Director, Workforce Management
About the role
We are seeking a Workforce Director to lead a Managed Services Team supporting shared services for enterprise clients. The role involves ensuring the delivery of end-to-end workforce management processes, including forecasting, capacity planning, scheduling, and real-time management, with a focus on consistent RTA performance. The Director will review and approve any WFM-related processes for implementation, drive innovation through the use of AI and automation, and partner with the WFM Program Optimization Leader to align on global execution with localized excellence.
Responsibilities
- Reviewing the WFM plan with Managers to identify risks or issues affecting client KPIs and financial goals.
- Dreaming up solutions and action plans to enhance program and team performance.
- Utilizing technology like AI and machine learning to improve overall account performance.
- Working closely with department heads to meet all client and company targets.
- Prioritizing training with Training to create courses based on team performance needs.
- Coordinating with Operations to ensure leaders are up-to-speed on WFM concepts and report usage.
- Acting as the guardian of staffing efficiency, requiring strategic thinking, vision, and value creation, strategy development, implementation, and change management, performance orientation, and risk oversight.
- Dictating the tempo of actual delivery against agreed workforce management KPIs.
- Anticipating real-time needs weeks in advance and adjusting staffing levers to ensure the team is prepared for daily performance delivery.
- Regularly steering intraday decisions towards favorable staffing outcomes.
- Serving as the primary mentor of the team.
Requirements
- 5-10+ years of experience in workforce management, specifically within large-scale, multi-regional contact center environments.
- Expertise in Client Engagement & Relationship Management and global workforce management delivery.
- Intermediate exposure in WFM software (e.g., Calabrio Aspect, Nice, Verint) and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker).
- Industry knowledge and technical understanding of end-to-end WFM processes to guide and recommend on capacity planning (Required).
- Expertise in Real-Time Management, including the ability to dictate the tempo of performance delivery against agreed-upon WFM KPIs.
- Proven ability to proactively anticipate real-time staffing needs.
- Ability to provide regular, daily direction to steer intraday decisions toward favorable staffing outcomes.
- Deep knowledge of WFM platforms and processes is essential for serving as the primary team mentor.
- Behavioral competencies such as coaching ability, establishment of good interpersonal relations, people performance management, change management, and personal active work engagement.
- Strength in both technical knowledge and process optimization, and charting team development for all levels of the team (sr. manager to analyst).
- Ability to travel internationally as needed to support regional engagement requirements.
Qualifications
Industry-leading medical, vision, and dental benefit plans paid by the employee + paid time off and sick time leave benefits (where applicable by legislation)
Skills
- Workforce Management Expertise
- Client Engagement & Relationship Management
- WFM Software Proficiency (Calabrio Aspect, Nice, Verint)
- Data Visualization Tools (Tableau, Looker)
- Real-Time Management
- AI and Machine Learning Utilization
- Team Leadership and Mentorship
- Travelability
Benefits
- Industry-leading medical, vision, and dental benefit plans paid by the employee
- Paid time off and sick time leave benefits (where applicable by legislation)
- Amazing career growth opportunities
Pay
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Schedule
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