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Labor Relations Strategist

Legacy Health
Portland, OR Full Time
POSTED ON 9/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/6/2026
The People & Culture organization at Legacy is about prioritizing our people so that we can prioritize our patients. We are transforming a traditional human resources function into a team of professionals who develop creative solutions to attract, develop and retain diverse, high performing talent. Within the People & Culture team, we are building a spirit of curiosity, experimenting with innovative approaches and challenging past practices to ensure we aren’t just responding to today’s workforce challenges, but can predict them. This is a pivotal moment in the healthcare industry, and Legacy’s People & Culture team sees this as an opportunity to reimagine what it means to work in one of the world’s most complex yet rewarding industries. For us it’s about building a legacy where our people can do their best and be their best.

This is a highly consultative, hybrid position that offers the flexibility of remote work alongside the necessity of in-person relationship building throughout the Portland Metro & SW Washington area.

About Legacy Health

As the largest nonprofit health system serving Portland-Southwest Washington and the mid-Willamette Valley, Legacy Health provides comprehensive care across six hospitals — including Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, a center solely dedicated to children’s care. We operate over 70 primary care, specialty, and urgent care clinics, employ nearly 3,000 doctors and providers, and more than 13,000 employees. Our system also includes labs and a research center.

Legacy Health’s major partnerships include PacificSource Health Plans and the Unity Center for Behavioral Health — a unique facility for individuals facing mental health crises, collaboratively operated by four regional health systems and numerous community partners.

Responsibilities

Partners closely with Labor Negotiators and bargaining teams to ensure alignment between bargaining strategy, contract administration, workforce planning, and organizational goals. Leads labor analytics, trend analysis, and risk assessments to inform negotiations, organizing preparedness, grievance patterns, and workforce climate. Serves as main point of contact for contract implementation, leading project management internally and collaborating with P&C peers. Collects and compiles labor metrics and data. Responds to RFIs from unions.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred.
    • Relevant experience may be substituted for educational requirements.
  • PHR or SPHR certification preferred.
Experience

  • Seven years or more of progressively responsible experience in the HR or Labor Relations field.
  • Experience serving as Chief Negotiator and developing strategic approaches.
  • Knowledge of laws, acts and regulations governing employee and labor relations.
  • Health Care experience preferred.

Skills

  • Working knowledge of HR functional areas (employment, benefits, compensation, employee relations, training and development, human resources information systems, workforce planning) and labor relations functions (contract negotiation, grievances, arbitrations, organizing, strikes).
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Strong data analysis skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to discern pertinent data from raw information, evaluate and consult around solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence decisions and actions of customers.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Pay Range

USD $55.01 - USD $81.97 /Hr.

Salary : $55 - $82

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