David A. Jones, vice president for human resources at Stanford, announced Thursday that he is stepping down, effective July 10. Jones will be heading across San Francisco Bay to become senior vice president, human resources consulting, with the Kaiser Permanente health care organization, based in Oakland.

David Jones has been at Stanford since 2007 and has served as vice president for human resources since 2011. He is leaving Stanford in July. (Image credit: Jennifer Sarbahi)

“My time at Stanford has been filled with rich and rewarding experiences and with wonderful colleagues, and it has prepared me well for the new challenges that I will face,” Jones said. “I am quite proud of the incredibly talented Stanford HR team and the excellent work we’ve accomplished together over the last several years.”

Among those accomplishments under Jones’ leadership are the creation of the Manager Academy, an overhaul of Stanford’s job classification structure and processes, a new Welcome Center and a redesigned orientation program for new employees, and creation of the Cardinal at Work: Celebrating Staff Careers recognition event for long-serving staff. In addition, the university has achieved successful negotiations with its labor unions, introduced a new online Total Compensation Statement for employees, and made major efforts to enhance communications with employees.

In his new role at Kaiser Permanente, Jones said, he will have enterprise-wide responsibility for building and leading an integrated human resources consulting team to support the delivery of efficient and effective human resources solutions.

Jones has been at Stanford since 2007 and has served as vice president for human resources since 2011. Prior to taking that role, he served as associate vice president for employee and management services at Stanford.

“David Jones has provided skillful leadership for the human resources operation in a period of innovation and improved service to Stanford employees,” said Stanford President John Hennessy. “His dedication to the success of a diverse and talented Stanford workforce has fostered numerous enhancements in our human resources enterprise over the last several years. We wish him the best in his new endeavors.”

Hennessy will appoint a search committee to seek a successor to Jones.