HR Business Partners

Blue Shield of California; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California is seeking an accomplished HR Business Partner to serve as a strategic partner to leadership across the organization. You will advise on people strategies, coach executives, and drive employee engagement while aligning human capital plans with enterprise goals.

You will partner with COEs and HR teams to deliver integrated solutions, lead complex initiatives, and foster a culture rooted in our values and strong leadership behaviors.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Requires 10 years of prior relevant experience in a strategic Human Resources function with at least 7 years driving strategic initiatives
• Requires mastery level knowledge of Human Resources
• Requires ability to leverage data to develop insights presented to HR and business clients
• Requires exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills and ability to build professional networks
• Requires strong evidence of Project Management Skills
• Requires strong communication skills with the ability to articulate issues to different audiences

Responsibilities

• Align business unit initiatives to enterprise objectives
• Align talent strategies to business goals
• Anticipate talent needs and ensure HR strategies are in place and aligned to outcomes
• Provide data insights and recommendations
• Influence decisions around performance, structure, and engagement with an enterprise mindset
• Collaborate across functions to deliver integrated solutions
• Act as a connector between business leaders and the organization
• Support planning and execution of human capital plans
• Lead complex initiatives like organizational design, talent management, succession planning, compensation, and management development
• Partner with Centers of Excellence and HR teams to deliver seamless HR processes
• Strengthen leadership by coaching and leadership development for the executive team
• Act as a change-agent during business transformation
• Support employee engagement and culture initiatives
• Broker HR solutions for clients through specialist HR resources

Skills

Data insights

Executive coaching

Leadership development

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

10+ years strategic HR experience

Job description

Job Description

HR Business Partners are highly business-focused and solutions-oriented change agents. They advise and coach leaders on people’s strategy to drive strong business performance and employee engagement. HR Business Partners help strengthen organizational performance by developing leaders who cultivate, inspire, and engage high-performing teams while ensuring outcomes align with the organization’s values and leadership behaviors. They also help translate organizational strategies into meaningful practices, programs, and tools that create an employee experience employees can take pride in and advocate for.

Responsibilities

• Align business unit initiatives to the enterprise objectives (think, look and connect enterprise-wide regarding impact, alignment and value)
• Align talent strategies to business goals
• Anticipate talent needs and ensure HR strategies (e.g., org design) are in place and aligned to business outcomes
• Provide data insights and recommendations
• Influence decisions around performance, structure, and engagement with an enterprise mindset
• Collaborate across functions to deliver integrated solutions
• Act as a connector between business leaders and the broader organization
• Support the planning and execution of human capital plans developing people strategies that connect and enable the successful execution of business strategies
• Lead complex initiatives where the impact is significant in supporting the client’s needs: Initiatives include organizational design, talent management, succession planning, compensation (equity, bonus, merit), and management development
• Partner with and between Centers of Excellence (COE's) and other HR teams to deliver seamless human resources processes and programs across the organization
• Strengthen the leadership by providing direct/candid coaching and leadership development to the executive team
• Act as a change-agent as the business continues to reshape itself with a goal of providing a world class customer and employee experience
• Support of employee engagement and culture work
• Broker all HR solutions for clients through specialist/expert HR resources

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Requires 10 years of prior relevant experience in a strategic Human Resources function role with a minimum of 7 years driving strategic initiatives
• Requires mastery level knowledge of Human Resources
• Requires demonstrated ability to leverage data to develop insights presented to HR and business clients.
• Requires exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to build trusting professional networks
• Requires strong evidence of Project Management Skills
• Requires evidence of strong communication skills (written and verbal) with demonstrated ability to clearly articulate issues to differing audiences, tailoring messaging as appropriate

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

About Us

About Blue Shield of California

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies. At Blue Shield of California, our mission is to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience. To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals. Blue Shield is a U.S. News Best Company to work for, a Deloitte U.S. Best Managed Company and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace. We were recognized by Fair360 as a Top Regional Company, and one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States by Points of Light. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities – join us!

Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

Equal Employment Opportunity

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

Job Information

• Job Schedule : Full time
• Locations : Oakland, CA, United States
• Locations : CA, United States
• Pay Range for California : $137720.00 to $206690.00
• Pay Range for Bay Area : $155248.00 to $232996.00
• Note : Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.
• Role can be filled by a candidate requiring sponsorship : No