Vice President, Human Resources Job – Phoenix, AZ

Why You'll Love This Job

Be part of a Locally-Owned Autism Company's Expansion in the Phoenix Metro!    

The Vice President of Human Resources (VP, HR) serves as a strategic partner to the Chief Operating Officer and executive leadership team, leading enterprise-wide people strategy across three distinct autism-focused business lines: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy services, autism diagnostics, and an Integrated Therapy Network (ITN) delivering multidisciplinary care.

This role is responsible for designing and executing a scalable human capital strategy that supports clinical excellence, operational performance, and sustainable growth in a highly regulated healthcare environment. The VP, HR will ensure workforce readiness, leadership depth, cultural alignment, and infrastructure maturity as the organization expands access to high-quality autism services.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Human Capital Strategy

Develop and execute a long-term people strategy aligned with growth across ABA therapy, diagnostics, and ITN service lines.
Partner with the COO to align workforce planning, labor modeling, and productivity targets with operational and financial objectives.
Lead enterprise-level organizational design to support multi-site expansion and service line scaling.
Establish HR analytics and workforce KPIs that drive accountability, retention, and clinical performance.

Clinical Workforce Strategy

Build comprehensive recruiting strategies for high-demand clinical roles, including BCBAs, RBTs, licensed psychologists, and other related health professionals.
Develop pipelines for clinical leadership across ABA, diagnostics, and ITN settings.
Strengthen onboarding, employee development and career pathing frameworks to improve clinician engagement and retention.
Address workforce challenges specific to autism services, including burnout, career pathing and retention.

Organizational Design & Scalability

Create scalable HR infrastructure and systems to support growth.
Design role clarity, reporting structures, and span-of-control models across distinct but interconnected business lines.
Lead change management initiatives during expansion, integration, or operational transformation.

Culture & Employee Experience

Champion a unified enterprise culture grounded in clinical excellence, compassion, accountability, and family-centered care.
Balance the unique identities of ABA, diagnostics, and ITN teams while reinforcing shared values and collaboration.
Drive engagement, recognition, and well-being initiatives to support a high-demand clinical workforce.

Total Rewards & Performance Alignment

Design compensation structures and incentive programs aligned with clinical quality, productivity, retention, and enterprise growth objectives.
Implement performance management frameworks that clearly align individual role success measures with broader operational, financial, and quality goals across ABA, diagnostics, and ITN service lines.
Establish measurable performance standards and accountability mechanisms that connect clinician impact, site-level outcomes, and enterprise business results.
Provide executive oversight of enterprise benefits strategy and administration, including health and welfare plans, leave programs, and 401(k) retirement offerings, ensuring competitive positioning, compliance, fiduciary governance, and cost sustainability.
Ensure benefits and well-being programs are competitive and supportive of clinical staff needs while reinforcing retention and long-term engagement.

Compliance & Risk Management

Ensure compliance with federal, state, and Arizona-specific employment laws, healthcare regulations, payer requirements, and licensure standards.
Oversee HR policies, employee relations, and risk mitigation strategies across all service lines.

Skills & Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or SPHR/SHRM-SCP preferred.
12+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with significant experience in healthcare, behavioral health, or autism services.
Demonstrated success scaling multi-site healthcare operations.
Experience supporting licensed clinical professionals and managing workforce challenges in regulated healthcare settings.
Strong background in workforce planning, talent acquisition, and organizational design within growth-oriented environments.
Proven ability to partner with operations to drive productivity, margin discipline, and service quality.

The ideal candidate is:

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or SPHR/SHRM-SCP preferred.
12+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with significant experience in healthcare, behavioral health, or autism services.
Demonstrated success scaling multi-site healthcare operations.
Experience supporting licensed clinical professionals and managing workforce challenges in regulated healthcare settings.
Strong background in workforce planning, talent acquisition, and organizational design within growth-oriented environments.
Proven ability to partner with operations to drive productivity, margin discipline, and service quality.

This role will directly influence the organization’s ability to expand access to life-changing autism services by ensuring the right clinical talent, leadership capability, culture, and infrastructure are in place to scale responsibly and sustainably across ABA therapy, diagnostics, and integrated therapy services.

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