Staffing Manager, Resource Management

Pillar partnership & talent management

• Serve as the primary staffing relationship manager for multiple pillars’ leadership, developing a deep understanding of each pillar's strategic priorities, project pipeline, and talent needs
• Build and maintain individual-level knowledge of your pillar's staff (strengths, development areas, career goals, and staffing history) to inform smarter matching decisions
• Facilitate professional development conversations with billable staff as needed, particularly where staffing patterns reflect growth opportunities or emerging concerns

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day staffing & matching
• Review and finalize first-pass staffing recommendations prepared by the Senior Associate, applying judgment on fit, development goals, and workload balance
• When necessary, independently drive decision making on individual staffing decisions
• Cross-pillar collaboration
• Partner daily with the peer Staffing Manager to coordinate cross-pillar staffing requests, sharing talent visibility and maintaining a consistent staffing process across the firm
• Contribute to joint review of the unassigned (generalist) talent pool alongside your peers, ensuring unassigned staff are deployed thoughtfully and in line with their development goals
• Participate in project lead-level staffing decisions in partnership with the Director, applying shared criteria and process consistently

Data, reporting & process

• Manage utilization tracking – providing guidance on forward-looking bandwidth within assigned pillars and company
• Contribute to continuous improvement of staffing processes, tools, and documentation as the RM function scales

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in resource management, workforce planning, or talent deployment, ideally in a professional services or life sciences consulting environment
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and multiple stakeholder relationships simultaneously
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; comfortable having direct conversations with project leads, leadership, and staff about staffing decisions and development
• Analytical mindset — comfortable working with staffing data, utilization metrics, and capacity models to inform decisions
• Collaborative by default; experience working in a team-based staffing model where coordination and information sharing are essential
• Familiarity with PSA systems or staffing tools a plus; experience with Salesforce preferred; experience at a consulting firm strongly preferred

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $120,000 - $140,000. The base pay will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. In addition to the base salary, you will be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Schedule

The in office expectation for this position is 40%.