Director, People

Who We Are

Evergreen Nephrology partners with nephrologists to transform kidney care through a value-based, person-centered, holistic, and comprehensive approach to kidney care. We believe patients living with kidney disease deserve the best care. We are committed to improving patient outcomes and improving quality of life by delaying disease progression, shifting care to the home, and accelerating kidney transplants.

We help nephrologists focus on the right patients at the right time across the full care spectrum. We do this by providing them with the best-in-class interdisciplinary clinical resources, analytical insight and tools, and services to patients. We listen to the needs of our patients, our employees, and our client partners, continually working to push beyond the status quo in which the care system manages patients today.

Who You Are

You are devoted, compassionate, and enjoy being on the front lines of healthcare, changing the lives of patients by supporting them. You’re excited about being part of a team that is building a healthcare delivery model that ensures the highest possible quality of life and best outcomes for those in our care. You believe people living with kidney disease deserve the best person-centered, holistic, comprehensive care and want to influence the healthcare system to drive towards that. You thrive in innovative and evolving environments with high rates of change.

Your Role

As a Director, People with Evergreen Nephrology, you plan and oversee all human resources functional operations, including compensation, benefits, performance management, employee relations, engagement, culture, and compliance. You serve as an advisor to management on matters related to talent development, organizational performance, engagement and culture, and leadership. You drive people-related projects from strategic development through implementation across the organization.   

This role manages a team of two and reports to the SVP, People at Evergreen Nephrology.

Role Responsibilities

This role's primary duties include the following:

• Plans and oversees human resources functional operations, including compensation, benefits, performance management, employee relations, engagement, culture, and compliance.
• Designs and implements people programs and policies to reflect the organization's mission and values, support company goals, achieve objectives, and positively engage team members.
• Maintains broad and current subject matter knowledge and expertise in federal and state employment laws to advise leadership with solutions for human resources issues and evolving organizational needs.
• Leads the process to implement and maintain an HRIS or other system to facilitate processes and provide data and reporting on HR activity.
• Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure.
• Partners with the other People team functions – Learning & Development and Talent Acquistion – to update current processes, design new programs and address current business needs.
• Serve as advisor to management on matters related to talent development, organizational performance, engagement and culture, and leadership.
• Drive people-related projects from strategic development through implementation across the organization.
• Manage a team of HR generalists and specialists to support the above responsibilities.
• Other duties consistent with this role, as assigned.

Competencies and skills required for this role include the following:

• Compensation & Benefits
• Employee Data Management
• Employee Engagement
• Employee Relations
• HR Policy Administration
• HR Regulatory Environment & Compliance
• Onboarding and Offboarding
• Organizational Change Management
• Performance Management Programs
• Training Program Development
• Talent Assessment and Succession Planning
• HR Policy Development
• HRIS Selection and Maintenance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Prior experience in a startup environment required; prior experience in startup healthcare environments preferred
• 5+ years of managerial experience and 10+ years of role-relevant HR experience
• Must have prior experience leading an HR department at the Director level
• Deep knowledge of HR with a specific focus on performance management, employment law, and people operations and systems
• Solid working knowledge of other People team functions, including Talent Acquisition and Learning and Development
• Intermediate skills with MS Office Suite of products including Outlook and Teams
• Able to work effectively in a primarily remote environment:
  • Home internet must support a minimum download speed of 25 Mbps and upload speed of 10 Mbps. Cable, Fiber, or DSL connections hardwired to the internet device are recommended
  • Evergreen will provide remote employees with telephony applications and equipment to meet the business requirements for their role
  • Employees must work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Compensation

The pay range for this role is $165,000 to $185,000 annually. Exact pay is determined based on experience, education, demand for role, and other role-specific criteria.

This role is also eligible for an annual bonus.

Benefits

Evergreen Nephrology’s total rewards program is designed to support you in and outside of work. You can expect:

• Unlimited vacation
• 12 paid holidays per year
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, including an HSA with employer match
• Reimbursement for continuing medical education for eligible roles
• A 401(k) program where Evergreen matches up to 4% of contributions
• Paid parental leave
• A robust training and development program that starts with onboarding and continues throughout your career with Evergreen Nephrology

Evergreen Nephrology is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any other protected category under local, state or federal laws.

If you are an applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please contact us for assistance at recruiting@evergreennephrology.com.