Head of Workforce Planning

We are partnering with a leading global investment management organisation to appoint a Head of Workforce Planning.

This is a newly created leadership role, with responsibility for establishing Workforce Planning as a new enterprise capability.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and lead a new enterprise Workforce Planning capability, initially focused on operational workforce planning.
• Partner with Finance and senior business leaders to develop consistent workforce planning processes, governance, data and decision-making frameworks.
• Develop and embed a strategic workforce planning capability, translating business strategy into future workforce demand, critical skills and capability requirements.
• Build and lead a Workforce Planning Centre of Excellence, establishing best practice, methodologies and operating standards across the organisation.
• Partner with HRBPs, People Analytics, Talent and business leaders to deliver workforce insights, scenario modelling and strategic recommendations.
• Use workforce data and intelligence to inform decisions around growth, productivity, automation, skills and organisational capability.
• Lead large-scale workforce transformation programmes and introduce emerging technologies, workforce intelligence platforms and innovative planning approaches.
• Influence senior stakeholders and drive adoption of workforce planning as a core enterprise capability across a complex, global organisation.

About you

• Significant experience leading Workforce Planning across a complex, global or matrixed organisation.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale workforce transformation and building new organisational capabilities.
• Strong expertise across both operational and strategic workforce planning, workforce analytics and scenario modelling.
• Experience partnering closely with Finance, HR, People Analytics, Talent and senior business leadership.
• Strong understanding of external Workforce Planning best practice, emerging technologies and future workforce trends, including AI and skills-based organisations.
• Commercially astute with the ability to translate complex workforce data and insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to engage and challenge senior leaders.
• Experience establishing and leading a Workforce Planning Centre of Excellence or similar enterprise capability is highly desirable.

If you are interested in finding out more, please get in touch for a confidential conversation.

How to apply

If you are interested in discussing this role further, please apply for the position or contact Kirstin Hunt at (Job Code - KH/81232)

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