Sr HR Business Partner

Fairview Health Services • Saint Paul, MN

118d

About The Position

The Senior HR Business Partner serves as a strategic HR leader, partnering with senior executives across our enabling functions-including Information Technology, Strategy, and Human Resources-to define and execute HR strategies that align with business objectives. This role is instrumental in driving organizational effectiveness through proactive workforce planning, talent management, employee engagement, organizational design, and cultural transformation. As a trusted advisor, the Sr. HRBP shapes and leads people solutions aligned with business metrics for key areas.

Requirements

• B.S./B.A. degree in human resources, business administration, or related field, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of progressively complex HR experience, including prior HRBP experience.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align HR strategies to business goals.
• Experience leading large scale organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent management and change management initiatives.
• Deep understanding of HR analytics, compensation strategies, and performance management.
• Strong interpersonal and influence skills.
• Ability to lead complex HR projects across multiple business units while demonstrating strong stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

• M.A./M.S. degree in human resources, business administration, or related field, or equivalent.
• Master's degree with 5+ years of experience, including strategic HRBP experience.
• Experience in healthcare.
• Experience working in a union environment.
• Experience working in a highly matrixed organization.
• PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP Coaching certification.

Responsibilities

• Influences leadership to use data-driven insights for organizational design and team effectiveness, balancing customer impact with people-focused change strategies.
• Partners with leadership to clarify initiative outcomes, define roles, and set success metrics for transformational efforts.
• Identifies opportunities for business unit challenges and designs solutions to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on HR strategy, organizational design, and business transformation.
• Creates and executes talent strategies that align with business objectives, focusing on building critical skills and deploying talent effectively.
• Establish KPIs to track progress and measure the impact of talent strategies on business outcomes.
• Delivers data-driven HR solutions aligned with business goals, diagnosing organizational challenges and providing tailored recommendations.
• Build strong partnerships with senior leaders to advise on workforce planning, organizational health, and leadership development.
• Leads initiatives that drive an inclusive, high-performance workplace culture and enhances employee experience by aligning cultural solutions with business strategy.
• Champions DEI initiatives and provides trusted advice on engagement strategies based on employee feedback.
• Leverages multiple data points to determine engagement trends and develops solutions to further engagement initiatives.
• Uses advanced analytics to identify trends and inform workforce decisions, translating business challenges into HR strategies to improve effectiveness and retention.
• Drives enterprise-wide HR initiatives that support operational excellence, talent mobility, and employee well-being.
• Collaborate with HRBPs and COEs to integrate HR strategies and ensure alignment with business needs.
• Champions consistency and unity in HR's influence across the organization to enhance HR's collective impact.
• Acts as a mentor and coach to HR team members.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision plans
• life insurance
• short-term and long-term disability insurance
• PTO and Sick and Safe Time
• tuition reimbursement
• retirement
• early access to earned wages
• and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees