• Develops strong business relationships with business and functional leaders and their respective organizations; helps solve business problems and aligns human resources strategies and solutions to produce business results.
• Serves as a strategic partner and change agent to business leaders and management teams on key human capital issues.
• Builds and leverages understanding of the job design, organizational structure and business dynamics of the division the HR Business Partner supports, as well as divisions that are key internal partners
• Collaborates with COEs and enterprise Shared Services to provide best-in-class talent management, organizational development, employee relations and compensation and benefits solutions to the business.
• Influences leaders to make effective current and future talent decisions and to develop effective workforce plans
• Partners with the Talent Acquisition team and hiring managers within stakeholder groups to fill open positions with top talent while identifying and escalating appropriate alternatives for hard to fill positions.
• Provides developmental coaching and feedback to leaders and people managers.
• Advises the business in establishing clear and enticing internal career paths for their organizations
• Identifies current and future talent development and learning requirements.
• Executes and build upon existing performance programs (e.g talent reviews, appraisal processes); and identifying opportunities to strengthen the status quo
• Partners with management on employee relations scenarios including ADA, FMLA, and other sensitive situations; conduct investigations as required and advise the business on most effective solution.
• Partners with the Total Rewards team on compensation strategies enabling the organization’s ability to attract and retain top talent
• Works with HR Operations and Shared Services teams to execute regularly occurring reorganizations and employee changes.
• Serve as a program manager for large scale HR projects as assigned
• Facilitates and presents team development presentations, exercises, models, and activities

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Approximately 5-8 years or more of experience gained through increasingly responsible positions within Human Resources; at least 5 years of experience in a strategic HR Business Partnering role.
• Demonstrated history of change management successes related to HR operations.
• Working experience in the technology industry required.

Skills and Abilities Required:

• Demonstrated leadership in building and implementing programs in one or more functional areas of the HR discipline-- which may include recruiting, employee relations, performance management, benefits, compensation, training and organizational development—preferably in the technology or professional services industry during a period of rapid growth
• Ability to provide credible HR guidance to and influence management at all levels, including Senior Leadership
• Exceptional communication skills, including group presentation and relationship development skills
• Professional, confident manner and poised and articulate demeanor
• Ability to work effectively with a wide array of personality types and all job levels
• Demonstrated history of exemplary ethics and integrity, including ability to handle and maintain the integrity of confidential information
• Active commitment to the identification and appropriate resolution of all business issues, whether they are rooted in business problems or are pure compliance concerns
• Demonstrated ability to assume sole and independent responsibility for projects
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment with respect to significant matters

athenahealth, Inc. is a leading provider of web-based business services for medical groups. athenahealth’s service offerings are based on proprietary web-native practice management and electronic health record (EHR) network, a continuously updated payer knowledge-base, integrated back-office service operations, and automated and live patient communication services.