VP - HR Strategic Initiatives and HR Business Partners
Job Summary The Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & HR Business Partners provides strategic leadership for UCSF's HR Business Partner function and oversees the core delivery arm of HR across the organization.
This role is responsible for ensuring high-impact HR partnership with leaders across UCSF Health and Campus while advancing enterprise People & Culture priorities in a complex academic health system.
The Vice President will play a critical role in driving cultural and leadership transformation, strengthening leader effectiveness, and ensuring HR delivers a consistent, high-quality experience for leaders and employees across the organization.
As the leader of the HR Business Partner function, this role will ensure HR is highly strategic, data-driven, and customer-focused, aligning people strategies with organizational priorities and enabling leaders to build high-performing teams.
In addition, the Vice President will lead key enterprise HR initiatives that advance the modernization of HR service delivery and strengthen organizational effectiveness across UCSF.
Full-time, on-site position. The salary range for this position is $169,400-$411,400 (Annual Rate) with an expected base annual rate of $350,000-$400,000. Placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html Department Description UCSF Health Human Resources has a mission of attracting, developing and retaining outstanding and diverse people with a vision of being a strategic and trusted partner empowering the UCSF Health community to leverage their talents. Human Resources is committed to providing an outstanding customer experience, leading workforce strategies, creating an engaging environment focused on continuous improvement for the HR team, and demonstrating value to the organization. Required Qualifications
- 10 years of experience leading HR Business Partner teams to lead and deploy talent strategies or equivalent related leadership experience.
- Senior HR executive with deep experience leading HR Business Partner organizations.
- Strong track record of driving culture change and leadership transformation in complex organizations
- Experience implementing data-driven HR strategies that improve organizational performance
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive enterprise initiatives
- Strong systems thinker who can connect leadership capability, culture, and business outcomes
- Advanced skills in strategy development, systems planning and change management
- Excellent ability to establish metrics for department and employee goals which measure effectiveness of contributions to efficient operations of department. Excellent leadership abilities to oversee multiple functions or departments through subordinate managers.
- Excellent skills to work collaboratively and act persuasively in sensitive situations; skills in conflict management techniques. Demonstrated ability to handle extremely difficult or volatile situations / individuals effectively.
- Able to interpret and communicate, both verbally and in writing, highly complex, and often highly technical information in a clear and concise manner. Excellent communication skills with a diversity of communication styles; may make oral or written presentations
- Advanced knowledge of organizational theory and ability to translate into practice and advanced knowledge of organizational consulting.
- Advanced project management skills.
- Skills in establishing and implementing customer service standards.
- Ability and prior experience with studying large scale organizational problems through data analysis, observations and feedback to understand root causes.
- Deep experience employing an evidence-based approach to talent solutions and workforce planning.
- Excellent management skills that include collaboration, coaching and developing subordinates; ability to build relationships. Able to attract, develop, engage and retain staff.
- Demonstrated ability to execute strategies to address an identified problem
- Ability to gain credibility with all levels of leadership. Ability to build trusting and productive relationships with peers and colleagues
- Experience and demonstrated success leading HR strategy in partnership with C-suite/senior executives.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree preferred.
About UCSF At UCSF Health, our mission of innovative patient care, advanced technology and pioneering research is redefining what's possible for the patients we serve - a promise we share with the professionals who make up our team.
Consistently ranked among the top 10 hospitals nationwide by U.S. News & World Report - UCSF Health is committed to providing the most rewarding work experience while delivering the best care available anywhere. In an environment that allows for continuous learning and opportunities for professional growth, UCSF Health offers the ideal atmosphere in which to best use your skills and talents. Pride Values UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence - also known as our PRIDE values.
In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity - both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at diversity.ucsf.edu
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide. Equal Employment Opportunity The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Job Code and Payroll Title 000221 ORGANIZATIONAL DEV MGR 3 Job Category Human Resources, Professional (Non-Clinical), Professional and Managerial Bargaining Unit 99 - Policy-Covered (No Bargaining Unit) Location San Francisco, CA Campus Mission Bay (SF), Parnassus Heights (SF) |
University of California - San Francisco Campus and Health
Mar 12, 2026