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Sr. HR Director SOM (School of Medicine)

Baltimore, MDHybridFull TimeDirector$130,480–$228,575 /yrPosted 24 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Sr. HR Director
  • School of Medicine
  • Divisional HR
  • University Human Resources
  • JHU
  • JHM
  • JHHS
  • HR strategy
  • human resources policies
  • human resources practices

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  • Resume
  • CVs
  • nominations
  • inquiries

Role summary

The Sr. Director, Divisional HR for the School of Medicine (SOM) at Johns Hopkins University is a senior leadership role reporting to the Vice Dean for Finance and Administration and the Executive Director of Strategic HR Delivery. This position leads the SOM's HR practitioners, developing and executing HR strategy aligned with JHU and Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) goals. The role involves strategic partnership with SOM executive leadership, collaboration with JHM HR, and ensuring compliance with HR laws and best practices. Key responsibilities include managing HR policies, programs, and faculty-related matters, and participating in strategic planning and process review committees.

The Johns Hopkins University has retained Human Capital Consultants to manage the search for its next Sr. Director, Divisional HR – School of Medicine. Please send applications (Resume / CVs), nominations, and inquiries in confidence to: Milton Hall at MHall@HumanCapitalLLC.com or Ian Carton at ICarton@HumanCapitalLLC.com.

Summary of Position

The Sr. Director, Divisional HR, is a member of the University Human Resources leadership team. This position reports to the School of Medicine Vice Dean for Finance and Administration, with a secondary reporting relationship to the Executive Director, Strategic HR Delivery. The Sr. Director also collaborates with Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) HR leadership. Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) is an enterprise including the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS), involving extensive interaction and collaboration between the two organizations.

This position is the accountable senior human resources leader for the School of Medicine (SOM), which is comprised of clinical and non-clinical departments and divisions engaged in academic research, medical education, and the clinical practice of medicine. This role is responsible for developing and managing the overall human resources strategy for the SOM, while working to ensure alignment with broader JHU and JHM goals and priorities.

The Sr. Director leads the divisional team of SOM Human Resources practitioners, who work in various positions at the management, independent contributor, and operational contributor levels across 30 clinical and research departments. In conjunction with the divisional HR team, the Sr. Director is responsible for effectively executing all human resources policies, practices, and programs across the SOM, ensuring their alignment and support of the school’s business operations, compliance with applicable human resources laws and regulations and consistency with the human capital strategies and models of human resources best practices at the Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine.

In addition to direct leadership of the SOM Divisional HR team, this position regularly collaborates with the SVP of Human Resources for JHHS and the overall JHHS Human Resources leadership team to develop and implement human resource practices that facilitate the harmonization of polices for JHU staff and health system employees, where applicable and appropriate.

The Sr. Director engages with the executive leadership of the SOM, serving as a strategic thought partner and working to ensure that all human resources strategy, process and support needs are being met. This position also serves on strategic planning, project development, and process review committees, at the request of SOM executive leadership. Partnership and process alignment with the SOM Faculty Affairs and Faculty Practice Finance teams are also a critical measure of success to ensure that faculty-related matters are supported appropriately.




Classified Title: Sr. Director, Divisional HR 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. HR Director SOM (School of Medicine)
Role/Level/Range: L/05/LH
Starting Salary Range: $130,480 - $228,575 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5.00pm 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Admin HR General Administration
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

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