Senior Business Partner

Are you passionate about using data-driven insights to influence leadership decisions and drive innovation? We are seeking a dynamic and strategic-minded Senior Business Partner to serve as a trusted advisor to influence leaders with data to coach and support leaders through complex situations and use insights to offer solutions and recommendations.

Washington Dental Service and its affiliates, including Arcora Foundation, Delta Dental of Washington, and TriForza believe everyone deserves good oral and overall health, with no one left behind. We succeed because of a shared commitment to a set of values that guide everything we do – for our customers, for our communities, and for each other. We are Accountable. We lean in with Courage. We stay Curious. We are Inclusive. We act with Integrity.

We offer a highly competitive medical, dental and vision plans as well offering a generous 401k match and all employees start accruing vacation and sick time from their very first day. We empower employee development through our tuition reimbursement plan, professional development plans, and employee-led communities.

The pay range for this position varies between $81,408.00 – $115,850.00. Washington Dental Service and its affiliates, including Delta Dental of Washington, Arcora Foundation, and TriForza, intends to offer the selected candidate a base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. Base pay will also be adjusted based on the candidate's geographic location.

Essential Responsibilities include the following: The list of responsibilities listed is not intended to be comprehensive. Washington Dental Service and its affiliates, including Arcora Foundation, Delta Dental of Washington, and TriForza reserve the right to change the responsibilities at any time with or without notice.

• Strategic Business Partnerships: Build relationships with executive and director level business leaders to offer thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategy and execution.
• Leadership and Collaboration: Design and deliver targeted solutions with a high degree of focus on scale and growth, including workforce planning, talent assessment, change management, and team building
• Dynamic Partnership: Partner across Human Resources teams to ensure solutions align with the partner strategy and larger organizational objectives.
• Coaching & Performance Management: Provide coaching and feedback consistently to both leaders and employees. Lead employee relations investigations, corrective action and performance management processes.
• Implement HR Programs and Processes: Lead the implementation of recurring and one-time HR programs and processes. Examples include promotion cycle, annual review processes, talent assessment, etc.
• Data-Driven Insights: Lead data driven initiatives identifying the current health of organizations by looking at trends in performance, employee engagement, attrition, diversity, etc.
• Project Leadership: Collaborate cross-functionally to drive alignment and best practices across the programs and initiatives you’re leading to support your organizations.
• Flexibility and Openness: Demonstrate flexibility in roles and duties, align with dynamic business needs while remaining open to hearing diverse voices and seeking to understand .
  
  
  

Experience, skills, and education do you need to have to succeed in the position: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to successfully perform the essential functions of the position.

• BA in Business, Human Resources or equivalent and 6 years of Human Resource Business Partner experience
• Demonstrable track record of developing effective relationships across all levels of the organization to support diverse employee groups.
• 3 years’ experience serving as a strategic consultant for senior leadership
• Experience using data to identify insights that drive action
• Experience helping matrixed organizations scale
• SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) or SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or other HR professional certification (SPHR, sHRBP) preferred.
• Proven competence in human resource areas including benefit and compensation practices, workforce planning and organization design, employee relations, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), performance management, leader development and coaching, compliance and federal and state employment laws.
  
  
  

Washington Dental Service and its affiliates, including Arcora Foundation, Delta Dental of Washington, and TriForza are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

We are committed to the highest standards of information security and HIPAA compliance, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and protection of all data. All staff are expected to support this commitment by following relevant policies.