Sebastien Girard

About Sebastien Girard

Sebastien (Seb) Girard serves as Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer, leading the full people, culture, belonging and employee experience strategy, at Novant Health. Novant Health is an integrated health system with over 850 locations, 19 hospitals, team members and physicians across the Carolinas. Seb is an accomplished human resources leader with talents and practical skills in HR transformation, workforce planning, talent acquisition and management, HR technologies, and market disruption. A native of Montreal, Canada, Seb joined Novant Health from Centura Health in Denver, Colorado, where he served SVP, Chief People Officer supporting a team of outstanding caregivers. He previously served as Senior Vice President responsible for workforce engagement and workforce operations at Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina and as the Chief Workforce Officer at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas. He spent nearly fifteen years with Randstad, a Dutch-based global human resources consulting firm, in executive and operations roles in both the United States and Canada. Seb has a Master of Business Administration degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management. He also serves as an advisory board member with three independent HR companies innovating in nurse staffing, professional nurse development, and health care workforce managed solutions. In addition to his deep professional experience, Seb passionately supports giving back to the community and has engaged in international humanitarian projects with the International Red Cross to recruit and attract some of the world’s best engineers to support those in India living with mobility obstacles.

Experience

1. Advisory Board Member

   Hr Exchange Network

   Aug 2018 — Present

Education

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General

  2014 — 2016

Skills

• Temporary Staffing
• Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Executive Search
• Permanent Placement
• Internet Recruiting
• Technical Recruiting
• Team Mentoring
• Coaching
• Recruiting
• Screening Resumes
• Strategic Planning
• Sourcing
• Temporary Placement
• Talent Management
• Screening
• Interviews
• Team Leadership
• Talent Acquisition
• Contract Recruitment
• Staffing Services
• Human Resources
• New Business Development
• Sales
• Onboarding
• Management
• Team Building
• Operations Management
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Business Strategy