At Netsmart, we are focused on transforming health and human services through technology, collaboration, and innovation. As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will play a critical role in helping leaders build, support, and empower teams that make a meaningful impact for the clients and communities we serve. This role translates business priorities into practical people strategies that support talent growth, organizational effectiveness, associate engagement, and change leadership.
Why Join Netsmart?
You will join a purpose-driven, collaborative team that lives our core values every day—working with purpose, taking accountability, showing respect, and bringing a solution-oriented mindset to challenges that matter. At Netsmart, these values shape how we attract, support, and grow talent across our global organization. This is an opportunity to partner with leaders, influence people strategy, and help create an associate experience where teams feel connected to the mission, empowered to do their best work, and inspired to grow their careers while contributing to work that makes a meaningful impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with leaders to build high-performing, inclusive teams through effective talent development, engagement, and retention practices.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on workforce planning, organizational design, and team effectiveness.
- Identify organizational and talent opportunities, recommending solutions that balance business priorities, associate experience, and compliance.
- Use data, AI-enabled insights, and business context to influence decisions and improve organizational effectiveness.
- Lead people initiatives that strengthen organizational capability, capacity, engagement, and business performance.
- Bring a hands-on, tactical approach to HR partnership, —able to execute and transact within Workday while also partnering with leaders to translate business needs into practical talent strategies, remove barriers, and help attract, engage, and retain the right talent to support growth.
- Adapt and execute people programs to meet local business and market needs while supporting a consistent, values-driven associate experience.
- Lead and support organizational change initiatives with clear communication, accountability, and a focus on adoption and measurable outcomes.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, with 8-10 years of experience partnering with leaders to drive talent, culture, and organizational effectiveness.
- Experience working with Workday or a similar HR system to support HR processes, reporting, and associate data needs.
- Experience supporting U.S.-based companies and working effectively within a matrixed organizational structure.
- Experience working in healthcare and/or IT environments is highly preferred.
- Experience partnering with technology and product organizations to support talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, and a high-performance, people-first culture.
- Ability to leverage AI, analytics, and data-driven insights to inform talent decisions, enhance associate experiences, and improve organizational outcomes.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust across diverse teams and leaders.
- Strong understanding of HR compliance, POSH, labor legislation, and governance practices.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to operate with autonomy, sound judgment, discretion, and a proactive, accountable mindset.
Netsmart is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates. All employment decisions at Netsmart, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion and transfer, are based on performance, qualifications, abilities, education and experience. Netsmart does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
Netsmart desires to provide a healthy and safe workplace and, as a government contractor, Netsmart is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal law. Pursuant to Netsmart policy, all post-offer candidates are required to successfully complete a pre-employment background check, which is provided at Netsmart’s sole expense.
Skills Required
- Advanced degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
- 8–10 years of experience partnering with leaders to drive talent, culture, and organizational effectiveness
- Experience with Workday or a similar HR system for HR processes, reporting, and associate data needs
- Experience supporting U.S.-based companies and working within a matrixed organizational structure
- Experience working in healthcare and/or IT environments
- Experience partnering with technology and product organizations on talent strategy and organizational effectiveness
- Ability to leverage AI, analytics, and data-driven insights for talent decisions and organizational outcomes
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
- Strong understanding of HR compliance, POSH, labor legislation, and governance practices
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Ability to operate autonomously with sound judgment, discretion, and accountability
NetSmart Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NetSmart and has not been reviewed or approved by NetSmart.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include a designated mental wellness day, paid volunteer time, telehealth, wellness events, and free 1:1 sessions with counselors and coaches. These wellbeing resources are positioned as stronger than many employers.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are paired with short- and long‑term disability and telehealth. The breadth of core health coverage aligns with a comprehensive package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, paid holidays, paid volunteer time, and a designated mental wellness day are part of the offering, with some materials referencing flexible or unlimited PTO. This variety provides multiple avenues for time away.
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What We Do
Netsmart designs, builds and delivers electronic health records (EHRs), solutions and services that are powerful, intuitive and easy-to-use. Our platform provides accurate, up-to-date information that is easily accessible to care team members in behavioral health, care at home, senior living and social services. We make the complex simple and personalized so our clients can concentrate on what they do best: provide services and treatment that support whole-person care. By leveraging the powerful Netsmart network, care providers can seamlessly and securely integrate information across communities, collaborate on the most effective treatments and improve outcomes for those in their care. Our streamlined systems and personalized workflows put relevant information at the fingertips of users when and where they need it. For 50 years, Netsmart has been committed to providing a common platform to integrate care. SIMPLE. PERSONAL. POWERFUL. Our more than 2,200 associates work hand-in-hand with our 600,000+ users in more than 25,000 organizations across the U.S. to develop and deploy technology that automates and coordinates everything from clinical to financial to administrative.
