Director Human Resources

Director Human Resources

The Regional Director of Human Resources is a strategic and operational leader responsible for HR delivery across a defined geographic region, supporting multiple hospitals, ambulatory sites, and service lines. This role partners with regional and system leadership to align workforce strategy with organizational priorities, ensuring consistency, scalability, and high-performance outcomes across all sites.

This leader operates within a matrixed health system, balancing regional priorities with enterprise HR strategy. The Regional HR Director is accountable for advancing workforce planning, leadership capability, employee engagement, and culture across multiple locations, while serving as a key liaison between site leadership and system HR functions. Travel required within the region to support leaders and teams

Key Responsibilities

Regional HR Leadership & Strategy

• Partner with regional executives and site leaders to align HR strategy with operational and financial goals across multiple facilities.

• Drive consistency in HR practices, policies, and leadership expectations across hospitals, clinics, and ambulatory settings.

• Translate system-wide HR initiatives into actionable regional plans with measurable outcomes.

Workforce Planning & Talent Strategy

• Lead regional workforce planning efforts, including staffing models, succession planning, and talent pipeline development.

• Utilize workforce analytics to inform decisions on hiring, retention, and role optimization across sites.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition and Organizational Development to support leadership hiring, onboarding, and readiness.

Leadership Support & Development

• Coach and advise senior and operational leaders across the region on complex employee relations, performance management, and organizational effectiveness matters.

• Identify leadership capability gaps and partner with OD to implement targeted development strategies.

• Foster leadership accountability for engagement, performance, and cultural outcomes.

Employee Experience & Culture

• Drive regional engagement strategies, ensuring consistency in employee experience while recognizing site-specific needs.

• Monitor engagement trends and implement targeted interventions to improve retention and morale.

• Champion inclusive, equitable workplace practices across all locations.

Employee Relations & Compliance

• Ensure consistent application of HR policies and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations across all sites.

• Partner with HR compliance and legal teams to address complex employee relations issues and mitigate risk.

• Oversee resolution of employee concerns, ensuring fair, consistent, and timely outcomes across the region.

Operational Execution & HR Integration

• Partner with system COEs (Compensation, Benefits, Talent, HRIS) to ensure effective rollout and adoption of HR programs regionally.

• Ensure operational excellence in HR processes, including performance management, investigations, and policy enforcement.

• Drive continuous improvement through standardization and best practice sharing across sites.

Candidate Qualifications

The culture at UCHealth emphasizes results, with each member holding high expectations for themselves and their colleagues. The candidate will be joining a high-performing, fast-paced team. This individual must role model the organizational values of integrity, and excellence, coupled with personal values of compassion and respect.

The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:

Education/Certification

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field

• Minimum of 7 years of progressive HR leadership experience, including multi-site or regional oversight

• Experience operating in a complex, matrixed healthcare or similarly regulated environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field

• PHR, SPHR, or SHRM certification

• Demonstrated success leading HR strategies across multiple facilities or geographies

Skills and Traits

• Proven ability to lead across multiple sites with competing priorities while maintaining alignment to enterprise strategy

• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect HR strategy to operational and financial performance

• Skilled in influencing senior leaders and navigating complex organizational dynamics

• Data-driven decision maker with experience leveraging workforce analytics

• High level of discretion and integrity in handling sensitive information

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders across locations

• Ability to balance strategic initiatives with operational execution at scale

Pay: $131,705 - $210,724 annually. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

At UCHealth, We Improve Lives

Employees are our number one asset.

UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in professional success and personal well-being through a comprehensive total rewards program. *

Recognition

• Performance bonus: UCHealth offers an Annual Performance Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, and financial goals.
• Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.
• Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

Health and well-being

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.
• Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
• Free Care.com membership.
• Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Time away from work: Paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
• Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.
• Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability.

Retirement and savings

• 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
• Additional 457(b) plan may be available.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

• UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.
• • Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
  • Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.
• Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.

• Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when the do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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