Senior HR Business Partner

Inova Health is currently seeking experienced Senior HR Business Partners at three of our acute hospitals. The Senior HR Business Partner serves as a trusted advisor and thought partner to leaders across a large, complex integrated health system. Operating at the intersection of business strategy, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent, and culture, this role connects organizational priorities to the right HR expertise, solutions, and resources to advance Inova’s mission, strengthen performance, and support exceptional patient care.

The Senior HR Business Partner develops deep knowledge of Inova’s strategic direction, clinical operating environment, workforce dynamics, and financial objectives and uses that insight to help leaders make sound, forward-looking people and organizational decisions. The role partners closely with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) to deliver coordinated, scalable solutions across an assigned portfolio. Success requires the ability to influence without formal authority, navigate a matrixed and complex organization, and balance the needs of an assigned portfolio with broader system-wide priorities.

• Inova Fairfax Hospital 3300 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA 22042
• Inova Loudoun Hospital 44045 Riverside Pkwy, Leesburg, VA 20176
• Inova Mount Vernon Hospital 2501 Parkers Ln, Alexandria, VA 22306

• Committed to Team Member Health
  : offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement
  :
  Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance:offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support
  : offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

• Serve as a trusted HR advisor to senior leaders within an assigned portfolio of clinical, operational, or enterprise/system functions.
• Develop a strong understanding of the portfolio’s strategy, operating model, workforce, and financial priorities, and translate those into actionable people strategies.
• Anticipate workforce, organizational, and cultural risks and proactively bring solutions shifting from reactive support to forward-looking consultation.
• Use People Analytics and business insights to inform recommendations and challenge leaders constructively with an enterprise perspective.

• Partner with leaders on organizational structure, role clarity, spans of control, governance, and team effectiveness.
• Advise on organizational design, restructuring, and integration activities within the assigned portfolio.
• Diagnose organizational challenges, identify root causes, and facilitate solutions in collaboration with HR COEs and organizational development resources.

• Facilitate workforce planning discussions with leaders and connect them with Talent Acquisition and TLO COE partners to address current and future talent, capacity, and capability needs.
• Support talent reviews, succession planning, critical‑role identification, and leadership pipeline development in partnership with relevant COEs.
• Use People Analytics to identify workforce trends, risks, and opportunities and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Support strategies that strengthen retention, engagement, and internal mobility across the portfolio.

• Provide coaching and guidance to leaders on performance, talent, organizational, and employee matters.
• Help leaders navigate complex people decisions while maintaining alignment with…