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Sutter Health hires Human Resources professionals across its integrated Northern California network, covering roles in talent acquisition, HR business partnering, benefits administration, and workforce planning. The organization has an established track record of sponsoring work visas for qualified HR candidates, making it a credible target for international applicants in this function.
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We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!
ABOUT THE JOB
Organization
SHSO-Administrative Payroll
Position Overview
Sutter Health is one of California’s most comprehensive healthcare systems and one of the nation’s largest, generating approximately $19.7 billion in revenues. Headquartered in Sacramento, Sutter Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system committed to health equity, community partnerships and innovative, high-quality patient care. Sutter’s 63K+ employees, 12,000+ physicians and clinicians, serve more than 3.6 million patients through its network of hospitals, medical foundations, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent and walk-in care centers, telehealth, home health and hospice services. The Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner (VPHR), for the Central Coast and Central Valley Divisions serves as an executive leader responsible for shaping the people strategy to deliver business outcomes across two key Sutter Health divisions, while also leading enterprise-wide initiatives. This role provides strategic guidance, executive coaching, and organization leadership to Division Presidents, CEOs, and operational leaders, building talent, engagement, and organization solutions that strengthen culture, enhance patient outcomes, and support Sutter Health’s long-term strategies. As a trusted advisor to regional executives and a key contributor to system-level HR strategy, the VPHR partners closely with executive leaders and key partners across the human resources function to align talent strategy, workforce planning and effectiveness, organization design, organization design, change management, labor strategy, and engagement across multiple divisions. This is an influential, high visibility role responsible for enabling growth, integration, and operational excellence across two divisions, while contributing to enterprise transformation initiatives.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership
- Serve as the senior HR strategic partner to executives in the Central Coast and Central Valley, shaping the people, organization, engagement plan to achieve business outcomes.
- Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, while translating business strategies into organization design, workforce planning/effectiveness, and culture priorities.
- Develop HR strategies that represent the business needs of the divisions, while championing an enterprise-first mindset.
- Lead strategic workforce planning, organizational capability building, and operating model evolution required to support growth, access, and operational performance.
- Assess market trends, workforce challenges, regulatory changes, and demographic shifts to inform strategic HR decisions.
- Play a key role in the transformation of the Human Resources Model within your divisions, while contributing more broadly to the overall transformation.
Organization Effectiveness & Change Leadership
- Lead organizational design, integration efforts, and productivity improvement initiatives that enhance effectiveness and streamline operations.
- Drive engagement and change leadership strategies to support major transformations, mergers, organization changes, or expansion.
- Promote enterprise-aligned practices while accommodating division-specific operational needs.
- Act as a change agent, driving alignment, accountability, and measurable progress across complex, matrixed environments.
Talent, Leadership Development & Succession Planning
- Build and strengthen leadership pipeline through rigorous succession planning and talent assessment / leadership development in the Central Coast and Central Valley divisions.
- Evaluate and grow leadership capability, including executive coaching, performance guidance, and transition support.
- Coach and develop leaders to enhance effectiveness in current role and prepare for roles of broader scale / scope.
- Drive sustained business outcomes through strong talent plans.
Labor & Employee Relations
- Develop proactive, preventative strategies and plans that contribute to a positive work environment. Play an active role, in partnership with centers of expertise and key stakeholders in labor relations, collective bargaining activities, and issue resolution.
- Partner closely with employee relations center of expertise, once established. Provide leadership and guidance on highly complex, sensitive and/or senior leadership matters and climate opportunities.
- Ensure consistent, proactive HR approaches to employee relations issues, conflict resolution, investigations, and workforce engagement. Coach senior leaders on complex matters.
- Maintain deep understanding of federal, state (especially CA), and regional regulatory requirements.
Collaboration with COEs & Key Partners
- Serve as the primary business partner to senior leaders, driving strong collaboration and alignment across HR disciplines to ensure coordinated strategy execution as OneHR.
- Foster strong partnership with HR Centers of Expertise and key partners —including Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Learning, Disability / Leave Management, Labor Relations, Employee Relations, and HRIS—to deliver cohesive, scalable HR programs and outcomes.
- Ensure alignment of HR policies, practices, and programs across all sites within the divisions.
- Drive consistent use of enterprise resources, standardized processes, and tools to enhance service delivery and efficiency.
- Drive innovative solutions and key simplification initiatives to impact ease of work and employee experience.
Division Leadership & Community Engagement
- Strengthen relationships with community partners, local healthcare leaders, and industry organizations to enhance workforce pipelines and regional reputation.
- Promote a culture of belonging, respect, and performance aligned with Sutter Health’s values and mission.
