MeeDerby Candidate Spotlight – HR Executive – Chicago, IL
We are partnering with a Chicago-based Human Resources executive with extensive experience leading people strategy and HR operations within high-growth, healthcare-focused organizations. As a member of executive leadership teams, this leader has partnered closely with CEOs, founders, and senior executives to align talent strategy, organizational design, and workforce planning with business growth objectives.
Most recently serving as Vice President of Human Resources, the candidate helped scale a venture-backed healthcare organization from 7 to more than 600 employees through multiple funding rounds and national expansion. Their experience spans strategic human capital leadership as well as oversight of the core people functions necessary to support organizational growth, including talent acquisition, employee relations, compliance, credentialing, workforce administration, and organizational effectiveness.
Key Accomplishments
- Served as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, helping drive workforce strategy, organizational design, leadership development, and culture initiatives during periods of rapid growth and transformation.
- Helped scale a healthcare organization from startup to national platform, supporting growth through multiple funding stages and expansion into new markets.
- Led and developed multidisciplinary teams across Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Credentialing, Contract Management, Corporate Services, and Marketing & Communications.
- Built and scaled talent acquisition capabilities that enabled workforce growth from 7 to more than 600 employees, including more than 200 hires in a single year.
- Oversaw HR operations and compliance functions, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements while maintaining scalable people processes and infrastructure.
- Directed enterprise-wide change management, internal communications, and organizational effectiveness initiatives supporting technology implementations, operational growth, and business transformation.
- Partnered with executive leaders across Operations, Technology, Growth, and Compliance to develop workforce strategies supporting organizational objectives and market expansion.
- Advised founders, executive teams, and investors across multiple early-stage healthcare companies on organizational readiness, workforce planning, compensation strategy, compliance, and scalable HR operating models.
This executive combines strategic human capital leadership with deep operational expertise, bringing a proven ability to build scalable people infrastructure while serving as a trusted advisor to executive teams. Their background includes supporting organizations through rapid growth, organizational transformation, and evolving workforce needs while maintaining a strong focus on operational excellence, compliance, and organizational performance.
Contact Kamille Chilcutt (kamille@meederby.com) to learn more!
