Senior Strategic Workforce Planner

Position Overview

Senior Strategic Workforce Planner – Global Workforce Strategy and Planning

The Global Workforce Strategy and Planning team is a Center of Excellence that works across HP to develop skills‑based labor strategies and global workforce plans that enable business transformation.

• Collaborate with senior leaders across the company (business, HR, Finance, etc.) to shape skills‑based labor strategies, workforce location strategies, and budget‑aligned workforce plans.
• Lead the development of global workforce plans by incorporating business strategies, financial goals, and human capital requirements.
• Build content for presentations to the People Organization and business executives to drive critical decision making.
• Ensure that appropriate process controls and visibility mechanisms are in place to support the execution of workforce plans; drive appropriate interventions with the business to mitigate plan risks.
• Identify and apply research tools required to achieve objectives for large, complex strategic workforce initiatives.
• Perform analyses and interpretation/evaluation of workforce information (internal and external) to deliver data‑driven insights and/or strategic recommendations.
• Contribute to diagnostic and reactive workforce planning activities to address ad‑hoc business issues or inquiries.
• Drive automation, standardization and continuous improvement of workforce planning processes and reporting, incorporating AI where applicable.

• Deep strategic and analytical thinker with the ability to structure and independently drive strategic workforce programs in collaboration with HR executives and business executives.
• Superior business and financial acumen with extensive experience in data analysis and forecasting.
• Strong relationship management skills, including proactive partnering and consulting, with expertise to collaborate with and achieve results through others.
• Demonstrated capability to independently draft and present executive‑level deliverables and strategic recommendations.
• Ability to create, curate and analyze large data sets using advanced analytical tools and techniques to surface new insights and develop innovative approaches to business challenges.
• Very strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, executive messaging, and influence.
• Capable of handling ambiguity and change while balancing multiple priorities.
• Thought leader that actively contributes ideas to help customers, partners, leaders, and peers think outside of the box, especially as the organization pivots to AI‑enabled solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in a field such as Business, Engineering, Quantitative methods, Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, Human Capital, Economics, Market Research, or related field with high preference for MBA or advanced university degree in business.
• 10+ years of experience leading projects and initiatives in strategy, management consulting, industry research, business operations, financial planning, or quantitative analytics, preferably in workforce planning or strategic HR role.
• Preferably 5+ years of work experience in business planning and strategy at a Global/Corporate/Function Level, or in a top‑tier management consulting firm.
• Extensive experience with data analysis and forecasting.
• Proficient in PowerPoint (executive presentations), Excel (pivots, advanced formulas), with knowledge in Power BI development, SQL and/or Python (programming language) desirable.

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long‑term and short‑term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including 4‑12 weeks fully paid parental leave (based on tenure), 11 paid holidays, and additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview).

• Job – Human Resources
• Schedule – Full time
• Shift – No shift premium (United States of America)
• Travel – 25%
• Relocation – Eligible

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