Senior Workforce Strategy Consultant

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Workforce Strategy Consultant to deliver insights, workforce plans, and strategies that guide business growth and operational success. This role translates enterprise strategy into multi-year workforce solutions aligned with organizational objectives, financial commitments, and operational needs, and anticipates how demand for talent, skills, and roles will evolve, including the impact of AI and automation. The role builds trust and cross-functional alignment across HR, Finance, and business teams on strategic workforce initiatives. Using data, analytics, and AI-enabled tools, the consultant turns complex analysis into clear recommendations and repeatable products that influence senior leaders’ decisions and drive quantifiable outcomes. In doing so, the role helps the business anticipate skill gaps, improve operational efficiency, and adapt its workforce strategy to a changing environment. This is a hybrid role (3 days/week in the office) and can be based in Bellevue, WA; Frisco, TX; or Overland Park, KS.

Responsibilities

• Leads the strategic workforce planning process for the business unit/function. This includes long-range demand forecasting, workforce supply analysis, and identification of capacity and skill gaps.
• Develops gap-closing strategies across build, buy, borrow, and automate levers, including assessing how AI and automation will reshape roles and workforce needs.
• Provides leadership to influence and design the strategic workforce vision of the business unit/function.
• Performs detailed analyses, models workforce scenarios, translates analysis into meaningful business insights, and makes recommendations to drive strategic decisions.
• Leverages AI tools to conduct deep research, analysis, and synthesis. This includes using AI to speed up data exploration, scenario modeling, benchmarking, and the development of workforce plans and strategies, while applying sound judgment to validate outputs.
• Nurtures and maintains key internal partnerships across HR, Finance, and the business. Proactively builds relationships to develop a comprehensive understanding of critical workforce needs, identifies key issues, and structures problem-solving approaches accordingly. Fosters cross-functional collaboration to build agreement and influence workforce strategy.
• Designs, builds, and maintains AI-enabled workforce products and tools