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Organization:
SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-ValleyPosition Overview:
Serves as a strategic partner and enterprise advisor to senior and executive leaders, providing expert consultation on talent strategy, succession planning, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness. Operates with high autonomy and credibility, leading complex, system wide talent initiatives that ensure the organization has the right talent, in the right roles, at the right time.Influences decisions beyond a single team or site, shapes enterprise-wide talent practices, and translates business strategy into actionable talent and organizational plans.
Job Description:
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).
TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:
- 8 years recent relevant experience
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
- Progressive experience in talent management, organizational development, workforce planning, or leadership consulting.
- Demonstrated success consulting with senior and executive leaders.
- Deep knowledge of talent reviews, succession planning, potential assessment, and workforce planning.
- Strong facilitation, executive presence, and influencing skills.
- Experience leading complex, enterprise‑level initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
- Operates with high autonomy and enterprise‑wide influence.
- Shapes policy, tools, and approaches adopted across the system.
- Acts as a principal‑level consultant and thought leader.
JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Strategic Talent Consulting
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior and executive leaders on talent strategy, succession planning, and organizational readiness.
Partner with leaders to assess current and future talent needs, identify risks, and develop proactive mitigation strategies.
Translate business priorities into enterprise aligned talent and organizational plans.
Talent Review & Succession Leadership
Lead and facilitate enterprise and executive level talent reviews, ensuring consistency, fairness, and high quality outcomes.
Guide leaders in assessing performance, potential, readiness, and risk, and in identifying successors for critical roles.
Ensure talent review outcomes are translated into clear development, mobility, and succession actions.
Organizational Planning & Workforce Strategy
Consult on organizational design, workforce planning, and capability building aligned to long term strategy.
Analyze talent and workforce data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities.
Influence enterprise decisions related to leadership pipeline strength and bench readiness.
Program Design & Enterprise Enablement
Design and lead complex, cross system talent initiatives, tools, and frameworks.
Establish standards, templates, and best practices to drive consistency across the organization.
Measure and communicate impact and effectiveness of talent strategies and programs.
Influence, Coaching & Capability Building
Coach senior leaders on effective talent and organizational planning practices.
Mentor and guide Talent Management Consultants and cross functional partners.
Model enterprise thinking, cultural agility, and high standards of confidentiality and trust.
Job Shift:
DaysSchedule:
Full TimeDays of the Week:
Monday - FridayWeekend Requirements:
As NeededBenefits:
YesUnions:
NoPosition Status:
ExemptWeekly Hours:
40Employee Status:
RegularSutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $142,105.60 to $213,158.40 / annual salary. Emeryville Pay Range is $163,425.60 to $245,148.80 / annual salary.The compensation range may vary based on the geographic location where the position is filled. Total compensation considers multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 8 years recent relevant experience.
- Progressive experience in talent management, organizational development, workforce planning, or leadership consulting.
- Demonstrated success consulting with senior and executive leaders.
- Deep knowledge of talent reviews, succession planning, potential assessment, and workforce planning.
- Strong facilitation, executive presence, and influencing skills.
- Experience leading complex, enterprise-level initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to operate with high autonomy and enterprise-wide influence.
- Experience shaping policy, tools, and approaches adopted across a large organization.
- Experience coaching or mentoring Talent Management Consultants and cross-functional partners.
Sutter Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sutter Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Sutter Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with broad networks and strong wellness support. Family coverage is characterized as low-cost or nearly free in some plan options, reinforcing perceived value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include employer matching and, in some cases, a pension after a tenure threshold. Supplemental protections like life and disability insurance add to the overall financial security package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is framed as generous, with examples of sizable PTO allotments early in tenure. Additional supports such as flexible scheduling and leave programs contribute to a sense of time-off breadth.
Sutter Health Insights
What We Do
Sutter Health is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit healthcare networks, which includes award-winning physician organizations, acute care hospitals, surgery centers, medical research facilities and specialty services. Our team of 68,000 doctors, employees and volunteers proudly cares for Northern California. Our facilities and care centers are located in large, urban cities and small, rural communities, from the Pacific Coast to the San Joaquin Valley. You’ll find us in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, the snowy mountains of the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley, Yosemite and the coastal redwoods. We even have an affiliate in Hawaii. Join us and be part of a dedicated group of professionals committed to putting patients’ needs first and achieving the highest levels of quality, access and affordability.
