Jenny Leigh

• 500+ employees
• Private equity backed Series C start-up healthcare/health plan organization
• Onsite, hybrid and remote workforce
• Senior-most HR Executive leading all HR specialties
• HR lead for Unites States (currently 38 states) locations
• Participate as lead HR representative on the senior executive team overseeing high impact, people focused initiatives to fuel company culture and drive alignment to organization’s vision and values
• Oversee talent acquisition, workforce development, employee relations, benefits, compensation, training and development, engagement, DEI, and employment compliance
• Mentor, develop, grow human resources team members
• Automation of annual performance management process
• Design and launch of HR Leadership Resources and HR Metrics tools
• Protect the organization through compliance with all policies, regulations, and laws

• 1000+ employees
• Private commercial real estate and property management organization
• Onsite, hybrid and remote workforce
• Full-time 2021-2023; Part-time 2023-present
• Senior-most HR Executive leading all HR specialties
• HR lead for East Coast multi-state locations
• Mentor developing HR leader through mentorship and remote support
• Protect the organization through compliance with all policies, regulations, and laws
• Upgraded/expanded HRIS platform, automating process and finding efficiency and improved quality in HR service delivery
• Led company through safe and smooth return to work processes during COVID pandemic quarantine and isolation periods
• Led company through pursuit and attainment of Virginia Values Veterans (V3) designation and related military-friendly embedded process
• Automated historically manual human resources process and service delivery (applicant tracking system, onboarding, pre-hire screening) to streamline efficiencies and ensure compliance
• Redesigned historically local-based and varied approach recruitment embedded in operations to a centralized consistent recruitment strategy under HR

• 400+ employee oversight – within full company of 15,000+ employees
• Private commercial real estate and property management organization
• Onsite, hybrid and fully remote workforce
• Senior-most HR Executive for VA and NC offices
• Rebuilt regional multi-state HR team, service delivery structure and lead them through acquisition/integration (CBRE to Colliers Jan 2019) with role then phased out once fully integrated
• Participated as lead HR representative on the senior executive team overseeing high impact, people focused initiatives to fuel company culture and drive alignment to organization’s vision and values
• Implemented innovative techniques to recruit and retain future teammates and leaders
• Deployed systems and processes that created positive employee experience
• Protected the organization through compliance with all policies, regulations, and laws
• Implemented best practice training strategies for teammates and next generation of leaders
• Created a fair and transparent performance management system feeding an integrated total rewards system
• Developed, deployed, and facilitated bi-annual strategic leadership summits
• Guided executive leadership on cost containment and cost reduction activities related to workforce
• Spearheaded current state organization assessment - set baseline for people, process, curriculum, technology, vendors, and current projects
• Led leadership team through company acquisition (70% ownership) and resulting ongoing process integration efforts – assessment of culture, due diligence, people strategy, HR service delivery
• Automated historically manual human resources process and service delivery (HR micro-site, handbook & policy, document control, performance management, position control, etc.) to streamline efficiencies
• Redesigned all HR service delivery and process to suit 100% remote workforce initially and 50% remote workforce thereafter due to global COVID-19 pandemic

• 30,000+ employees
• Non-profit healthcare organization
• Onsite workforce
• Built through reorganization and then launched/led organization-wide center of expertise for all employee relations functions and senior level escalations (2015-2018)
• Promoted to lead system employee relations role post shared services implementation
• Oversaw design, implementation and coordination of employee relations shared services strategy, processes, workflows, procedures, and organizational governance as part of a shared services reorganization
• Designed and implemented Sentara’s Employee Relations Center of Expertise Team
• Built employee relations capabilities and enabled management effectiveness through the execution of proactive employee relations initiatives
• Developed new, and maintained existing, Employee Relations policies, procedures, and protocols; ensured expert consulting and policy/program design for HR Business Partners and HR Shared Services Team
• Ensured organization complied with all division/system, federal and state operational regulatory requirements
• Led system wide HR regulatory and compliance education, audits, mock and live surveying as well as any finding(s) action plan
• Led RFP, vendor selection, engagement and launch of new HR initiatives with external vendor partnerships: employee engagement survey & HR predictive analytics
• Co-led assessment, design, and implementation of PeopleSoft 9.2 upgrade
• Implemented best practice intranet site for recognition
• Led Sentara’s labor relations preventative strategy, leadership education and readiness response team

PRIOR SENTARA ROLES:

• 2013-2015 - Director of HR, Sentara Leigh Hospital
• 2009-2013 - Manager of HR, Sentara Leigh Hospital
• 2004-2009 - HR Consultant/Generalist, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
• 2001-2004 - HR Specialist/Generalist, Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
• 2000-2001 - Recruiter, Sentara Long Term Care
• 1999-2000 - Interviewer/Recruiter Assistant

• 50+ employees
• Non-profit grant backed organization
• Fully remote workforce