Strategic HR Business Partner

Medica’s Strategic HR-Business Partner will deliver high-impact HR solutions by aligning Human Resource strategies with business strategies across the organization and serve as a trusted advisor to business leadership regarding people, organizational, cultural, and capability implications of business strategy. In addition, our Strategic HR Business Partner will effectively influence and lead organizational change initiatives.

This role is responsible for aligning ‘people’strategies to business and growth strategies, partnering with business leaders and HR Centers of Excellence. The incumbent will be able to identify capability gaps in current workforce and set strategy to help address business needs.

Key Accountabilities:

• Work in partnership with leaders to identify talent and organizational implications of strategic plans
• Collaborate with HR teams to ensure business strategies are supported by the appropriate HR programs, practices, and services needed to provide competitive advantage
• Develop and leverage knowledge of the business to provide consultation and guidance to executives and directors concerning business, talent, and operational decisions
• Coach and challenge leaders to develop and enhance their personal leadership style and performance to improve business results
• Diagnose, design, implement, and assess change management strategies and plans in support of overall organizational development initiatives
• Identify people side risks and anticipated points of resistance
• Conduct readiness assessments, evaluate results, and present findings to stakeholders
• Provide significant input in the development of communication plans, stakeholder assessments, and training plans; administer measurements systems to track adoption, utilization, and proficiency of changes

As a change leader, this role will have the opportunity to create and implement effective strategies to ensure smooth transitions to new processes, models and structures and partner with our HR teams as needed. Our Strategic HR Business Partners also proactively assesses data, identify trends, operational gaps, and areas of opportunity, and provide actionable insight to business leaders.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 8+ years’ relevant experience
• Background in organization design and change management strongly preferred
• Experience working effectively in a fast paced, accountable, growth-oriented business environment
• Experience in successfully designing and implementing 'people' strategies to ensure that the organization, capabilities and culture ALL assist in driving business results
• Proven success influencing and driving results by matching people expertise, strategic input and professional insight
• Has a track record of strengthening senior leadership teams by providing coaching and counsel to senior executives to further develop their leadership skills

Skills and Abilities:

• Effectively partners with other members of the HR team to develop and implement new and improved HR programs and processes
• Ability to identify organizational development opportunities with business leaders
• Ability to develop and execute appropriate processes while leveraging internal HR resources
• Highly collaborative and facilitative approach
• Ability to apply business judgment to data with a strong analytical ability
• Proactive attitude, quickly identifies and acts on opportunities
• Ability to provide consulting expertise to assigned business unit(s) on HR issues including but not limited to organizational design and effectiveness, workforce planning, retention strategies, culture, leadership development, talent management, and reward and recognition strategies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong consultative, influencing and interpersonal skills
• Expert business knowledge with comprehensive understanding of functional areas and organization
• Advanced leadership skills with ability to resolve critical issues and contribute to organizational development

This position is a hub-based role which requires onsite presence. To be eligible for consideration, candidates must reside within a commuting…