Senior Manager, Talent & Workforce Planning

Jobs For the Future

Jobs for the Future is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. Jobs for the Future requests priority referrals of Protected Veterans for this job opening, and all other externally posted company employment opportunities.

Jobs for the Future (JFF) drives transformation of the U.S. education and workforce systems to achieve equitable economic advancement for all. Seeing that millions of people are unfairly shut out of quality jobs and the chance for a better life, our goal is to align education, workforce, and employment changemakers toward a shared North Star:
By 2033, 75 million people facing systemic barriers to advancement will work in quality jobs.

To achieve that goal, we design solutions, scale best practices, influence policy and action, and invest in innovation. With staff across the country working remotely and in offices in Boston (headquarters), Washington, DC, and Oakland, California, we operate at the national, state, and local levels, forging deep partnerships with employers, investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and education and workforce development providers to break down barriers and reimagine whats possible.

Learn more about JFF and join us as we build a future that works for everyone.

Inclusion, belonging, and well-being are core to JFFs North Star and mission, and we seek to invest in and learn from those who represent the communities we serve as it is important to the success of our work and the engagement of our staff members. We aim to cultivate a culture that centers the overall care, well-being, and success of the employee through flexible work hours, balanced workloads, professional development, and career advancement opportunities for all.

JFF is a fair chance employer and in alignment to our North Star, we strongly encourage individuals whose highest level of education attained is less than a 4-year degree;
People of Color; and people with records to apply to our open roles.

The Senior Manager, Talent & Workforce Planning will serve as a strategic partner and advisor to leaders across JFF, helping ensure the organization has the right people, skills, and structures to deliver on its mission and North Star. This role blends search management, workforce planning, talent acquisition innovation, and career development strategy, with a focus on building fair, scalable, and future-oriented people practices.

The Senior Manager will work closely with People & Culture (P&C) and stakeholders across the organization to anticipate needs, modernize JFFs talent systems, and strengthen leadership and staff readiness. This is an ideal role for a people strategist who excels at search management, relationship-building, analytical thinking, and translating organizational strategy into actionable talent solutions. The role reports to a senior member of JFFs People & Culture team and regularly collaborates with People Operations, People Business Partners, Learning & Development, and senior leaders across the enterprise.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is energized by search management and strategic thinking, is data-driven and is fueled by cross-organizational collaboration. The ideal candidate brings a mindset of curiosity and innovation with comfortability experimenting with new tools, systems, and practices to strengthen efficiency, fairness, and both candidate and employee experience.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders including hiring teams, business partners, peers and senior leaders, bringing a people-centered lens to search management, organizational planning, succession planning and decision-making
• Provide proactive coaching on leadership effectiveness, change management, and team design
• Use data and insights allocations, engagement, performance, turnover, and market benchmarks to shape talent strategies and guide decision-making
• Translate organizational priorities into clear talent requirements, advising leaders on workforce implications and options

• Manage a portfolio of searches simultaneously in alignment with the teams best practices and oversee all stages of the search process from role design to offer stage
• Serve as the face of JFF with candidates, ensuring timely and warm communication to support an engaging and inclusive experience for them with the organization
• Analyze talent acquisition data and metrics to inform decisions about search strategy
• Modernize JFFs approach to recruiting, with a focus on inclusive pipelines and hiring practices, and exceptional candidate experience management
• Introduce and pilot new tools and…