Talent & Workforce Planning Manager

Overview: The Talent & Workforce Planning Manager is responsible for leading the organization’s talent acquisition and workforce planning strategy to ensure the Company has the right talent, capabilities, and staffing levels to support current operations and future business needs. This role serves as a strategic partner to business leaders and hiring managers, translating workforce needs into practical recruiting, succession, and staffing strategies.

The Manager oversees the full recruitment lifecycle while also bringing a broader workforce-planning lens to headcount needs, organizational capability and talent pipelines. Success in this position requires strong business judgment, proactive communication, disciplined follow-through, and the ability to balance immediate recruiting demands with longer-term workforce priorities. The role is expected to provide leaders with clear visibility into recruiting activity, emerging workforce risks, and recommended actions.

This role will own the overall health and effectiveness of the assigned recruiting portfolio, including progress against hiring priorities, responsiveness to business needs, hiring-manager engagement, candidate experience, aging vacancies, and timely resolution or escalation of barriers.

• Lead the full-cycle recruitment process for positions across the organization, from intake and sourcing strategy through candidate selection, offer development, and pre-employment transition.
• Partner with hiring managers to clearly define position requirements, candidate profiles, recruiting priorities, and realistic hiring timelines.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies using job boards, professional networks, industry relationships, social media, referrals, recruiting partners, and other appropriate channels.
• Screen and assess candidates for technical qualifications, leadership capabilities, organizational fit, and long-term potential.
• Facilitate effective interview and selection processes, including interview planning, candidate evaluation, and appropriate documentation.
• Partner with leadership and Compensation & Benefits on offer development to promote internal equity, market competitiveness, and consistency.
• Manage relationships with external recruiters, staffing agencies, and other talent partners, including evaluating effectiveness, cost, and service quality.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers throughout the recruitment and selection process.
• Establish clear expectations regarding responsibilities, timelines, communication, and decision-making at the beginning of each search.
• Maintain proactive communication with hiring managers regarding candidate pipelines, market conditions, delays, risks, and required decisions.
• Provide appropriate support and guidance to hiring managers regarding interviewing, candidate assessment, selection decisions, and recruiting best practices.
• Ensure candidates receive professional, timely, and respectful communication throughout the hiring process.

• Analyze workforce trends and data to identify areas of concern and recommend appropriate recruitment, retention, development, or succession strategies.
• Maintain awareness of potential retirements, key positions, and other areas of workforce vulnerability.
• Support succession planning and talent review processes by helping identify critical roles, potential successors, readiness gaps, and development priorities.
• Partner with HR leadership on organizational design and workforce restructuring initiatives as appropriate.

• Maintain accurate and current recruiting activity within the applicant tracking system and other HR systems.
• Produce…