Regional People Partner

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Marathon Health is a leading provider of advanced primary care in the U.S., serving 2.5 million eligible patients through approximately 630 employer and union-sponsored clients. Our comprehensive services include advanced primary care, mental health, occupational health, musculoskeletal, and pharmacy services, delivered through our 680+ health centers across 41 states. We also offer virtual primary care and mental health services accessible in all 50 states.

Transforming healthcare delivery with a patient-first approach, we prioritize convenient access to both in-person and virtual care, resulting in improved health outcomes and significant cost savings. Committed to inclusivity and collaboration, we foster a positive work environment and recruit exceptional talent to ensure expertise and compassion in healthcare delivery. Marathon has been recognized as a five-time Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work in Healthcare winner and a six-time Best in KLAS award winner for employer-sponsored healthcare services.

* We are only accepting candidates who are currently based in one of the following locations:
Polk County, FL;
Orlando, FL;
Charlotte, NC;
New Jersey;
Philadelphia, PA;
Baltimore, MD;
Chicago, IL;
Kansas City, MO; or St. Louis, MO. Applicants must reside in one of these areas to be considered.

The Regional People Partner is the dedicated HR leader for a defined health center region, working in close partnership with the General Manager and Regional Leadership Team. In Marathon Health’s health center model, this role ensures that talent, culture, and performance priorities are aligned to drive regional success across core roles— including Medical Assistants, Providers, and Health Center Support teammates. As the strategic people advisor, the Regional People Partner builds leadership capability, drives accountability, and ensures the teammate experience reflects Marathon Health’s values and standards.

Success in this role is measured through outcomes that matter most to our health centers: teammate retention, engagement (including pulse participation and scores), leadership readiness, and compliance with enterprise practices. Serving as the connector between regional operations and enterprise People Experience programs, the Regional People Partner ensures that initiatives are implemented in a way that works for health centers, creating consistent and high-quality people, patient, and client experiences.

This role embodies Marathon Health’s purpose:
We exist to enable millions of people to live their healthiest lives, one patient at a time.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Regional Leaders and teammates on employee relations, conflict resolution, policy interpretation, and workplace issues.
• Lead investigations and performance management cases (coaching, counseling, improvement plans) with consistency and fairness.
• Manage teammate leaves (FMLA, disability, LOA) ensuring compliance and leader support.
• Provide guidance on hiring, promotions, and employment changes, balancing business needs with compliance considerations.
• Partner with Regional Leaders to align people strategies with business objectives, driving retention, engagement, and performance.
• Equip new and existing Regional Leaders with PX tools, practices, and policies to ensure effective leadership of clinical teams.
• Support Regional Leaders in achieving their key people KPIs (retention, engagement pulse participation, engagement scores).

• Play a pivotal role on the Regional People Team (Regional People Partner, Regional Training Coordinator, & Regional TA Partner) by leading and implementing people strategies that drive the region’s growth and success by aligning talent, culture, and performance priorities across the region.
• Conduct periodic talent assessments with the General Manager (e.g., 9‑box reviews, flight risk analysis, and development planning) to strengthen succession pipelines, mitigate risk, and ensure leader accountability for teammate growth.
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