Senior Strategic Workforce Planner

About the role

The Global Workforce Strategy and Planning team is part of HP’s PO Function. As a Center of Excellence, we strive for operational excellence in workforce strategies and planning processes that help our business and HR leaders plan their workforce.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Senior Leaders across the company (business, HR, Finance, etc.) in shaping 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 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

Knowledge and Skills Required

• Deep strategic and analytical thinker with 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
• Able 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
• Be a 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

Education and Experience Required

• 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
• Must be proficient in PowerPoint (executive presentations), Excel (pivots, advanced formulas), with knowledge in Power BI development, SQL and/or Python (programming language) desirable

Pay Range

The pay range for this role is $120,000 to $175,000 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only).

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/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
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave