Strategic Workforce Planning Manager / Senior Manager
About Us
With offices in 152 countries and nearly 328,000 professionals, we are one of the world’s leading professional services networks, helping organisations and individuals create lasting value through Assurance, Tax and Advisory services. For over 40 years, we have contributed to the Middle East’s transformation journey, partnering with governments and businesses to deliver sustainable solutions. Today, more than 12,000 of us across Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are shaping the region’s future.
Line Of Service Overview
Internal Firm Services (IFS) is a network of specialist support professionals, which includes Clients & Markets, Finance, Human Capital, Marketing & Communications, Office Management, Risk & Quality, Technology, to name a few. Each function plays a vital role in making sure we have all the right resources, services and technology across our business.
Business Unit Overview
Human Capital at PwC Middle East is transforming how we deliver people services through Centers of Excellence, drives innovative workforce practices, and leverages seamless, tech-enabled solutions. We unify and standardise HC service delivery while remaining responsive to each Line of Service, fostering a culture rooted in agility, collaboration, integrity, and innovation. Our focus is on creating a future‑ready workforce by aligning talent strategies with business goals, enhancing employee experience, and building stronger HC capabilities—ensuring trust, equity, and operational excellence across the organisation.
How You'll Contribute
As a Strategic workforce planning manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.
Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To
- Build an Enterprise SWP Framework:
Design and embed a consistent SWP methodology aligned with global PwC standards. - Establish annual, quarterly, and multi‑year planning cycles connected to business strategy, financial plans, and HC priorities.
- Lead maturity uplift of SWP as a capability across OneHC and the broader business.
- Drive Workforce Demand Forecasting:
Partner with business leadership to identify future capability needs, emerging roles, and evolving delivery models. - Translate business strategy, pipeline trends, technology disruption, and market opportunities into quantified talent demand scenarios.
- Facilitate planning sessions with LoS and platform leaders to validate assumptions.
- Build Workforce Supply Intelligence:
Develop a holistic view of current internal supply, including attrition patterns, mobility flows, talent pipelines, capability depth, and demographics. - Identify gaps, risks, and hotspots at function, LoS, and market levels.
- Work closely with Talent Acquisition, TM&R, and People Experience to align supply levers with strategy.
- Scenario Planning & Strategic Insights:
Conduct strategic modelling across multiple scenarios (e.g., growth, automation, productivity, delivery model shifts). - Provide insight‑led recommendations that influence investment decisions, organisational design, and capability building pathways.
- Present concise, data‑driven narratives to the HC Leader, Executive Board, and strategic committees.
- Build Digital & Analytics‑Enabled SWP Tools:
Partner with Digital HC and HC Analytics to build dashboards, predictive models, and planning tools that automate and enhance the planning process. - Ensure planning insights are integrated with broader HC data strategy and reporting environments.
- Governance, Alignment & Stakeholder Leadership:
Own SWP governance, ensuring alignment across HC functions: TA, TM&R, HCBLs, People Experience, and Finance. - Lead cross‑functional working groups to embed SWP recommendations into annual HC plans.
- Champion adoption of strategic workforce planning across the region.
What You’ll Bring
- 6–10 years in workforce planning, strategy, analytics, or organisational design roles.
- Experience in professional services or management consulting (preferably within PwC).
- Exposure to global mobility, capability building, or…
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