VP, HR Community Hospitals

Location: hirify.global community hospitals in Lowell, Melrose, and Medford, Massachusetts; professional office environment with predominantly sedentary, on-site work.

Salary: $275,000–$325,000 annually, plus eligibility for an executive incentive plan.

Company

hirify.global is an academic and community healthcare system comprising hospitals, care-at-home services, a medical school partnership, and an integrated network of physicians.

What you will do

• Provide executive HR leadership, strategic direction, and day-to-day oversight for community hospital HR operations.
• Advise hospital presidents and senior operational and clinical leaders on human capital strategy and organizational planning.
• Lead HR business partner activities and coordinate employee relations, labor relations, and leave administration.
• Partner with HR Centers of Excellence on talent acquisition, talent management, compensation, benefits, and workforce planning.
• Drive engagement, belonging, leadership development, succession planning, organizational design, and change management.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, due diligence, workforce integration, and cultural alignment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive HR leadership experience, including five years in a senior HR leadership role within a community hospital or complex health system.
• Experience leading large-scale transformation, cultural change, mergers and acquisitions, or system integration.
• Executive presence and strong communication, interpersonal, relationship-building, business, financial, and analytical skills.
• Experience with matrixed organizations, workforce analytics, organizational restructuring, and leadership development.
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws and collective bargaining agreements.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Advanced HR certification such as SHRM-SCP or SPHR.
• Experience working in unionized environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Executive incentive plan with performance-based compensation tied to approved goals and system performance.
• Comprehensive Total Rewards package supporting health, financial security, and career growth.
• People-first culture focused on respect, accountability, excellence, engagement, belonging, and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to influence organizational growth, transformation, and cultural alignment across a complex healthcare system.