Vice President Human Resources

WVU Medicine; Greensburg (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

WVU Medicine is seeking a Vice President of Human Resources to provide executive leadership, strategic partnership, and alignment of HR programs with the organization's mission. The role emphasizes talent strategy, leadership development, and regulatory compliance in a complex healthcare system.

The senior HR leader will partner with senior leadership, shape the HR function, oversee policies, and drive performance across the organization while ensuring legal and regulatory adherence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• 12–15 years HR experience with 7–10 years leadership experience.
• Knowledge of FLSA, EEO, OSHA, Unemployment, Workers’ Comp regulations.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic business partner to develop and lead HR in organizational performance, succession, change, recruitment and employee relations.
• Advise senior leadership on human capital matters and culture impact.
• Develop an innovative HR function aligned with the organization’s mission.
• Provide leadership and oversight for HR programs, ensuring current, competitive and compliant policies.
• Implement HR initiatives that communicate and support the organization’s vision.
• Collaborate with HRBPs and leaders to maintain and revise employee policies; participate in policy committees.
• Serve as liaison with WVU Medicine HR Shared Services for high-quality HR services.
• Monitor HR indicators and address deficiencies to support the organization.
• Establish credibility as a trusted listener and problem solver on people issues.
• Provide consultancy, advice and coaching to employees; support leaders to drive performance.
• Lead change management plans to meet evolving organizational needs.
• Support system-wide HRBP, Employee Relations and HR Policy committee.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Change management

Strategic partnering

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/related field

Master’s degree preferred

PHR/SPHR or SHRM-C/SHRM-SCP desirable

Job description

The Vice President, Human Resources provides executive level leadership and is a strategic business partner that promotes and implements the organizations core values and mission through strategic planning and management of human resources programs; responsible for developing and executing human capital strategy; maintains strong relationships with leadership teams and internal customers. Responsible for developing a philosophy for managing the human resource function to reflect best practices in alignment with the WVU Medicine organizational mission.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE

• 1. Bachelor’s degree in human resources, industrial relations, business administration, or related field required. Master’s preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 1. 12-15 years of Human Resources experience with at least 7-10 years of prior leadership/people management experience required.
• 2. Knowledge of federal and state laws, regulations and rulings of governmental agencies including but not limited to FLSA, EEO, OSHA, Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE

• 1. Professional Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification and/or SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP certification desirable and preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 1. Prior experience and knowledge of Joint Commission and other regulatory standards in the healthcare industry preferred. Prior experience in Healthcare with an emphasis on strategic HR business partner relationships preferred.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

• 1. Acts as a strategic business partner that develops and leads the Human Resources team in the areas of organizational and performance management, succession planning, change management, recruitment and employee relations.
• 2. Serve as an advisor to the senior leadership team and a strategic advisor on human capital matters and their impact on organizational culture.
• 3. Assess, inspire and develop an HR team to create an innovative HR function that supports the organization.
• 4. Provide leadership and oversight for HR programs and policies, ensuring that they are current, competitive, within financial constraints, and in compliance with legal requirements.
• 5. Establishes and implements HR initiatives that effectively communicate and support the organization’s vision and strategic plan.
• 6. Partners with key personnel and HR business partners and HR leaders to create, maintain and revise employee policies and participates in the WVUHS System-wide HR policy committee to represent the hospital.
• 7. Functions as a strategic business partner to the leadership teams regarding key organizational and strategic issues.
• 8. Acts as a liaison with WVU Medicine HR Shared Services to deliver the highest quality of HR services.
• 9. Monitor human resources indicators to identify problem areas and make recommendations to address deficiencies that will help better support the organization.
• 10. Establishes credibility throughout the organization as an effective listener and problem solver of people issues
• 11. Provides consultancy, advice and coaching to all employees of the company; partners with leaders to effectively support, propose and lead initiatives that embrace a culture of high performance and drive success.
• 12. Implement change management plans to meet the continually changing needs of the organization.
• 13. Supports the system-wide HRBP, Employee Relations and HR Policy committee.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 1. Standard office environment

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• 1. Must possess strong leadership, communication, and team building skills.
• 2. Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• 3. Ability to execute initiatives across a complex organization.
• 4. Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted business partner with a strong business acumen and independent judgment.
• 5. Possess strong business acumen and the ability to identify correlations between Talent initiatives and business outcomes