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UT Southwestern Medical Center

Academic medical center and health system

Director HR Employee Customer Experience

HR Operations & CoordinationUpdated on Nov 6
Full-timeDallas, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is required; a degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
  • At least 6 years of progressively responsible Human Resources and front-facing HR operations experience, such as HR Service Center operations, Leave Administration, and onboarding.
  • At least 6 years in a leadership and supervisory role leading different areas of Human Resources.
  • Extensive knowledge of overall Human Resources functions to lead multiple front-facing processes.

Responsibilities

  • Provide vision, leadership, planning, project coordination, and management for developing a cost-effective department while facilitating efficient operations to meet current and future organizational needs.
  • Drive onboarding from offer acceptance through pre-onboarding and new employee orientation.
  • Oversee a team of subject matter experts on general Human Resources and organizational information who answer questions and help new hires navigate the organization.
  • Ensure timely completion of pre-employment activities, including background checks, Occupational Health, motor vehicle record checks, badging, license and certification verification, and Form I-9 completion.
  • Lead the HR Tier I Support team to ensure it can answer inquiries across Employee Relations, Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Leave Administration, and Human Resources programs, policies, and procedures.
  • Monitor phone-support-platform and HR case-management-system metrics to ensure service-level agreements are consistently met and maintained each day.
  • Review and analyze performance metrics to ensure daily compliance with service-level agreements and operational excellence; ensure daily quality-assurance audits verify information accuracy, identity-verification compliance, and customer-service standards.
  • Provide strategic oversight and operational management of organizational leave programs in compliance with federal, state, and organizational policies.
  • Lead day-to-day leave-administration team operations, providing direction, coaching, and support to ensure accuracy, accountability, service excellence, and timely processing of leave requests, including FMLA, parental, military, and personal leave.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on leave policies and regulatory requirements; partner with Payroll, HR Data Management, Benefits, Legal, and departmental leaders to identify risks, strengthen audit controls, and develop process improvements.
  • Use analytical insights to design and implement standard operating procedures and continuous process improvements.
  • Manage Leave Administration under organizational policies and procedures, including Family and Medical Leave Act, State Parental Leave Act, Military Leave, and Emergency Leave requests.
  • Approve or deny leave cases based on relevant medical information; coordinate and organize medical information while ensuring compliance with HIPAA and employee privacy guidelines.
  • Design and implement policies and procedures for Human Resources representatives responding to employee inquiries.
  • Ensure adequate staffing and performance standards for the Employee Experience function, including customer service, responsiveness, and issue resolution.
  • Ensure the on-site HR Service Center team is equipped to support on-site employees.
  • Manage inventory to support efficient employee-badging procedures.
  • Build and maintain a functional team through recruiting, training, coaching, and team building; establish consistent practices to improve efficiency and Human Resources compliance and foster a team focused on customer service.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with Human Resources team members, organizational leadership, and customers; serve as an interface between internal and external customers and functional team members to ensure effective delivery of Human Resources Services.
  • Promote proactive, data-driven approaches to solving business needs and problems, and create systems or processes as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working with current HCM systems, HR case-management tools, applicant-tracking systems, and related applications and technology.

About the Company

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Academic medical center and health system

UT Southwestern Medical Center is an academic medical center in Dallas, Texas, integrating patient care, biomedical research, and medical education. It operates a main campus and regional medical centers alongside four schools, including a medical school and graduate programs in health professions and public health. What sets UT Southwestern apart is research output ranked No. 1 worldwide by the Nature Index, backed by Nobel laureates on faculty. The goal is to advance medical discovery into better treatments and compassionate patient care.

Company size
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Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$18M
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
Founded
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