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National Veterinary Associates

Provides veterinary network, partnerships, and resources

Director – Field People Business Partner

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of progressive Human Resources or People experience, including senior People Business Partner or regional People leadership roles in multi-site or field organizations.
  • Demonstrated experience advising operational leaders on workforce planning, staffing, talent, performance, organizational effectiveness, and change.
  • Experience leading and developing People Business Partners or People teams across a distributed geography.
  • Strong working knowledge of team member relations, complaint triage, escalation, and partnership with specialized investigation or Legal teams.
  • Experience driving consistent company People processes and programs across multiple sites while adapting execution to local operating needs.
  • Ability to identify regional workforce and organizational trends, synthesize data and stakeholder input, and translate insights into practical actions.
  • Strong leadership, coaching, influence, communication, analytical, and change-management skills.
  • A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

  • Own the regional People strategy and serve as the senior People advisor to Regional and Area Vice Presidents, translating business priorities into workforce, talent, leadership, and culture actions.
  • Lead regional workforce planning, capacity assessment, deployment, and staffing alignment in partnership with Operations leaders and Field PBPs.
  • Oversee, coach, and develop Field PBPs, setting clear priorities, service expectations, role boundaries, and consistent ways of working across the region.
  • Serve as the escalation point for region-level People matters, complex business-partnership issues, and situations requiring broader coordination with TMR, Legal, Talent & OE, or other People functions.
  • Ensure consistent delivery of company talent reviews, succession planning, performance coaching, new-leader onboarding and connection, engagement, culture, and People program rollout across sites.
  • Oversee regional workplace complaint intake and Tier 1 triage processes, ensuring complex, sensitive, or high-volume matters are escalated to TMR in accordance with company standards.
  • Coach Regional, Area, and hospital leaders on organizational effectiveness, manager capability, performance, workforce decisions, team dynamics, and change adoption.
  • Identify regional workforce trends, recurring issues, capability gaps, and hotspots and translate them into focused actions or company escalation.
  • Support integration and role clarity for hospital/site-level People resources within the Field PBP structure as final reporting and service-delivery decisions are implemented.

Desired Qualifications

  • Healthcare, veterinary services, or similar multi-site services experience is preferred.
  • An advanced degree and/or HR certification such as SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent is preferred.

About the Company

National Veterinary Associates

Provides veterinary network, partnerships, and resources

NVA (National Veterinary Associates) builds a network of animal hospitals and pet resorts by partnering with veterinary practices. It provides these partners with support, resources, and access to a shared knowledge base to improve day-to-day operations, veterinary care, and animal welfare. The way it works is through partnerships: practices join the network and use the collective tools, training, and services to run their clinics more efficiently while keeping their own culture. This makes NVA different from competitors by leveraging a large, connected community that emphasizes collaboration, shared expertise, and sustainable growth across many clinics and facilities, rather than competing in isolation. The company’s goal is to raise the standard of care in veterinary medicine and pet care by enabling more practices to grow, share knowledge, and deliver better outcomes for animals and their owners.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$128M
Headquarters
Agoura Hills, CA
Founded
1996

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