People Leadership
- Provide executive leadership to high-performing HR team across the Central Coast and Central Valley divisions, ensuring clarity of priorities, development, and accountability.
- Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, belonging, and enterprise-first thinking with the team.
- Build team capability through coaching, performance management, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Model operational excellence, strategic thinking, interpersonal effectiveness to elevate the HR team reputation and influence.
- Ensure team succession through deep proactive talent development, mentoring and growth experiences.
System-Wide Strategic Influence
- Lead large-scale, complex strategic system initiatives to drive business impact.
- Contribute insights from markets to shape policies, future workforce models, talent planning, and engagement strategies.
- Serve or lead systemwide HR councils, steering groups, or enterprise project teams to ensure division perspectives inform enterprise decisions.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master's degree in HR, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Organizational Psychology, or related field preferred.
Experience
- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including leading HR teams and serving as a senior HRBP or HR executive.
- Demonstrated success partnering with executive leadership in a large, complex, matrixed healthcare environment (5,000+ employees strongly preferred).
- Experience in talent planning, engagement strategies, organizational design, culture transformation, workforce effectiveness strategies, and change leadership.
- Expertise across core HR disciplines including employee relations, labor relations, talent management, compensation, and organizational development.
- Proven experience leading HR strategy across multiple sites or regions; multi-division experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated people leadership experience, including developing high-performing teams, building succession depth, designing role clarity, and driving leadership accountability.
- Experience leading HR teams through transformation, capability building, and operating model evolution.
Knowledge
- Strong working knowledge of California employment law, labor regulations, and healthcare industry trends.
- Deep expertise in talent assessment, succession planning, engagement, preventative strategies, workforce effectiveness, and leadership development.
Leadership Capabilities
- Enterprise-first mindset with the ability to balance division-specific needs and system priorities.
- Strategic influence and executive presence; capable of challenging, coaching, and advising senior leaders.
- Exceptional communication skills—written, verbal, and interpersonal.
- Strong analytical and business acumen with a focus on organizational health and workforce ROI.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity while driving clarity, alignment, and accountability.
- Strong people leadership capabilities.
Success Measures
- Leadership pipeline strength, diversity, and succession readiness within division.
- Operational experience of work metrics (engagement, including belonging, retention).
- Successful execution of organizational redesign, transformation, and workforce initiatives.
- Labor strategy effectiveness and reduction in high-risk employee relations issues.
- Executive stakeholder satisfaction and partnership effectiveness.
- Consistency and scalability of HR delivery across both divisions.
- HR team capability growth, development outcomes, and succession depth.
- Development of high performing engaged team that delivers division/enterprise outcomes.
This role requires residence within the Sutter Health footprint and the ability to travel as needed to support the Central Valley and Central Coast divisions.
Job Shift
Days
Schedule
Full Time
Days Of The Week
Monday - Friday
Weekend Requirements
As Needed
Benefits
Yes
Unions
No
Position Status
Exempt
Weekly Hours
40
Employee Status
Regular
Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $308,131.00 to $416,894.00 / 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.
INTRODUCTION
We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!
ABOUT THE JOB
Organization
SHSO-Administrative Payroll
Position Overview
Sutter Health is one of California’s most comprehensive healthcare systems and one of the nation’s largest, generating approximately $19.7 billion in revenues. Headquartered in Sacramento, Sutter Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system committed to health equity, community partnerships and innovative, high-quality patient care. Sutter’s 63K+ employees, 12,000+ physicians and clinicians, serve more than 3.6 million patients through its network of hospitals, medical foundations, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent and walk-in care centers, telehealth, home health and hospice services. The Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner (VPHR), for the Central Coast and Central Valley Divisions serves as an executive leader responsible for shaping the people strategy to deliver business outcomes across two key Sutter Health divisions, while also leading enterprise-wide initiatives. This role provides strategic guidance, executive coaching, and organization leadership to Division Presidents, CEOs, and operational leaders, building talent, engagement, and organization solutions that strengthen culture, enhance patient outcomes, and support Sutter Health’s long-term strategies. As a trusted advisor to regional executives and a key contributor to system-level HR strategy, the VPHR partners closely with executive leaders and key partners across the human resources function to align talent strategy, workforce planning and effectiveness, organization design, organization design, change management, labor strategy, and engagement across multiple divisions. This is an influential, high visibility role responsible for enabling growth, integration, and operational excellence across two divisions, while contributing to enterprise transformation initiatives.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership
- Serve as the senior HR strategic partner to executives in the Central Coast and Central Valley, shaping the people, organization, engagement plan to achieve business outcomes.
- Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, while translating business strategies into organization design, workforce planning/effectiveness, and culture priorities.
