Director, Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP)
On-siteChicago, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Partner with people leaders on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, workforce planning, performance, and talent decisions. Build, design, and lead company-wide performance management practices including leadership development, goal setting, feedback, calibration, and talent reviews. Coach leaders through complex employee relations, performance issues, team dynamics, organizational change, and difficult people decisions. Develop scalable HRBP frameworks, tools, and operating rhythms that improve consistency, clarity, and manager ownership. Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders on organizational design, succession planning, internal mobility, and critical talent needs. Use people data, business metrics, and employee insights to identify organizational risks, recommend solutions, and measure the impact of people initiatives. Lead cross-functional people initiatives that strengthen culture, employee experience, leadership effectiveness, and organizational performance.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive Human Resources experience
- significant HR Business Partner in a start-up healthcare organization designing and leading new programs
- Demonstrated success building Leadership Development, Learning & Development, and Performance Management programs from the ground up
- Strong experience managing complex employee relations, performance management, investigations, and organizational change
- Experience supporting high-growth, fast-paced evolving, or transformation-stage organizations where structure and processes are still being built
- Strong business and organizational acumen with the ability to connect people strategies to company goals and operating performance
- Demonstrated ability to influence leaders, challenge constructively, and drive accountability without relying solely on formal authority
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- proven success in a high-performing environment: high velocity, strong ownership, comfort with ambiguity, resilience, and a true growth mindset
- You are both a playbook builder and executor, able to design scalable approaches for today while anticipating what the business will need tomorrow, and then follow through to deliver results
- proven success in a high-performing environment: high velocity, strong ownership, comfort with ambiguity, resilience, and a true growth mindset
- You are both a playbook builder and executor, able to design scalable approaches for today while anticipating what the business will need tomorrow, and then follow through to deliver results
- proven success in a high-performing environment: high velocity, strong ownership, comfort with ambiguity, resilience, and a true growth mindset
- You are both a playbook builder and executor, able to design scalable approaches for today while anticipating what the business will need tomorrow, and then follow through to deliver results
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting healthcare, healthcare technology, technology-enabled services, or another fast-growing professional environment
- Experience with organizational design, succession planning, talent calibration, and leadership assessment
- SHRM-SCP, SPHR, coaching, change management, or related professional certification
- Entrepreneurial DNA: A 'builder' mentality with the ability to operate effectively in high-ambiguity environments where processes may not be fully fleshed out
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