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Director, Human Resources Business Partner
Sutter Health · Emeryville, California, United States · also Sacramento, California, United States
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In short
Serves as a senior strategic advisor to operational leaders, translating enterprise strategy into integrated people and talent solutions. Drives organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, and workforce stability across complex healthcare environments.
What they're looking for
MUST-HAVE SKILLS
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Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of progressive HR experience in senior business partner or leadership roles. Candidates must possess strong knowledge of healthcare systems, including GME programs and health insurance plans.
About the employer
Sutter Health
Sutter Health is a not-for-profit, people-centered healthcare system providing comprehensive care throughout California. Sutter Health is committed to innovative, high-quality patient care and community partnerships, and innovative, high-quality patient care. Today, Sutter Health is pursuing a bold new plan to reach more people and make excellent healthcare more connected and accessible. The health system’s 57,000+ staff and clinicians and 12,000+ affiliated physicians currently serve more than 3 million patients with a focus on expanding opportunities to serve patients, people and communities better. Sutter Health provides exceptional, affordable care through its hospitals, medical groups, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care clinics, telehealth, home health and hospice services. Dedicated to transforming healthcare, at Sutter Health, getting better never stops.
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Learn more about how Sutter Health is transforming healthcare at sutterhealth.org and vitals.sutterhealth.org.
- INDUSTRY
- Hospitals and Health Care
- COMPANY
- Nonprofit
- HEADQUARTERS
- Sacramento, California
- SIZE
- 10,001+
- OFFICES
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Questions about this role
- Is this Sutter Health role remote?
- Tagged hybrid · 3 days in office.
- What does it pay?
- The posting lists $181,875–$291,013 a year.
- Does it sponsor visas?
- Listed as no visa sponsorship.
- What experience does it ask for?
- Listed as 10+ years.
The posting, in full
We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health! SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-Valley Serves as a senior strategic advisor and thought partner to senior operational leaders, enabling business outcomes through integrated, data-informed people strategies. Operates in a consultative capacity, translating enterprise strategy into talent, engagement, and organization solutions that drive measurable impact across complex healthcare environments.
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We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!
Organization
SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-Valley
Position Overview
Serves as a senior strategic advisor and thought partner to senior operational leaders, enabling business outcomes through integrated, data-informed people strategies. Operates in a consultative capacity, translating enterprise strategy into talent, engagement, and organization solutions that drive measurable impact across complex healthcare environments.
Partners closely with senior operational leaders to shape people strategies that strengthen culture, patient outcomes, and workforce effectiveness, while aligning with financial and operational priorities. Drives strategic influence, anticipates workforce needs through proactive planning, leverages insights to align systems and talent initiatives to deliver meaningful results at the system and local levels, demonstrating strong strategic mindset and operational excellence.
Plays a critical role in advancing Sutter Health’s human resource (HR) transformation by ensuring enterprise strategies are effectively applied within entity settings. As a trusted advisor, this role partners closely with operational leaders and key partners across human resources to elevate leadership capability, align talent solutions, strengthen engagement, drive labor outcomes, and lead change across dynamic, highly regulated environments, with a focus on adoption, sustainability, and long-term impact.
Job Description:
This position will support System Home Office. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, along with familiarity with graduate medical education (GME) programs and medical school graduates
Must live within the footprint of Sacramento or Emeryville. Hyrbid expectation is an estimated 12 days per month onsite.
EDUCATION
Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma
Bachelor’s degree
TYPICAL EXPERIENCE
10 years recent relevant experience.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Progressive HR experience, including senior HR business partner or HR leadership roles.
Demonstrated success partnering with senior operational leaders in complex, matrixed environments.
Experience in organizational effectiveness, engagement, workforce planning, leadership development, talent management, organization design / effectiveness, and change leadership.
Strong background collaborating with HR COEs in an enterprise or shared-services HR model.
Experience operating at a consultative, influence-based level without direct employee relations ownership.
Experience shaping proactive workforce and labor strategies to prevent escalation, reduce risk, and drive operational stability.
Experience leveraging HR data, metrics, and analytics to measure business outcomes and inform executive decision-making.
Working knowledge of state employment and labor environment sufficient for executive advisement (not case execution).
Expertise in organization design, succession planning, engagement strategy, and leadership
development.
Expertise in leveraging data/insights to drive meaningful outcomes.
Possess business / financial acumen.
Knowledge of external labor, industry, and market trends to inform competitive people strategies.
Expertise in change management governance and guiding leaders through complex organizational transitions.
Executive-level presence with the ability to influence without authority.
Strategic thinker with strong clinical acumen.
Ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable guidance for leaders.
Enterprise mindset balanced with sensitivity to entity-specific operational realities.
Highly collaborative, consultative, and relationship-driven.
Demonstrated ability to drive alignment across multiple HR disciplines and enterprise initiatives.
Job Shift
Days
Schedule
Full Time
Days of the Week
Monday - Friday
Weekend Requirements
As Needed
Benefits
Yes
Unions
No
Position Status
Exempt
Weekly Hours
40
Employee Status
Regular
Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $181,875.20 to $291,012.80 / annual salary
The posted pay range is based on the position's primary work location. Candidates who reside and work outside of that location may be subject to a different pay range based on their work location. Candidate starting salaries consider multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.