiatives.
  • Prepare follow-up communications, decision summaries, and next-step requests to support accountability and maintain momentum.
  • Conduct research on best practices in talent acquisition, AI in HR, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Analyze internal and external data and develop options, scenarios, and recommendations for executive leaders.
  • Provide administrative support to the Vice President as needed, in partnership with the Executive Assistant.
  • Practice and promote behavior consistent with the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
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