AVP Human Resources

This position is incentive eligible.

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as an AVP Human Resources? At HCA Healthcare, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The AVP, HR, Digital Transformation & Innovation serves as a strategic HR leader partnering with DT&I and business leaders to shape and execute workforce strategies that advance the organization’s digital and AI transformation. This role delivers high-impact HR partnership in talent development, organizational effectiveness, and workforce readiness to accelerate transformation success. In close collaboration with DT&I, HR Centers of Excellence, and business leadership, the AVP turns transformation priorities into actionable people strategies and enables adoption of new ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Serves as the strategic HR partner to DT&I leadership, aligning workforce and talent strategies with digital transformation, data, and AI priorities
• Partners with leaders to define talent needs, role evolution, and workforce plans, including identification of critical skill gaps and practical talent supply solutions
• Leads development of career pathways and succession planning for key digital, data, and AI roles to strengthen internal mobility and long-term capability building
• Advises leaders on organizational effectiveness, team structures, governance, and decision-making to support agile, cross-functional ways of working
• Oversees performance management and talent review processes to strengthen workforce capability, build leadership pipelines, and accelerate readiness for critical roles.
• Partners with HR Centers of Excellence and DT&I to build digital, data, and AI capabilities through targeted upskilling and reskilling initiatives
• Supports initiatives that build AI awareness, responsible AI use, and adoption of new tools across leaders and teams
• Coaches leaders to foster continuous learning, engagement, and readiness for change in evolving transformation environments
• Partners with DT&I and change teams to drive adoption of transformation initiatives, identify workforce-related risks, and support mitigation efforts
• Contributes to enterprise-wide capability building efforts that advance business priorities and successful transformation outcomes

Leadership Skills

• Strong business partnership, communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with execution
• Adaptability and willingness to operate in evolving environments
• Expertise in workforce planning, skills gap assessment, and talent supply strategies
• Strong capability in talent management, succession planning, and career pathway development
• Proven skill in designing and supporting upskilling, reskilling, and capability-building initiatives, including digital literacy and responsible AI adoption
• Strong consulting, coaching, and change leadership skills with the ability to influence stakeholders, drive adoption, and support leaders through change

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred
• 8–12+ years of progressive HR experience
• Experience supporting transformation or large-scale initiatives preferred
• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills
• Digital/AI experience preferred

Benefits

HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Human Resources Group empowers our people to grow and give purpose to the HCA Healthcare culture. We deliver our Human Resource model in three sectors: HR Business Partners, HR Shared Operations and HR Centers of Excellence. HR Business Partner teams are critical to the success of our HR delivery model. We drive performance to achieve successful results to better care for our patients, communities and each other.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our AVP Human Resources opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.