Senior HR Strategist: Talent & Org Effectiveness - Remote

Gundersen Health System; Wisconsin; Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Gundersen Health System in Wisconsin is seeking a Senior HR Consultant in Talent and Organizational Effectiveness. You will partner with the VP to design and execute strategic people initiatives that strengthen talent density, elevate workforce capability, and improve business performance.

This role requires strong HR and analytics experience, Workday proficiency, and the ability to create polished executive presentations. Remote work is available; candidates must reside in the Quad States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive HR, Talent, HR consulting, or Organizational Effectiveness experience, including work with senior executives
• Experience using data and analytics to drive talent strategy

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional HR and talent initiatives sponsored by the VP of Talent and Organizational Effectiveness.
• Develop charters, workplans, timelines, and success measures to keep initiatives organized and on track.
• Partner with Talent, HR Business Partners, People Analytics, Finance, IT, and leaders to drive alignment and timely delivery.
• Support enterprise-wide initiatives that strengthen talent density, including skills-based hiring, internal mobility, reskilling, and organizational effectiveness efforts.
• Help design and improve precision hiring and talent systems, including structured decision criteria, skills-based selection, and feedback loops.
• Develop executive-level presentations, briefing materials, dashboards, one-pagers, and talking points for internal and external audiences.
• Translate workforce analytics, AI insights, and organizational data into clear recommendations for executive decision-making.
• Partner with People Analytics and HRIS to build and maintain dashboards related to talent, internal mobility, skills, performance, and retention.
• Track key metrics and surface insights that help the VP and HR leadership identify risks, opportunities, and priority actions.
• Support light workforce planning by consolidating demand signals, hiring plans, and capability needs into actionable views.
• Coordinate workforce development, reskilling, and internal mobility initiatives using the Four R Framework: Recruit, Retain, Reskill, and Redesign.
• Establish project governance routines, milestone tracking, decision logs, and risk and issue registers for key initiatives.
• Prepare follow-up communications, decision summaries, and next-step requests to keep teams accountable and momentum strong.
• Conduct research on best practices in talent acquisition, AI in HR, and organizational effectiveness.
• Analyze internal and external data and develop options, scenarios, and recommendations for executive leaders.
• Provide some administrative support to the VP as needed, in partnership with the Executive Assistant.

Skills

HR analytics

Executive communication

Workday

AI in HR

Data analytics

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/OD

Master's degree in HR/Business/OD

Tools

Workday

Job description

Gundersen Health System in Wisconsin is seeking a Senior HR Consultant in Talent and Organizational Effectiveness. You will partner with the VP to design and execute strategic people initiatives that strengthen talent density, elevate workforce capability, and improve business performance.

This role requires strong HR and analytics experience, Workday proficiency, and the ability to create polished executive presentations. Remote work is available; candidates must reside in the Quad States.