Director

RWJBarnabas Health Corporate Services
Newark, NJ

Job Title: Director

Location: Barnabas Health Corp

Department: HR - NBI

Req#:

Status: Full-Time

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $133,924.00 - $189,167.00 Annual

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:

The Director of HR at NBI serves as a strategic partner and provides operational and consultative human resources services for assigned client groups. The Director supports business leaders with effective decision making, project management, and ensures flawless execution of strategic initiatives across the enterprise. She/he/they establishes and maintains effective partnering relationships with key stakeholders to ensure their goals and objectives related to all aspects of human capital are achieved. She/he/they coordinates policies and practices to ensure consistency in application. The Director is responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable policies, laws and regulations. The Director of HR Operations has immediate oversight of employee development, employee engagement, and employee relations operations delivered to service line clients and serves as a lead change agent and influencer in establishing and/or enhancing and influencing organizational culture.

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Bachelor's Degree in related field required.
  • Minimum of eight - ten (8 - 10) years' progressively responsible leadership experience in the field of human resources management, employee relations, development, and retention within the setting of a highly complex, matrixed, organization.
  • Demonstrated experience in effectively leading and maintaining a high performing team.
  • Knowledge of Federal, State and Local laws, regulations and guidelines related to EEO/ADA compliance, employment and affirmative action required.
  • Proven ability to plan, organize, prioritize and effectively manage multiple complex projects concurrently and develop in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience in developing strong relationships and motivating key internal or external stakeholders to achieve desired results.
  • Strong experience in conflict resolution and mediation.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a high volume, fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to adopt to changing priorities
  • Experience in/with labor relations strongly preferred.

Essential Functions:

  • Serves as a thought partner and strategic advisor to assigned client groups; providing perspective, guidance, creative solutions, and support and ensuring follow up actions as required.
  • Provides thoughtful analysis, trend insights, and human capital recommendations regarding high impact decisions.
  • Analyzes key performance metrics, conducts deep dive/root cause analysis, and identifies innovative and appropriate solutions.
  • Partners with senior leaders, front line supervisors, staff and other stakeholders on enhancing employee engagement, cultural transformation, talent management, employee relations, performance management and day to day HR operations.
  • Develops and drives strategy as it relates to employee experience and retention.
  • Leads development of processes & documentation supporting the application of employment related processes & policies.
  • In partnership with key stakeholders, leads the development and integration of the delivery of employee relations related learning and development interventions addressing current, transitional, and future state competency gaps within the function and overall business.
  • Works collaboratively with all clients to assess the impact of policies and practices and make recommendations to address areas of inconsistency or practice improvement.
  • Ensures optimal client satisfaction and priorities are met by working collaboratively with the team to triage incoming requests, identify barriers and remove obstacles.
  • Ensures the HR brand and reputation is positive and one reflective of creating and enhancing exceptional employee experiences.
  • Establishes, builds and maintains effective relationships.
  • Ability to generate results through influence in an environment with multiple and diverse stakeholders
  • Effective organizational and interpersonal skills including written and verbal communication skills;
  • Strong analytical and project management skills
  • Demonstrated capability to interact directly with C-level leaders
  • Possesses keen ability to judge and prioritize issues and implications for RWJBarnabas Health
  • Demonstrated strength in analytical capability
  • Demonstrated proficiency Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Travelling to various RWJ locations will be required for this position.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees' physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
  • Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Retirement Plans
  • Short & Long Term Disability
  • Life & Accidental Death Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Wellness Programs
  • Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
  • Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered,

high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering

a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey-whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

Posted 2026-04-03

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