Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Reports to: Chief People Officer
Location: Reasonable commuting distance of Green Bay or La Crosse WI. Candidates must reside in WI MI MN or IA at the time of hire.
About the Opportunity:
The Vice President Talent Development & Learning serves as the strategic leader responsible for ensuring Emplify Health has a strong futureready workforce across all clinical and professional domains. This role is accountable for building and sustaining the enterprise talent pipeline by anticipating organizational needs creating pathways for internal growth and designing holistic development experiences. The Vice President leads integrated strategies across Talent Acquisition Talent Development and Learning to cultivate a connected and developmentally focused employee experience.
This position is responsible for shaping and executing the enterprise talent experience from candidate attraction through career progression ensuring that Emplify Health has the right talent with the right skills available at the right time. This includes creating innovative sourcing and talent acquisition strategies stewarding the endtoend performance and talent cycle and developing a comprehensive learning and development strategy that supports leadership growth functional capability building and ongoing skills development through upskilling and reskilling opportunities.
As a strategic and creative change leader the role builds a culture of belonging collaboration and accountability while delivering measurable outcomes achieving enterprise KPIs and navigating shifting priorities to maintain a capable engaged and futureready workforce.
Major Responsibilities:
People Strategy and Planning:
Build strong relationships across the organization to anticipate workforce needs and deliver sustainable innovative solutions for current and future staffing demands.
Partner with HR and Operations to develop workforce planning strategies including approaches for hard to fill roles and contingent workforce management.
Use people analytics to ensure fair equitable and differentiated talent strategies aligned with organizational values and culture.
Join Workforce:
Develop innovative equitable recruitment and onboarding strategies that elevate the candidate and new hire experience and position Emplify Health as an employer of choice.
Partner with brand and communications teams to support recruitment marketing activities and ensure alignment of talent messaging with organizational brand strategy.
Deliver orientation and onboarding experiences that effectively acclimate new employees and accelerate integration and performance.
Build Workforce:
Design and lead a comprehensive talent strategy that attracts develops and retains a future ready workforce across all clinical and professional functions.
Create a seamless talent experience from candidate attraction through long term career progression ensuring the organization has the right talent with the right skills at the right time.
Strengthen internal mobility and career development pathways by creating tools resources and systems that support self directed development and transparent career progression.
Lead capability analysis to identify development gaps and deliver learning experiences that build leadership capability functional skills and future critical competencies.
Design and deliver leadership development programs that prepare emerging talent high potential employees and new leaders for increased responsibility.
Develop and enhance high impact learning experiences using diverse modalities grounded in adult learning principles and tailored to employee needs.
Establish a learning culture that integrates development into daily work supported by centralized learning infrastructure and decentralized subject matter expertise.
Leverage technology including learning management systems to deliver track measure and continuously improve learning programs.
Continuously refine talent learning and development programs based on feedback organizational priorities and evolving industry trends.
Manage Workforce:
Oversee the end to end performance and talent cycle embedding meaningful feedback practices and ensuring talent processes reinforce employee growth and organizational expectations.
Oversee succession planning and talent readiness processes ensuring a strong bench for key leadership and critical roles.
Provide employee centered career planning support and resources that empower career growth and internal mobility.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelors degree required. Masters degree in organizational development or related field preferred.
Certification/Registration/Licensure: NA
Experience: Ten plus years of senior leadership or director level progressive experience leading People Experience functions: Talent Management Talent Acquisition Learning and Development programs or a combination of Business and People Experience roles.
The Organization:
Emplify Health is comprised of two of the Midwests most respected healthcare systems Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System. Once neighbors we are now partners united in our mission to provide exceptional care to our communities. As a not-for-profit patient-centered healthcare network we have headquarters in Green Bay and La Crosse Wisconsin. Our extensive network includes 11 hospitals and more than 100 clinics serving 67 cities and rural communities across Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and Michigans Upper Peninsula. With over 4500 dedicated nurses and providers we are committed to delivering primary specialty and emergency care along with innovative medical education programs.
Mission: Together we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring learning and innovating.
Vision: Leading with love we courageously commit to a future of healthy people and thriving communities.
Values:Belonging Respect Excellence Accountability Teamwork Humility
The Communities:
About Us:Bellin and Gundersen Health Systems headquartered in Green Bay WI and La Crosse WI respectively are now united as Emplify Health. We serve communities across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Michigans Upper Peninsula providing primary specialty and emergency care.
About La Crosse WI:La Crosse is a vibrant city nestled along the Mississippi River known for its stunning natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. It offers a high quality of life with excellent schools diverse recreational activities and a strong sense of community. Our La Crosse Campus is home to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center providing specialized care and a wide range of outpatient more information on La Crosse please visit: Green Bay WI:Green Bay famous for its passionate sports culture and the Green Bay Packers is a thriving city with a welcoming community. It boasts a robust economy top-notch educational institutions and numerous parks and recreational facilities. Bellin Healths flagship campus in Green Bay is renowned for its emphasis on preventive healthcare and specialties like cardiac orthopedics and mental more information please visit: /
Why Consider Emplify Health
Tailored Benefits Package: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that varies based on your location. To learn more about the specific benefits available in your area please inquire with the recruiter during the application process.
Flexible work location: While this role offers some flexibility in work location candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of La Crosse or Green Bay WI due to frequent on-site needs. After the first year of employment on-site expectations may be renegotiated.
Comprehensive Care:Be part of a team that delivers compassionate patient-centered care across multiple specialties.
Community Impact:Work in communities where your contributions make a tangible difference in peoples lives.
Professional Growth:Access continuous learning opportunities and career development programs.
Collaborative Environment:Join a supportive network of healthcare professionals committed to excellence.
Application Process:
Interested and qualified candidates are directed to submit their application materials at the apply link. Please note that all inquiries and applications will be handled with strict confidentiality. References may be requested once the interview process commences.
If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position please contact or call .
We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values belonging respect excellence accountability teamwork and humility our pillars set our foundation and our future.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Gundersen Health System Hospitals & Clinics delivers world-class primary and specialized healthcare in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.