Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner

Datavant is a data platform company for healthcare whose products and solutions enable organizations to move and connect data securely. Datavant has a network of networks consisting of thousands of organizations, more than 70,000 hospitals and clinics, 70% of the 100 largest health systems, and an ecosystem of 500+ real-world data partners.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a highly collaborative, remote-first team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare. We invest in our people and believe in hiring for high-potential and humble individuals who can rapidly grow their responsibilities as the company scales. Datavant is a distributed, remote-first team, and we empower Datavanters to shape their working environment in a way that suits their needs.

The VP, Senior HR Business Partner is a trusted advisor and coach to leaders in Technology, Product and Life Sciences, driving strategic HR initiatives that align with and drive Datavant’s mission and growth trajectory, enhance culture, and develop talent. This role partners with senior leaders to build high-performance, growth-oriented teams and addresses complex, sensitive organizational challenges with the right mix of strategy, decisiveness, and empathy. Key areas of focus include workforce planning, organization design, strategic initiatives, change management, and employee engagement to enable sustained growth and a positive workplace culture. This role is a hybrid role, with a need for on-site presence 2-3 days per week as needed.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to business leaders on all things People strategy for assigned client groups.
• Lead team of 3-4 HR professionals supporting the business who manage complex employee-related and organizational matters.
• Successfully partner with cross-functional teams to blend strategy, change management, and effective program development that aligns with Datavant’s growth plans.
• Communicate effectively at all levels across the organization.
• Execute strategies, initiatives, and projects aligned with business objectives. Collaborate closely with stakeholders to achieve desired results.
• Lead and advocate for business strategy, culture, and values through specific HR initiatives and partnerships.
• Lead talent and succession planning efforts to ensure a robust pipeline for future leaders.
• Leverage data and analytics to drive decision-making and measure the impact of HR initiatives on business outcomes.
• Play a key role in developing and influencing solutions that drive results and foster continuous improvement.
• Monitor the organizational culture and identify areas of concern based on factual information. Analyze trends and metrics in collaboration with the HR team and business unit leaders. Develop solutions, programs, and policies based on insights.
• Provide day-to-day guidance to leaders and employees, including coaching, counseling, career development, investigations, and disciplinary actions.
• Lead change in the face of organizational growth.
• Ability to work in dynamic environments including previous experience working in similar agile environments and staying up on cutting-edge trends in the People industry.
• Provide organizational effectiveness guidance to leaders so they can build high performance teams with inclusive cultures and clear expectations.
• Provide guidance and interpretation of existing company policies and administer core processes like retention agreements and investigations.
• Bring operational excellence including the ability to drive, deliver and improve upon strong People processes on both tactical and strategic levels.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business administration or related field
• 10+ years’ experience in Human Resources/People function
• Experience supporting Product, Engineering and/or Life Science teams
• Located in New York City Metropolitan area
• Experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
• Experience in leading teams of HR professionals
• Exceptional influencing and change management skills
• Experience in strategic HR business partnership supporting senior executives
• Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
• Experience working with a Human Capital Management system
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• You have experience working in the Healthcare Technology space
• Oracle HR experience

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation philosophy is to be externally competitive, internally fair, and not win or lose on compensation. Salary ranges for this position are developed with the support of benchmarks and industry best practices.

We’re building a high-growth, high-autonomy culture. We rely less on job titles and more on cultivating an environment where anyone can contribute, the best ideas win, and personal growth is driven by expanding impact. The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on their level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job. The estimated salary range for this role is $205,000 - $270,000 plus applicable bonus.

At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your responses will be anonymous and used to help us identify areas of improvement in our recruitment process. (We can only see aggregate responses, not individual responses. In fact, we aren’t even able to see if you’ve responded or not.) Responding is your choice and it will not be used in any way in our hiring process.

This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

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