For over 50 years, LifeLabs has been Canada’s leading provider of laboratory diagnostic information and digital health connectivity systems, enabling patients and healthcare practitioners to diagnose, treat, monitor and prevent disease. We are passionate about empowering healthier Canadians through accessible, accurate, and innovative diagnostic services.
We are committed innovators, operating Canada's first commercial genetics lab, and the country's largest online patient portal, with more than 8 million Canadians receiving their results online. More than 112 million laboratory tests come through LifeLabs’ laboratories annually, and our team of more than 6,000 passionate, caring, and diverse professionals works together as one to provide high quality testing and results that Canadians can trust.
We know that behind every lab requisition, sample being tested, or investment in technology is an individual and their family counting on us. At LifeLabs, you can make a meaningful impact on Canadians’ lives every day.
Our teams are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Best Employers, reflecting our deep commitment to our core values of caring, agility, teamwork, and a customer-centered approach. As part of this commitment, LifeLabs prioritizes the ongoing development of our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program to better serve the needs of our diverse workforce and the communities we serve. We continue to take steps to challenge ourselves to act with courage and integrity, and to create an environment where people can be their true selves.
These values are not just words on a page, they guide our actions and decisions every day and have come to define our team culture.
Hybrid: 3 days in the office (BRL) and 2 days flex
The Position
The Director, HR Business Partner serves as the senior people strategy advisor to senior leaders in Lab Operations and Medical and Quality Affairs, driving organizational performance, talent strategy, and cultural alignment across the LifeLabs enterprise. This role blends strategic consulting, executive coaching, workforce planning, and operational HR leadership. The Director HRBP ensures that people initiatives directly support business goals and drive business value and long-term growth for employees and customers.
The Director, HR Business Partner, as a part of the HR Leadership Team for LifeLabs, sets the strategic direction for the HRBP engagement model and will work collaboratively and leverage partnerships across the HR function to drive an integrated and collaborative approach to creating and delivering on people strategies.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Development, Execution and Strategic Advisory
- Serve as the HR partner and trusted advisor to senior leaders in Lab Operations and Medical and Quality Affairs using strong business and functional acumen to provide proactive thought, insights and strategic and consultative advice and coaching on people matters.
- Translate business strategy into HR priorities, programs and sustainable solutions.
- Leverage people analytics and insights to inform decision-making, influence strategy, and measure impact of HR programs
- Act as change manager who assists the people side of organizational change through the adoption of strategies and management of stakeholder expectations.
- Lead development of change plans to allow for a seamless transiiton with minimal disruption to business operations.
Enable the People and Culture Strategy for LifeLabs
- Understand both HR and Functional strategic priorities and key initiatives and will work with leaders to determine people and organization implications for their teams. Be an active force in imagining how the strategies apply and in determining initiatives to ensure they are executed.
- Shape and reinforce company culture across teams. Partner with the Talent and Engagement team to advance corporate initiatives.
- Partner with senior leaders to drive engagement and engagement strategy, leadership effectiveness, and positive employee experiences.
Mergers and Acquisitions and Integrations
- Partner with business leaders to evaluate people related risks and opportunities during deal sourcing and assessment.
- Develop communication strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, and transition support to minimize disruption.
- Advise executives on talent decisions, retention strategies, and leadership transitions.
- Partner with HR Leadership Team and Centers of Excellence to build and execute end to end HR alignment or integration plans.
Employee and Labour Relations
- Partner with our Employee, Labour Relations and HR Consulting team to support the success of ER/LR programs and strategic initiatives.
- Coach senior leaders through complex employee relations partnering closely with the E&LR/HC team to mitigate risk and ensure fair, consistent and compliant outcomes.
Talent and Workforce Planning
- Drive talent planning for critical capabilities, assessing near and long-term needs, identifying gaps, and building practical plans to close them
- Support the talent review and succession planning process - strengthening bench depth, development plans, and readiness for key leadership roles
- Work with partners across HR to develop and implement integrated talent strategies and solutions to support the business in acquiring, developing and retaining the best talent to meet current and future business needs and help them in tackling their top talent priorities.
Organizational Design & Change Management
- Identify, assess, develop and evaluate overall business impacts, risk and change management strategies associated with achieving business plans.
- Develop, design and lead organizational and work redesign efforts for business units.
- Drive organizational effectiveness within high-performing teams, enabling scalable structures, clarity, and accountability.
- Lead complex change management execution that enhances adoption and minimizes disruption.
- Partner with leaders to lead complex transformations, ensuring adoption, communication, and cultural alignment.
People Leader
- Lead, coach, and inspire a high performing team fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, inclusion, and high performance.
- Work collaboratively with the HR Leadership Team to develop a people plan that supports recruitment, development, succession, and overall engagement across HR.
- Lead as a visible and engaging “on-the-ground” HR leader for our LifeLabs offices in B.C.
Requirements
Education
- University degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field.
Experience
- 10-15 years of progressive HR experience including at least 8 years of experience in a senior HRBP role within a large company.
- Experience working within a unionized environment is an asset.
- Experience supporting senior leaders in a global, matrixed, and fast changing environment.
- Deep expertise in organizational design, talent management, change leadership, and employee relations.
- Strong analytical capability with experience using HR analytics to drive decisions.
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and influence senior leaders and navigate ambiguity.
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LifeLabs’ compensation programs are commensurate based on the role, skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions, irrespective of gender, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age or any other personal characteristics. Pay programs are communicated regularly in an accessible and transparent manner.
LifeLabs is also proud to offer resources, opportunities, as well as a collaborative and supportive environment that enables our team members to thrive.
In addition to a competitive compensation package, LifeLabs provides a comprehensive total rewards program, specific to the job position. Your package may include:
- Employee Group Benefits: Competitive coverage for employees and their families to support their overall health and wellness needs, including Extended Health Care, Dental Care, and Life Insurance.
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Vacation and Wellness Days
- Employee Wellness and Giving Programs: Our award winning mental, physical and financial wellness programs aim to address the comprehensive well-being of our team members, including resources like the Employee & Family Assistance Program, financial planning tools, and employee recognition initiatives.
- Professional development and membership reimbursement, access to preferred rates and discount programs, including WorkPerks, Home and Auto Insurance, Costco Membership, etc., and optional health-related benefits.
In accordance with LifeLabs’ Accessibility Policy, and the applicable Accessibility Acts within the provinces we operate in, accommodations are available by request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. For a confidential inquiry or to request an accommodation, please contact your recruiter or email
[email protected].
Vaccinations are highly encouraged at LifeLabs’. Vaccinations and/or immunization screening may be mandatory for selected employees if regulated by provincial or regional governments, or through employer-led vaccination policies in the facilities we service. Please ensure you ask if this position requires the successful candidate to be vaccinated or undergo immunization screening.
Ready to empower healthier Canadians? Apply today!
