Healthcare's helping hand.CHG shook things up in 1979 by inventing the locum tenens staffing model. We connect doctors with patients who need their care. As the largest physician staffing firm in America, our providers treat millions of patients each year.
Our industry is growing and demand is high. This means you'll have plenty of opportunities to grow and develop in your career. Keeping healthcare healthy can be as fun as it is rewarding
The Director of People and Culture will provide strategic leadership for CHG's people practices by overseeing our Employee Relations and Talent Planning t eam s who manage significant people and business impact . T hrough distinct employee relations and talent planning efforts, t his leader ensures tha t talent practices not only mitigate risk but strengthen our culture, leadership effectiveness, and employee experience through our core values . Additionally, develop enterprise framew o rks and methodologies that enable divisions to build strong talent pipelines, assess future skills needs, and align talent strategies with business objectives .
Success in this role looks like: Serving a s a trusted advisor to senior leaders across the organization who balances healthy employee decisions with key business outcomes; applying a n overall talent-management lens in your approach to ensure step s are made that drive fairness, consistency, and positive impact for both our people and the business; and leading and empowering both team s to be strategic, proactive, and effective in resolving critical people matters.
Responsibilities- Lead, coach, and develop a team of E mployee R elations consultants to drive resolution on strategic and complex employee relations cases across all divisions
- Oversee our Talent Planning function, ensuring robust processes for performance management, talent calibration, and upskilling based on talent profile needs
- Provide executive-level consultation on talent planning, complex investigations, escalated conflict resolution, and enterprise wide organizational policies
- Lead and participate in enterprise-level projects and initiatives for Employee Relations and Talent Planning
- Serve as an escalation point and decision-maker for highly sensitive situations, ensuring balanced, consistent, and legally sound outcomes
- Partner closely with senior leadership, People Business Partners, and our legal team to influence enterprise-wide approaches to ER, risk management, talent planning, and organizational health
- Collaborate with our People Operations team on monitoring case data and talent metrics while ensuring policies, programs, and practices are consistent, scalable, and aligned
- Anticipate emerging workforce trends to proactively shape talent and ER strategies that align with our business goals and CHG's culture
- Build scalable key cultural, employee relations, and talent planning initiatives to divisions and teams
- Partner cross-functional ly with other areas t o integrate talent planning and ER insights and solutions into broader people and business strategies
- Design, facilitate, and scale leader training, enablement and other solutions based on talent and ER trends
- Serve as subject matter expert in employment law and company policy to ensure decisions are made in compliance with all applicable policies and regulations
Qualifications- 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant time in an HRBP and/or direct Employee Relations /Talent Management leadership role
- Strong leadership skills with proven experience managing and developing a high-performing team, specifically in leading systemic talent management initiatives
- Deep knowledge of employment law, HR best practices, and organizational dynamics
- Exceptional communication, influence, and executive presence with the ability to build trust across diverse stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; PHR or SHRMP-CP certification preferred
- Experience leading projects and working exceptionally well both independently and with teams
- Ability to foster and build relationships with sales teams, business partners, and in their own department that are collaborative and lead to effective problem solving
- Comfortable and confident using HR systems and Microsoft Office Suite (Esp. Word and Excel)
- Maintain strict confidentiality of employee information
- Ability to effectively manage issues at multi-state locations
- Ability to train and present to large groups
- Ability to prioritize, manage time effectively, and multi-task
- Ability to travel as required
We believe in fair compensation for all of our people, which is why our pay structure takes into account the cost of labor across U.S. geographic markets. For this position, we offer a pay range of $128, 000 -- $276, 900 annually, with pay varying depending on work location and job-related factors such as knowledge, position level and experience. During the hiring process, your recruiter can provide more information about the specific salary range for the job location.
CHG Healthcare offers starting salaries for sales positions in the form of total target compensation (TTC = base + commission + bonus), which includes base pay, commission, and bonuses. Sales positions receive short-term incentives through commission plans and bonuses. On the other hand, non-sales positions have starting salaries that consist of a base salary and short-term incentives through various bonus plans, which are paid out monthly, quarterly, or annually.
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In return we offer:
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Traditional healthcare benefits such as medical and dental coverage, and some unique benefits like onsite health centers, corporate wellness programs, and free behavioral health appointments.
• Flexible work schedules - including work-from-home options available
• Recognition programs with rewards including trips, cash, and paid time off
• Family-friendly benefits including paid parental leave, fertility coverage, adoption assistance, and marriage counseling
• Tailored training resources including free LinkedIn learning courses
• Volunteer time off and employee-driven matching grants
• Tuition reimbursement programs
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CHG Healthcare values a diverse and inclusive workforce. Interested in this role but not a perfect fit? Apply anyway.
We welcome applicants of any race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status and individuals with disabilities as an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We are an at-will employer.
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