The Opportunity
Our client is seeking an accomplished Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) to join the executive leadership team of a large, integrated healthcare organization experiencing continued growth and transformation. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the CHRO will serve as the organization's senior human resources executive, responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive people strategy that aligns with enterprise business objectives.
This executive will provide both strategic leadership and operational oversight across the full spectrum of Human Resources while serving as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, physician leaders, operational executives, and the Board. The successful candidate will strengthen organizational culture, modernize HR operations, enhance leadership capability, improve workforce engagement, and position the organization to meet future workforce demands.
This role requires an executive who combines strategic vision with operational discipline and has demonstrated success leading complex, multi-site organizations through growth, integration, organizational change, and workforce transformation.
Position Overview
The Chief Human Resources Officer provides executive leadership for all human capital functions, including:
- Talent Acquisition
- Total Rewards (Compensation & Benefits)
- HR Business Partners
- Organizational Development
- Leadership Development
- Workforce Planning
- Employee & Labor Relations
- HR Technology / HRIS
- Employee Health & Wellness
- Learning & Development
The CHRO will lead a high-performing HR organization while ensuring Human Resources serves as a strategic business partner that enables organizational performance, operational excellence, and an exceptional employee experience.
Key Responsibilities
The successful executive will:
- Develop and execute an enterprise-wide Human Resources strategy aligned with organizational priorities.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, succession planning, leadership capability, culture, and employee engagement.
- Lead the continued evolution of Human Resources into a proactive, service-oriented, data-driven function.
- Drive talent acquisition strategies to improve recruiting effectiveness and workforce stability across a geographically dispersed healthcare system.
- Design and implement enterprise leadership development, succession planning, and talent management programs.
- Oversee compensation and benefits strategies that support attraction, retention, internal equity, and fiscal responsibility.
- Strengthen employee engagement through culture initiatives, leadership coaching, communication strategies, and organizational development programs.
- Lead employee and labor relations initiatives, including maintaining productive relationships within unionized environments and supporting collective bargaining activities where applicable.
- Modernize HR systems, technology, analytics, and reporting capabilities to improve operational efficiency and decision-making.
- Partner with operational leaders during organizational growth, acquisitions, integrations, and system-wide change initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable employment laws, regulations, and healthcare workforce requirements.
- Foster a culture centered on accountability, collaboration, service excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Early Priorities
During the first 12-18 months, the CHRO will be expected to:
- Build trusted relationships with executive leadership, physicians, managers, and employees throughout the organization.
- Conduct a comprehensive assessment of Human Resources operations, structure, service delivery, and organizational effectiveness.
- Develop a multi-year Human Resources strategic roadmap aligned with business priorities.
- Enhance employee engagement and strengthen organizational culture across multiple locations.
- Improve recruiting effectiveness, onboarding, workforce planning, and retention strategies.
- Expand leadership development and succession planning initiatives.
- Continue integrating HR systems, policies, and practices across a growing healthcare enterprise.
- Improve operational consistency while maintaining flexibility for local business needs.
- Strengthen labor relations strategies and proactively address workforce challenges.
- Advance HR technology, analytics, and reporting capabilities to support enterprise decision-making.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is an accomplished healthcare HR executive who combines strategic thinking with operational excellence and possesses a demonstrated ability to lead through complexity and change.
Successful candidates will demonstrate experience in:
- Executive Human Resources leadership within large, complex organizations
- Healthcare or similarly regulated industries
- Enterprise HR strategy development and execution
- Organizational transformation and change management
- Employee engagement and culture development
- Leadership development and succession planning
- Talent acquisition and workforce planning
- HR technology implementation and optimization
- Compensation and benefits strategy
- Employee and labor relations, including union environments
- Building high-performing HR teams
- Driving measurable operational and organizational outcomes
Leadership Competencies
The successful executive will possess:
- Executive presence and credibility
- Strategic vision balanced with operational execution
- Collaborative and relationship-oriented leadership style
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills
- High emotional intelligence
- Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capabilities
- Proven ability to lead organizational change
- Results orientation with strong accountability
- Commitment to employee engagement and service excellence
- Ability to inspire, develop, and mentor leaders at every level
The Opportunity
This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of Human Resources for a respected, mission-driven healthcare organization committed to serving its communities through excellence in patient care, operational performance, and employee engagement.
The successful executive will join an experienced leadership team and have the opportunity to influence enterprise strategy while building a best-in-class Human Resources function capable of supporting continued organizational growth and long-term success.