Description
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Now more than ever.
Get back to what you need and love to do.
The possibilities are endless...
Now more than ever, our guiding principles are helping us in our search for exceptional talent - candidates who align with our unique workplace culture and who want to maximize the abundant opportunities for growth and success.
If this describes you then let’s talk!
HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report. As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation. Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment.
Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.
Emp Status
Regular Full time
Work Shift
Compensation Range
The base pay scale for this position is $112,000.00 - $200,000.00. In addition, this position will be eligible for additional benefits consistent with the role. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be determined based on various factors, including but not limited to: scope of role, level of experience, education, accomplishments, internal equity, budget, and subject to Fair Market Value evaluation. The hiring range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.
What you will be doing
Director, Talent Management & Systems
Hybrid
ABOUT HSS
HSS is the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. Ranked #1 in orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report for 15 consecutive years, HSS is defined by its relentless pursuit of excellence — in clinical care, research, education, and its people. The Talent function is entering an exciting new chapter: bold in its ambition, strong in its senior sponsorship, and determined to build one of the most capable and future-ready enterprises in healthcare. This is a rare opportunity to help shape that future.
POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the Vice President of Talent, the Director of Talent Management & Systems is a high-impact senior individual contributor role for a talent expert who is equally comfortable architecting enterprise-wide succession frameworks, facilitating leadership development experiences, and optimizing the Workday Talent module. This is a role that demands both strategic altitude and hands-on execution — someone who leads with intellect and energy, moves with pace, and takes deep personal pride in the quality of their work and the impact it has on people.
You are first and foremost a talent leader — with deep grounding in talent management and organizational effectiveness, and the Workday proficiency to bring your ideas to life through the system. You will partner closely with the VP of Talent, HRBPs, HR Shared Services, HR Technology, and senior leaders across HSS to design and deliver programs, processes, and experiences that develop people, strengthen the organization, and build a culture of continuous growth.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN A PERSON
Beyond the required capabilities, we are looking for someone who embodies a specific set of qualities that we consider non-negotiable:
- Sharp and strategic: thinks at altitude and translates vision into practical, executable plans.
- High energy and deeply curious: energized by complexity, always learning, always pushing for better.
- Gets things done: not a theorist. Moves fast, manages projects end-to-end, and delivers.
- Data-sensitive and evidence-based: recommendations grounded in insight, not instinct alone.
- Standards-driven: holds themselves and their work to a consistently high bar.
- Credible presence: engages confidently at all levels, including senior and executive leadership.
- Highly collaborative: builds strong relationships quickly and works effectively across functions and levels.
- Deeply accountable: owns outcomes fully and does not wait to be chased.
- Technically literate: Workday-savvy and AI-minded — embraces technology as a tool for doing their best work.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Talent Management Strategy
- Partner with the VP of Talent to evolve enterprise-wide talent management practices — establishing HSS as a benchmark for talent excellence in healthcare.
- Translate the organization’s strategic priorities into a coherent talent agenda, identifying the capabilities HSS needs now and in the future.
- Champion a culture of continuous growth, development, and accountability across the organization.
Performance Management
- Drive the full performance cycle — goal setting, mid-year reviews, year-end calibration, and the frameworks that define how performance is measured consistently across HSS.
- Ensure Workday-enabled performance processes are intuitive, well-governed, and embedded in how leaders operate day to day.
- Analyze performance data to identify trends, surface insights, and recommend targeted interventions.
Succession Planning & Talent Calibration
- Support the bi-annual talent calibration and succession planning process. Ensure rigor, depth, and enterprise wide impact.
- Partner with HRBPs & senior leaders to map critical roles, assess readiness, identify talent gaps, and build succession pipelines.
- Design and implement targeted development interventions for high-potential employees and key successors.
Leadership Development
- Support the VP of Talent in designing and deploying a comprehensive HSS Leadership Academy — building the leadership capability the organization needs for its next chapter.
- Enable next generation leaders through high-potential programs, coaching relationships, and curated development experiences.
- Bring the organization’s capability framework to life — connecting leadership development directly to the behaviors and competencies HSS has defined as critical.
Career Development & Internal Mobility
- Champion a robust internal talent marketplace — promoting career visibility and internal mobility.
- Support the development of a comprehensive career framework that balances individual accountability for growth with the right organizational tools and infrastructure to enable it.
- Ensure career development tools, profiles, and learning resources are fully integrated and optimized within Workday.
Workday Talent Systems
- Bring strong Workday Talent module literacy to the role — understanding key processes, optimizing configuration, and scaling functionality to enable deeper insight and action.
- Own Workday processes across succession, calibration, performance management, and goal setting — ensuring they are intuitive, efficient, and fit for purpose.
- Partner closely with the Director of Learning & Systems and the HR Technology team to ensure seamless integration across talent and learning modules.
- Support bi-annual Workday release cycles — lead sandbox testing, release management, and production releases — ensuring talent needs and system changes are assessed, tested, and communicated effectively.
Reporting, Analytics & Insights
- Partner with the VP of Talent to develop meaningful, contextualized dashboards and reports beyond raw data to actionable insight.
- Bring an evidence-based lens to talent decisions: use data to identify trends, measure program impact & a case for investment.
- Provide regular reporting on talent pipeline health, performance outcomes, succession depth, and development ROI.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field required; Master’s degree strongly preferred.
- 8–10 years of progressive experience in Talent Management, OD, or a related HR leadership role.
- Demonstrated expertise in talent calibration, succession planning, leadership development, and performance management.
- Strong, demonstrable knowledge of Workday Talent modules — ability to optimize configuration and partner effectively with HR Technology teams.
- Workday Pro certification in Talent or HCM strongly preferred.
- Strong change management capability with a track record of embedding meaningful, lasting organizational change.
- AI literacy and proficiency — actively uses AI tools to optimize time, effort, and quality of outputs.
- Experience in a dynamic, complex, matrixed organization; healthcare experience a strong plus.
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills — credible and compelling at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously with a high degree of independence and accountability.
A FINAL WORD
This is not a role for someone who needs to be told what to do. It is a role for someone who sees what needs to be done, has the expertise and drive to do it, and takes genuine pride in the quality of their work and the impact it creates. If that sounds like you — we’d love to meet you.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.
