Director, Strategy & Operations

Director of People Strategy & Operations

The Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) earned its most recent comprehensive cancer center designation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 2022. SCI is a prominent, dynamic, and complex institute within Stanford University School of Medicine and actively works to build synergies and collaborations among faculty with cancer-relevant expertise from four schools and over 30 departments across Stanford University.

• Support senior HR leadership with change management efforts, stakeholder analysis, risk assessment, implementation, and monitoring.
• Consult with managers on complex compensation matters, salary actions, bonuses, and assignment of employees to job titles, and partner with UHR Compensation as needed.
• Provide guidance on disability, leave, and workers’ compensation matters, educate managers, and develop interim staffing plans to mitigate operational concerns.
• Consult on employee labor relations matters, including corrective action, investigations, workplace accommodations, wage/hour, layoffs, and terminations; educate managers.
• Contribute to or lead the development of employee engagement surveys and initiatives, analyze data, and provide recommendations to senior leaders; educate managers on sustaining a positive work environment.
• Support complex data entry, functions, and record retention processes; analyze and interpret reports on turnover, movement, and accrual usage; develop custom reports and consult with senior HR team members; educate managers on report usage.
• Oversee the annual performance appraisal process; consult on performance management matters, set expectations and goals, conduct annual reviews; educate managers on best practices.
Consult on talent acquisition matters, including job postings, competencies, interview tools, candidate selection, onboarding, and candidate experience; coordinate with subject matter experts; provide recommendations on talent acquisition programming.
• Support senior leadership with generating and analyzing talent metrics and workforce planning reports.
• Consult on talent development matters, including professional development opportunities, coaching, mentoring, and networking; contribute to new professional development initiatives.
• Oversee accuracy of transaction entries, approve submissions, and process complex transactions as needed.
• Maintain consistency with UHR and Stanford policies, procedures, and applicable laws.
• Facilitate initiatives to foster an inclusive workplace culture.

• 3 years of people manager experience.
• Experience in other administrative areas such as faculty & academic affairs, operations & facilities management, finance, etc.

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of relevant human resources experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Talent expectations:
  Refer to competencies for HR Support.
• Technical competencies:
  Experience managing complex employee relations issues and providing strategic solutions; change management experience preferred; demonstrated experience developing employees; proficiency with business applications, Microsoft Office suite, Google suite.

• SHRM-CP / PHR achieved or equivalent HR experience.

• Frequently stand/walk, sit, perform desk‑based computer tasks, and use a telephone.
• Occasionally write by hand, twist/bend/stoop/squat, reach/work above shoulders, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds, sort/file paperwork.
• Rarely kneel/crawl, operate foot and/or hand controls.
• Consistent with the University’s obligations under the law, reasonable accommodation will be provided to employees with disabilities who require accommodation to perform essential job functions.

• Travel on campus to schools/units, out of town.

• Interpersonal skills:
  Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and external organizations.
• Promote culture of safety:
  Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and safety;…