Senior HR Strategy & Change Leader, FMS

Stanford University; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University in California seeks an experienced Associate Director, Human Resources for Financial Management Services (FMS). You will partner with senior FMS leaders to translate workforce strategy into effective HR programs, including organizational design, career architecture, and talent development.

The role requires independent leadership and supervision of an HR Business Partner. Preferred candidates bring deep HR discipline breadth, strong stakeholder influence, and experience

Qualifications

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and understanding of group dynamics.
• Experience designing career architecture, organizational design, or workforce planning programs.
• Experience leading people programs through AI-driven change.
• Experience supervising HR staff.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills for senior audiences.
• Experience in complex or higher education environments preferred.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional HR initiatives end-to-end.
• Ability to translate HR metrics into actionable insights for leaders.
• Experience designing training, tools, and coaching for managers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted HR advisor to FMS SAVP and leadership team.
• Translate workforce plan into HR frameworks and programs; track success.
• Lead strategic HR initiatives, programs, processes, and policies.
• Lead HR program implementations within FMS.
• Provide specialized HR knowledge, analytics, and reporting to inform decisions.
• Collaborate with UHR and Centers of Excellence on initiatives and services.
• Mentor junior HR team members as needed.
• Ensure compliance with Stanford HR policies and laws.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Emotional intelligence

Career architecture

Organizational design

Workforce planning

Change management

Data analytics

Leadership collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Stanford University in California seeks an experienced Associate Director, Human Resources for Financial Management Services (FMS). You will partner with senior FMS leaders to translate workforce strategy into effective HR programs, including organizational design, career architecture, and talent development.

The role requires independent leadership and supervision of an HR Business Partner. Preferred candidates bring deep HR discipline breadth, strong stakeholder influence, and experience