- Develop HR strategies that represent the business needs of the divisions, while championing an enterprise-first mindset.
- Lead strategic workforce planning, organizational capability building, and operating model evolution required to support growth, access, and operational performance.
- Assess market trends, workforce challenges, regulatory changes, and demographic shifts to inform strategic HR decisions.
- Play a key role in the transformation of the Human Resources Model within your divisions, while contributing more broadly to the overall transformation.
Organization Effectiveness & Change Leadership
- Lead organizational design, integration efforts, and productivity improvement initiatives that enhance effectiveness and streamline operations.
- Drive engagement and change leadership strategies to support major transformations, mergers, organization changes, or expansion.
- Promote enterprise-aligned practices while accommodating division-specific operational needs.
- Act as a change agent, driving alignment, accountability, and measurable progress across complex, matrixed environments.
Talent, Leadership Development & Succession Planning
- Build and strengthen leadership pipeline through rigorous succession planning and talent assessment / leadership development in the Central Coast and Central Valley divisions.
- Evaluate and grow leadership capability, including executive coaching, performance guidance, and transition support.
- Coach and develop leaders to enhance effectiveness in current role and prepare for roles of broader scale / scope.
- Drive sustained business outcomes through strong talent plans.
Labor & Employee Relations
- Develop proactive, preventative strategies and plans that contribute to a positive work environment. Play an active role, in partnership with centers of expertise and key stakeholders in labor relations, collective bargaining activities, and issue resolution.
- Partner closely with employee relations center of expertise, once established. Provide leadership and guidance on highly complex, sensitive and/or senior leadership matters and climate opportunities.
- Ensure consistent, proactive HR approaches to employee relations issues, conflict resolution, investigations, and workforce engagement. Coach senior leaders on complex matters.
- Maintain deep understanding of federal, state (especially CA), and regional regulatory requirements.
Collaboration with COEs & Key Partners
- Serve as the primary business partner to senior leaders, driving strong collaboration and alignment across HR disciplines to ensure coordinated strategy execution as OneHR.
- Foster strong partnership with HR Centers of Expertise and key partners —including Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Learning, Disability / Leave Management, Labor Relations, Employee Relations, and HRIS—to deliver cohesive, scalable HR programs and outcomes.
- Ensure alignment of HR policies, practices, and programs across all sites within the divisions.
- Drive consistent use of enterprise resources, standardized processes, and tools to enhance service delivery and efficiency.
- Drive innovative solutions and key simplification initiatives to impact ease of work and employee experience.
Division Leadership & Community Engagement
- Strengthen relationships with community partners, local healthcare leaders, and industry organizations to enhance workforce pipelines and regional reputation.
- Promote a culture of belonging, respect, and performance aligned with Sutter Health’s values and mission.
People Leadership
- Provide executive leadership to high-performing HR team across the Central Coast and Central Valley divisions, ensuring clarity of priorities, development, and accountability.
- Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, belonging, and enterprise-first thinking with the team.
- Build team capability through coaching, performance management, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Model operational excellence, strategic thinking, interpersonal effectiveness to elevate the HR team reputation and influence.
- Ensure team succession through deep proactive talent development, mentoring and growth experiences.
System-Wide Strategic Influence
- Lead large-scale, complex strategic system initiatives to drive business impact.
- Contribute insights from markets to shape policies, future workforce models, talent planning, and engagement strategies.
- Serve or lead systemwide HR councils, steering groups, or enterprise project teams to ensure division perspectives inform enterprise decisions.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master's degree in HR, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Organizational Psychology, or related field preferred.
Experience
- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including leading HR teams and serving as a senior HRBP or HR executive.
- Demonstrated success partnering with executive leadership in a large, complex, matrixed healthcare environment (5,000+ employees strongly preferred).
- Experience in talent planning, engagement strategies, organizational design, culture transformation, workforce effectiveness strategies, and change leadership.
- Expertise across core HR disciplines including employee relations, labor relations, talent management, compensation, and organizational development.
- Proven experience leading HR strategy across multiple sites or regions; multi-division experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated people leadership experience, including developing high-performing teams, building succession depth, designing role clarity, and driving leadership accountability.
- Experience leading HR teams through transformation, capability building, and operating model evolution.
Knowledge
- Strong working knowledge of California employment law, labor regulations, and healthcare industry trends.
- Deep expertise in talent assessment, succession planning, engagement, preventative strategies, workforce effectiveness, and leadership development.
Leadership Capabilities
- Enterprise-first mindset with the ability to balance division-specific needs and system priorities.
- Strategic influence and executive presence; capable of challenging, coaching, and advising senior leaders.
