CHRO - Service Area

Description

Calling all Esteemed Leaders!

Are you a visionary HR executive with the ability to influence strategy, elevate culture, and guide leaders through transformational change? Do you excel at aligning people strategy with organizational priorities while building trusted relationships with executives, caregivers, and community partners? If you lead with courage, clarity, and purpose - this Service Area Chief Human Resources Officer role is your opportunity to shape the future of a missiondriven health system.

The Role:

The Service Area Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) leads the HR function across an assigned service area in Portland, OR, aligning people strategy to operational and clinical priorities. This senior HR leader oversees HR service delivery, directs complex employee and labor relations issues, and serves as a highly trusted advisor to senior executives.

The CHRO anticipates workforce implications of business changes, develops strategic HR actions, and drives enterprisealigned outcomes. This role fosters a culture of excellence, continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability, while mentoring and developing an HR team that delivers seamless support through shared services and Centers of Excellence.

The CHRO plays a pivotal role in shaping organizational design, workforce planning, caregiver experience, culture transformation, and change leadership - all while advancing Providence values and strategic objectives across diverse healthcare environments.

What You'll Do:

• Serve as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to senior executives across the service area.
• Align HR strategy with system, regional, and ministry goals, ensuring a unified and integrated caregiver experience.
• Partner with shared services and Centers of Excellence to deliver seamless HR support for leaders and caregivers.
• Lead local labor relations strategies; collaborate closely with Labor & Employment Counsel on complex issues.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for HR teams, building highperforming, missiondriven talent.
• Guide organizational change initiatives that improve workforce engagement, culture, and operational performance.
• Develop and implement caregiver experience strategies that strengthen recruitment, engagement, and retention.
• Counsel senior leaders on labor relations, workforce risks, organizational strategy, and people implications of business decisions.
• Promote continuous improvement and embed Providence mission and values in all HR processes and leadership actions.

What You'll Bring:

• Education
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, HR Management, or related field - or equivalent experience
• Master's Degree in Business, HR Management, or related field (preferred)
• Certifications & Licensure
• Professional HR Certification (SHRM, HRCI, AIHR) (preferred)
• Experience
• 10+ years of progressive HR or related leadership experience
• Healthcare industry experience (preferred)
• Strong experience in labor relations , strategic HR consulting, and organizational transformation
• Skills & Competencies
• Exceptional judgment, decisionmaking, and strategic thinking
• Ability to influence and shape organizational strategy
• Demonstrated strong proficiency across core HR generalist functions
• Expertise in organizational strategy, design, workforce planning, and talent optimization
• Strong communication, collaboration, and relationshipbuilding skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fastchanging environment
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data and drive datainformed HR decisions
• Deep knowledge of HR strategy and regulatory standards

Why Join Us?

• Shape systemwide HR strategy: Lead people, culture, and engagement initiatives across a dynamic service area.
• Influence senior executives: Advise missiondriven leaders and partner closely on strategic priorities.
• Elevate caregiver experience: Implement strategies that strengthen culture, belonging, and leadership effectiveness.
• Lead complex organizational change: Support transformation across diverse clinical and operational environments.
• Grow as a senior system leader: Build your leadership impact in a trusted, valuesdriven, missioncentered organization.

Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?

If you are a strategic, courageous, and missionaligned HR executive ready to lead people strategy across a multihospital service area, we invite you to apply.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Requsition ID: 409278

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: HR Generalist

Job Function: Human Resources

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 4002 SS HR FIELD HR CENTRAL

Address: OR Portland 4400 NE Halsey St

Work Location: Providence Health Plaza (HR) Bldg 1-Portland

Workplace Type: On-site

Pay Range: $82.39 - $131.72

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.