Director, HR Employee Support & Risk

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Role Summary

The Director Employee Support & Risk is accountable for the execution governance and continuous improvement of employee support operations and peoplerelated risk management for Texas Oncology. This role provides leadership across Employee Relations HR Compliance Leaves and ADA and HR Shared Services ensuring consistent compliant and scalable delivery of employee support in a complex regulated healthcare environment.

This role serves as the critical connector between Texas Oncology HR operations and the broader Network HR ecosystem ensuring alignment and seamless coordination across Legal Benefits HRIS and the Network Employee Relations team. The Director translates enterprise policies systems and risk frameworks into practical scalable processes for TXO while elevating TXO-specific needs and insights to inform Network priorities and decision-making.

As a senior leader within the Texas Oncology HR leadership team this role owns operational outcomes risk mitigation and service delivery standards across its functional domains and serves as the escalation point for complex and highrisk employee matters. The Director partners closely with the Senior Director HR Texas Oncology on enterprise alignment prioritization and significant risk exposure and works in coordination with the Director HR Strategy & Enablement to ensure people strategies are operationally feasible compliant and sustainably executed.

Key Responsibilities

1) Employee Support & HR Operations

• Lead enterprise HR operational delivery across HR Shared Services Employee Relations Leaves and ADA and employee support functions.
• Ensure consistent timely and highquality employee and leader support across Texas Oncology.
• Establish clear intake triage and escalation models to improve efficiency and experience.

2) Employee Relations & Compliance

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for Employee Relations including complex investigations performance management and corrective action.
• Ensure compliance with federal state and local employment laws and McKesson/USON policies.
• Partner closely with Legal Network Employee Relations and Compliance teams to assess mitigate and manage people-related risk ensuring coordinated enterprise and TXO responses.

3) Leaves ADA & Accommodations

• Oversee Leaves of Absence and ADA programs ensuring compliance consistency and effective case management.
• Partner with Network Benefits and HRIS teams to ensure alignment of leave policies systems and administration practices while addressing TXO-specific operational needs.
• Drive process optimization and system enablement to improve accuracy timeliness and employee experience.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex or highrisk leave and accommodation cases.

4) Risk Management & Governance

• Own execution of HR risk management operational controls and audit readiness across employee support and compliance functions.
• Monitor trends metrics and case data to identify emerging risk and recommend mitigation actions.
• Establish and enforce operational procedures controls and governance standards in alignment with enterprise policy and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with the Director HR Strategy & Enablement on policy implications and enablement needs; align systemic risk trends and issues with the Senior Director.
  
• Coordinate with Network HR partners (Legal Benefits HRIS ER) to ensure enterprise risk frameworks audit requirements and policy updates are operationalized effectively within TXO.

5) People Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead and develop senior operational HR leaders including HR Shared Services ER Compliance and Leaves leadership.
• Build capability through role clarity training and consistent operating rhythms.
• Foster a culture of accountability consistency and continuous improvement.

6) Network HR Integration & Cross-Functional Alignment

• Serve as the point of accountability for ensuring alignment between TXO HR/ER operations and Network HR/ER partners reducing fragmentation and enabling consistent enterprise-aligned execution.
• Translate enterprise policies programs and system changes into clear actionable processes for TXO HR operations teams.
• Ensure consistent interpretation and application of policies compliance requirements and employee support practices across TXO and Network environments.
• Partner with Network teams to escalate risks resolve complex issues and drive coordinated responses for high-impact employee matters.
• Provide feedback loops to Network HR on operational challenges employee trends and process gaps to inform enterprise improvements.
• Align system capabilities (e.g. HRIS case management leave administration) with operational needs to drive efficiency consistency and compliance.

Qualifications

Education & Credentials

• Bachelors degree required in Human Resources Business Administration Organizational Development or a related field or equivalent experience
• SPHR or SHRMSCP strongly preferred

Experience

• 10 years of progressive HR experience including 4 years of people leadership experience
• Demonstrated senior HR leadership experience across one or more of the following areas: Employee Relations HR Compliance Leaves/ADA or HR operations within a regulated environment
• Proven experience leading HR operations or shared services delivery models including case management intake/triage frameworks and centralized employee support
• Experience managing complex employee relations matters investigations and people-related risk in multi-state or highly regulated environments
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively within a matrixed organization working closely with enterprise HR functions such as Legal Employee Relations HRIS and Benefits
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional initiatives that require alignment between enterprise strategy and local execution
• Experience driving process standardization and operational improvement including enabling HR processes through systems (e.g. HRIS case management or leave administration platforms)
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and navigate complex stakeholder environments
• Experience leading and developing leaders of leaders building capability through change and organizational evolution
• Experience supporting physician-led and/or healthcare organizations strongly preferred

Core Capabilities

• Enterprise Integration & Matrix Navigation Ability to operate as a connector across enterprise HR functions aligning Centers of Excellence with local execution to ensure consistency and scalability
• Risk Assessment & Decision-Making Strong judgment in assessing escalating and mitigating people-related risk in complex high-impact situations
• Operational Excellence & Process Design Expertise in designing and scaling HR operational processes including intake triage escalation and service delivery models
• Data-Driven Decision Making Ability to leverage case data trends and metrics to identify risk inform decisions and drive continuous improvement
• Systems & Enablement Mindset Ability to translate HR processes into system-enabled workflows partnering effectively with HRIS and enterprise teams
• Leadership & Capability Building Proven ability to lead and develop multi-layered HR teams including leaders of leaders and drive performance through clear operating rhythms and accountability
• Executive Presence & Influence Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and align stakeholders across complex environments
• Change Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness Ability to lead teams through change while maintaining operational stability and service delivery
• Business & Financial Acumen Understanding of how HR operations and risk management impact business performance cost and organizational outcomes

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