Sr. HR Director SOM

We are seeking a Sr. HR Director SOM is a member of the University Human Resources leadership team. Reporting to the Executive Director of Human Resources-Employee & Labor Relations, with an indirect reporting relationship to the SVP of Human Resources for Johns Hopkins Health System (who serves as Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Johns Hopkins Medicine). Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) is an enterprise including the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS), involving extensive interaction and collaboration between the two organizations.

This position is the accountable senior human resources leader for the School of Medicine (SOM), which is comprised of clinical and non-clinical departments and divisions engaged in academic research, medical education and the clinical practice of medicine. This role is responsible for developing and managing the overall human resources strategy for the SOM, while working to ensure alignment with broader JHU and JHM goals and priorities.

The Sr. Director leads the divisional team of SOM Human Resources practitioners, who work in various positions at the management, independent contributor and operational contributor levels across 30 clinical and research departments. In conjunction with the divisional HR team, the Sr. Director is responsible for effectively executing all human resources policies, practices, and programs across the SOM, ensuring their alignment and support of the school’s business operations, compliance with applicable human resources laws and regulations and consistency with the human capital strategies and models of human resources best practices at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Johns Hopkins Medicine.

In addition to direct leadership of the SOM Divisional HR team, this position regularly collaborates with the SVP of Human Resources for JHHS and the overall JHHS Human Resources leadership team to develop and implement human resource practices that facilitate the harmonization of polices for JHU staff and health system employees, where applicable and appropriate.

The Sr. Director engages with the executive leadership of the SOM, serving as a strategic thought partner and also working to ensure that all human resources strategy, process and support needs are being met. This position also serves on strategic planning, project development and process review committees, at the request of SOM executive leadership, including the Dean, the Executive Vice Dean and the Chief Financial Officer.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage the strategic collaboration process with members of the JHU Central Human Resources and Johns Hopkins Medicine teams to ensure that departments receive appropriate guidance and support for functional HR matters, including employee/labor relations, recruitment and on-boarding, performance management, performance development, compensation, diversity & inclusion and employee engagement activities for the [7,500+] employees of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, along with faculty.
• Oversee critical aspects of the HR practice for the SOM and provides strategic leadership and oversight to the HR practices including employee and labor relations, policy and HR service delivery (employee engagement/development, performance management, compensation, talent acquisition, and payroll/workforce management) collaborating with central resources as appropriate to ensure consistency and quality of practice.
• Act as the primary HR resource for SOM leadership, represent the perspective of the SOM in development of policy and practices.
• Manage and develop the SOM HR Director, Assistant Directors and teams engaged in the HR work for SOM departments.
• Facilitate consistency of practice across strategic, operational and programmatic work of HR across SOM.
• Collaborate to utilize the knowledge, skills and abilities of subject matter experts in the Central HR Centers of Expertise in matters pertaining to recruitment, legal, compensation, benefits, employee health, leave administration/records, and professional development.
• Work to ensure that quality HR services are provided and that the needs and requirements of all departments are understood and addressed satisfactorily.
• Consult and partner with Central HR Talent Management & Organizational Development (TMOD) to assist the SOM and its various departments/divisions with their organizational development, workforce planning and succession management needs.
• Provide strategic leadership on promoting employee engagement in SOM through routine activities, along with formal survey processes. Manages review of survey feedback and consults with key leaders/stakeholders and other HR colleagues to effectively identify and implement measures to impr