Talent Strategy Lead (Remote)

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Remote (with travel for events and partnership engagement) 

Help Build the Workforce Behind Extraordinary Patient Care

At Stanford Health Care, our patients rely on exceptional people. Behind every clinician, caregiver, researcher, and leader is a talent strategy that makes extraordinary care possible. We are looking for a Talent Strategy Lead to help shape the future workforce of one of the nation's leading academic health systems.  

This is not a traditional recruiting role. It is a unique opportunity to influence how Stanford Health Care attracts, develops, and engages talent across the organization through executive recruitment partnerships, workforce development programs, community engagement, academic partnerships, and strategic talent initiatives.   

In this role, you will:

- Partner with executive leaders and search firms on leadership recruitment initiatives.  

- Lead and strengthen key partnerships with academic institutions to build future healthcare talent pipelines.  

- Collaborate with community organizations such as JobTrain, Project SEARCH/Hope Services, and Year Up to expand workforce opportunities and access to healthcare careers.  

- Support strategic programs, including our Nurse Residency Program, Critical Care RN Training Program, APP Fellowship Program, SHIP Program, and other workforce development initiatives.  

- Help drive talent attraction and relocation strategies to support critical workforce needs.  

- Represent Stanford Health Care at career fairs, industry events, professional associations, and community organizations.  

Why This Role Stands Out

You will have the opportunity to:  

- Influence strategic workforce initiatives with organization-wide impact.  

- Build relationships with executive leaders, educational institutions, and community partners.  

- Create pathways into healthcare careers for students, emerging professionals, and underrepresented talent.  

- Support innovative programs that strengthen the future healthcare workforce.  

- Work for a mission-driven organization dedicated to improving lives through world-class patient care, research, and education.  

Who May Thrive in This Role?  

We are looking for someone who:  

- Enjoys building meaningful partnerships and relationships.  

- Thinks strategically while effectively managing execution.  

- Is energized by workforce innovation and talent development.  

- Values community impact and service.  

- Thrives in a collaborative and dynamic environment.  

- Wants to contribute to something bigger than themselves.

- Healthcare industry expertise combined with proven experience building relationships with local schools and community workforce development organizations to develop sustainable talent pipelines throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

About Stanford Health Care

Stanford Health Care is recognized for advancing medicine through innovation, education, and exceptional patient care. As part of our Talent Acquisition and Contingent Workforce team, you will help ensure we continue attracting and developing the talent needed to support our mission today and into the future.  

If you are passionate about connecting people to meaningful careers, strengthening workforce pathways, and making a lasting impact on healthcare, we would love to hear from you.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.
A Brief Overview
The Talent Strategy Lead designs and implements innovative recruitment strategies to deliver exceptional experience for candidates and hiring leaders. You will streamline recruitment processes, drive program development in HR, implement the top of the funnel sourcing strategies, and collaborate with the Talent Acquisition and Contingent Workforce Team. You will bridge the gap between human intuition and data-backed strategy. You will be responsible for building, maintaining, and interpreting the recruitment analytics framework to improve hiring efficiency, candidate quality, and belonging and community outcomes. In this role, you will turn complex datasets into actionable insights that shape our hiring strategy. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Talent Strategy and Programs.
Locations
Stanford Health Care
What you will do

• Design, develop, and deploy new recruitment programs; own the strategic direction for programs within your area of expertise.

• Apply deep HR knowledge to program development, ensuring initiatives are effective, scalable, and sustainable.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement in recruitment strategies, attraction; lead efforts to implement changes.

• Establish and maintain relationships with local community programs, high schools and colleges.

• Create leading, best-in-class social media programs and branding for Stanford Health Care (SHC).

• Partner with Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, Hiring Managers, and candidates to deliver a high-quality people-focused recruitment experience.

• Support special HR projects and initiatives within the SHC enterprise.

• Data-driven analytics in recruitment uses quantitative and qualitative data to optimize the hiring lifecycle

• Establish and monitor program metrics and dashboards; provide monthly reporting and insights to leadership.

• Track and report on core KPIs including Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, Quality of Hire, and Offer Acceptance Rates.

• Audit the recruitment funnel to identify drop-off points.

• Evaluate the ROI of various sourcing channels (LinkedIn, niche job boards, agencies) to optimize the recruitment budget.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university. A combination of experience and education will be considered.

Experience Qualifications

• Twelve (12) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience

• Deep knowledge of HR activities, with experience in recruitment or talent program development

• Proven track record in designing, developing, and deploying new talent acquisition recruitment programs and ensuring their success

• Strong analytical, project management, and stakeholder-management skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

These principles apply to ALL employees:
SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.
You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care

• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health

• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.