Vice President, Strategic Human Resources Business Partners

Texas Children’s Hospital is seeking an experienced, visionary Vice President of Strategic Human Resources Business Partners to join our Human Resources executive team. This critical leadership role oversees the HR Business Partner (HRBP) function, driving alignment between people strategies and the hospital's mission to deliver world-class care, groundbreaking research, and excellence in education and community service.

As a trusted advisor to senior executives, the VP will lead a team of HR Business Partners serving both clinical and non-clinical areas across a complex pediatric healthcare system. This leader will foster organizational effectiveness, guide workforce planning, enable transformational change, and ensure talent strategy is aligned with the hospital’s evolving needs and core values of Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Design and execute a long-term HRBP strategy aligned with the hospital’s strategic plan.
• Serve as senior advisor to leadership on organizational design, culture, and workforce transformation.
• Partner with the CHRO to implement system-wide HR initiatives that improve performance and outcomes.
• Drive initiatives to enhance agility, workforce capability, and organizational alignment.

HR Business Partnership

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of HR Business Partners.
• Promote a consultative, strategic HRBP model across all departments.
• Collaborate with clinical and administrative leaders on workforce planning and talent strategy.
• Champion proactive, data-informed HR consultation aligned to enterprise priorities.

Organizational Performance & Excellence

• Support leadership development and succession planning across the hospital.
• Guide change management efforts tied to new care models and technology.
• Build HRBP capabilities in talent assessment and organizational effectiveness.

Workforce Planning

• Use data analytics to forecast talent needs, reduce turnover, and support critical hiring initiatives.
• Translate trends and workforce insights into action plans for leadership.
• Enhance retention in hard-to-fill clinical areas through targeted HR strategies.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure scalable, compliant, and value-aligned HRBP service delivery.
• Align HRBP KPIs to quality, safety, patient experience, and engagement metrics.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and results-driven performance.

Shared Accountabilities

• Complete performance appraisals and onboarding for direct reports.
• Oversee budget preparation and manage financial performance.
• Ensure compliance with The Joint Commission and accreditation standards.
• Collaborate with department leaders on performance planning and goal setting.
• Lead and support investigations and complaint resolution processes.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree
• Preferred: Master’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field
• Experience
• Minimum 10 years of progressive HR leadership, preferably in a large healthcare or academic medical center environment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Proven success in leading strategic HRBP teams and advising senior leadership
• Expertise in organizational development, change management, and talent strategy
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and influence skills
• Ability to lead in a matrixed, fast-paced healthcare setting
• Proficiency in HRIS systems, data analytics, and performance metrics
• Commitment to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and values-driven workplace
• Occasional travel between campuses and community sites required

About Texas Children’s

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. 

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 Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.