RM Business Strat Lead, Senior Manager

Role Overview

Position Level: Senior Manager
• Country:
United States of America

As a member of the Huron corporate team, the Resource Management Strategy Lead manages a team that implements practical, seamless processes and systems to support resource allocation and planning that the business trusts and utilizes. This position reports to the Corporate Vice President of Resource Management and has direct supervisory responsibility for a team of Resource Managers. The lead interacts directly with business leaders and employees, Human Capital, Operations, IT, and Procurement personnel to manage the supply and demand of consultants for client engagements.

• Successfully solve critical staffing challenges with senior leadership through creative staffing solutions and alternatives in a timely manner, considering engagement requirements and staff development goals.
• Build strong understanding of capabilities, products, and delivery methodology in assigned business units to match the right talent with the right project at the right time.
• Host regular staffing calls to coordinate integrated and cross‑capability staffing solutions.
• Maximize utilization in assigned business unit by regularly monitoring forecasts and bench resources and offering creative solutions to optimize capacity / reduce availability.
• Monitor pipeline, track demands from sold projects and participate in the forecasting process to help drive understanding of the business demand drivers.
• Develop proficiency in the resource‑management systems/tools to efficiently generate reports and provide analyses on key resource‑management data.
• Manage business‑unit‑level reporting and utilization analyses, providing insights to inform strategic business decisions.
• Interact regularly with senior management in human capital, sales, staffing, and business review meetings.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Talent Acquisition and Contingent Worker teams on future workforce needs.
• Lead strategic workforce‑planning activities for assigned business unit.
• Employ responsible AI‑enabled ways of working within RM (decision support with human review/validation and clear guardrails), partnering with the RM Operations, Technology & Data COE to prioritize use cases for scalable process and technology improvements that improve insights, quality, and speed.
• Provide leadership, mentorship and operational support to a team of Resource Managers.
• Play an active role in the cultivation and growth of the overall Resource Management team through culture, team development, recruiting and training initiatives.
• Maintain appropriate level of confidentiality on sensitive employment matters and performance history of staff.
• Collaborate with other members on the Resource Management team to staff needs across the enterprise.
• Participate as an active member of the Resource Management team, identifying and deploying continual process improvement and standardization across the enterprise.
• Any other duties required by the Corporate Vice President of Resource Management to support overall resource‑management functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of related experience in resource management, HR, talent acquisition, or staffing; professional services experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrable leadership experience managing, coaching and motivating a team.
• Experience with Workday is preferred, but not required.
• Demonstrated business acumen with a deep understanding of the financial, operational, and people drivers of performance in a professional services organization, including margin, growth, utilization, and capacity tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to set up systems to easily recall important details.
• Experience leveraging AI‑enabled tools and data‑driven insights to support enterprise decision making, with appropriate human oversight, validation, and responsible data handling.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to develop relationships of trust and confidence quickly and carefully across both internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Exceptional verbal…