Director, Staffing

Responsibilities

• Exercise independent judgment in executing the regional staffing strategy, ensuring consistent application of staffing processes and tools to meet operational goals.
• Independently track, manage, and make recommendations on staffing requests, assignments, rotations, and transitions for onboarders, directors, and engagement managers.
• Partner with executives to confirm availability, preferences, and developmental priorities for upcoming assignments.
• Participate in weekly staffing meetings, capturing key decisions, rationales, and next steps for leadership alignment.
• Draft and distribute project start-up, transition, and briefing communications to ensure readiness across teams.
• Partner with Business Systems to align staffing data with project tracking, utilization metrics, and reporting.
• Monitor and flag potential resourcing gaps, upcoming roll-offs, or competing assignments for leadership consideration.
• Prepare agenda and any key materials for weekly Staffing Core meetings, where key staffing decisions are made.
• Liaise with Engagement and Corporate Talent Acquisition to share emerging regional hiring needs and staffing priorities.
• Track candidate progress and anticipated start dates for new hires.
• Manage pre-project preparation, including ensuring all project folders, staffing boards, and communications are updated.
• Cross-team transfers and communicate updates to key stakeholders.
• Support the executive project briefing and debriefing process by tracking notes on feedback, assignability, and development themes.
• Partner with Engagement to document and track staffing decisions in alignment with professional development goals and focal review insights.
• Maintain staffing boards, dashboards, and reports.
• Regularly audit staffing data for accuracy, consistency, and completion.
• Support creation and refinement of staffing templates, workflows, and communication tools.
• Partner with the Business Systems team on automation opportunities to improve efficiency.

  Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience supporting staffing, resourcing, or capacity planning within a professional services or consulting environment strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage a high volume of information with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
  • Strong analytical and financial acumen, with experience tracking headcount, utilization, capacity, and related KPIs.
  • Ability to think strategically and creatively to make staffing and resourcing recommendations that balance business needs, development goals, and utilization targets.
  • Comfort partnering directly with senior leaders and executives, including presenting data, recommendations, and tradeoffs and gaining buy-in.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to manage complex, multi-stakeholder communications clearly and professionally.
  • High level of ownership, proactivity, and sound judgment; able to anticipate needs and independently move work forward.
  • Experience streamlining workflows, improving operational efficiency, and implementing scalable systems and SOPs.
  • Familiarity with Monday.com, NetSuite, and HubSpot strongly preferred (or demonstrated ability to quickly learn new systems).
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with competing priorities and tight timelines.