- Exceptional communication skills—written, verbal, and interpersonal.
- Strong analytical and business acumen with a focus on organizational health and workforce ROI.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity while driving clarity, alignment, and accountability.
- Strong people leadership capabilities.
Success Measures
- Leadership pipeline strength, diversity, and succession readiness within division.
- Operational experience of work metrics (engagement, including belonging, retention).
- Successful execution of organizational redesign, transformation, and workforce initiatives.
- Labor strategy effectiveness and reduction in high-risk employee relations issues.
- Executive stakeholder satisfaction and partnership effectiveness.
- Consistency and scalability of HR delivery across both divisions.
- HR team capability growth, development outcomes, and succession depth.
- Development of high performing engaged team that delivers division/enterprise outcomes.
This role requires residence within the Sutter Health footprint and the ability to travel as needed to support the Central Valley and Central Coast divisions.
Job Shift
Days
Schedule
Full Time
Days Of The Week
Monday - Friday
Weekend Requirements
As Needed
Benefits
Yes
Unions
No
Position Status
Exempt
Weekly Hours
40
Employee Status
Regular
Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $308,131.00 to $416,894.00 / 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.
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Align Your HR Credentials to Healthcare Requirements
Sutter Health prioritizes HR professionals with experience in healthcare workforce compliance, union relations, or clinical staffing. Frame your resume around healthcare-adjacent HR competencies, since generalist backgrounds without industry context are less competitive for sponsorship consideration.
Target Roles Tied to Operational HR Functions
Sutter's sponsored HR positions typically sit within HR business partner, talent acquisition, and benefits teams supporting clinical operations. Avoid applying broadly across all HR postings. Focus on roles where your specialty directly supports their integrated care delivery model.
Verify Your Role Qualifies as a Specialty Occupation
USCIS requires H-1B positions to meet the specialty occupation standard. HR roles are scrutinized more than technical positions, so confirm the job description explicitly requires a bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or a related field before you apply.
Prepare for a PERM-Based Green Card Timeline
If Sutter Health extends a sponsorship path that includes EB-2 or EB-3, PERM labor certification adds significant lead time before USCIS filing. Negotiate a clear sponsorship timeline in your offer stage so you understand when each filing phase is expected to begin.
Browse Open HR Roles Using Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Sutter Health's current Human Resources openings by visa sponsorship eligibility. This saves time by surfacing only roles where sponsorship has been documented, so you can prioritize applications that have a realistic path forward.
Address Sponsorship Willingness Before Offer Stage
Sutter Health HR recruiters handle sponsorship inquiries through their talent acquisition team. Raise your visa status in the screening call, not at the offer stage. Late disclosure creates delays in the DOL Labor Condition Application process and can stall your start date.
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Find Human Resources at Sutter Health JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does Sutter Health sponsor H-1B visas for Human Resources roles?
Yes, Sutter Health has sponsored H-1B visas for Human Resources positions. Sponsorship is not guaranteed for every HR role, and approval depends on whether the specific position meets USCIS's specialty occupation standard. HR roles face closer scrutiny than technical positions, so the job description must explicitly require a degree in a relevant field to support the petition.
How do I apply for Human Resources jobs at Sutter Health?
Applications go through Sutter Health's careers portal. You can also use Migrate Mate to browse current Human Resources openings at Sutter Health filtered by visa sponsorship eligibility, which helps you prioritize roles where sponsorship is a realistic outcome. During the application process, disclose your visa status early so their HR team can assess sponsorship feasibility before moving you through interviews.
Which visa types does Sutter Health use to sponsor Human Resources professionals?
Sutter Health has sponsored both H-1B nonimmigrant visas and employment-based Green Cards under EB-2 and EB-3 categories for Human Resources roles. H-1B is the most common path for initial employment. For longer-term permanent residency, EB-3 is typical for mid-level HR positions, while EB-2 may apply for roles requiring advanced degrees or specialized expertise.
What qualifications does Sutter Health expect for Human Resources roles with visa sponsorship?
Sutter Health generally expects a bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development, or a closely related field. For sponsored roles, the degree requirement is not optional since it directly supports the H-1B specialty occupation standard. Experience in healthcare HR, including knowledge of clinical staffing models, workforce compliance, or union environments, strengthens your candidacy considerably.
How long does the visa sponsorship process take for a Human Resources role at Sutter Health?
H-1B processing timelines depend on USCIS workloads and whether premium processing is used. Standard processing can take several months, while premium processing typically brings a decision within a few weeks. If Sutter Health also pursues PERM-based Green Card sponsorship, that process involves DOL labor certification and can extend the overall timeline by one to two years or more before USCIS adjudicates the immigrant petition.
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