Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner, Coast & Valley Divisions

Position: Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner, Central Coast & Central Valley Divisions
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Position Overview:

Sutter Health is one of California's most comprehensive healthcare systems and one of the nation's largest, generating approximately $19.7 billion in revenues. Headquartered in Sacramento, Sutter Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system committed to health equity, community partnerships and innovative, high-quality patient care. Sutter's 63K+ employees, 12,000+ physicians and clinicians, serve more than 3.6 million patients through its network of hospitals, medical foundations, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent and walk-in care centers, telehealth, home health and hospice services.

The Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner (VPHR), for the Central Coast and Central Valley Divisions serves as an executive leader responsible for shaping the people strategy to deliver business outcomes across two key Sutter Health divisions, while also leading enterprise-wide initiatives. This role provides strategic guidance, executive coaching, and organization leadership to Division Presidents, CEOs, and operational leaders, building talent, engagement, and organization solutions that strengthen culture, enhance patient outcomes, and support Sutter Health's long-term strategies.

As a trusted advisor to regional executives and a key contributor to system-level HR strategy, the VPHR partners closely with executive leaders and key partners across the human resources function to align talent strategy, workforce planning and effectiveness, organization design, organization design, change management, labor strategy, and engagement across multiple divisions. This is an influential, high visibility role responsible for enabling growth, integration, and operational excellence across two divisions, while contributing to enterprise transformation initiatives.

Job Description:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership

* Serve as the senior HR strategic partner to executives in the Central Coast and Central Valley, shaping the people, organization, engagement plan to achieve business outcomes.

* Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, while translating business strategies into organization design, workforce planning/effectiveness, and culture priorities.

* Develop HR strategies that represent the business needs of the divisions, while championing an enterprise‑first mindset.

* Lead strategic workforce planning, organizational capability building, and operating model evolution required to support growth, access, and operational performance.

* Assess market trends, workforce challenges, regulatory changes, and demographic shifts to inform strategic HR decisions.

* Play a key role in the transformation of the Human Resources Model within your divisions, while contributing more broadly to the overall transformation.

Organization Effectiveness & Change Leadership

* Lead organizational design, integration efforts, and productivity improvement initiatives that enhance effectiveness and streamline operations.

* Drive engagement and change leadership strategies to support major transformations, mergers, organization changes, or expansion.

* Promote enterprise‑aligned practices while accommodating division‑specific operational needs.

* Act as a change agent, driving alignment, accountability, and measurable progress across complex, matrixed environments.

Talent, Leadership Development & Succession Planning

* Build and strengthen leadership pipeline through rigorous succession planning and talent assessment / leadership development in the Central Coast and Central Valley divisions.

* Evaluate and grow leadership capability, including executive coaching, performance guidance, and transition support.

* Coach and develop leaders to enhance effectiveness in current role and prepare for roles of broader scale / scope.

* Drive sustained business outcomes through strong talent plans.

Labor & Employee Relations

* Develop proactive, preventative strategies and plans that contribute to a positive work environment. Play an active role, in partnership with centers of expertise and key stakeholders in labor…