Manager – Strategic Workforce Planning & Budgeting

EDGE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE Group in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an experienced Manager – Strategic Workforce Planning & Budgeting to establish and manage a enterprise-wide workforce planning framework aligned with business strategy and priorities.

The role translates workload into quantified workforce requirements through capacity planning, forecasting, scenario modelling and analytics, and supports budgeting, organizational design and long-term capability planning across EDGE.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of experience in Strategic Workforce Planning, Organizational Effectiveness, Workforce Analytics, Operations Research, Capacity Planning or related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Engineering, Operations Research, Business Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or related quantitative discipline. A master’s degree is preferred.
• Strong experience in mathematical modelling, forecasting, optimization, scenario analysis and statistical techniques.
• Experience in capacity, productivity, utilization, demand and variability analysis.
• Strong understanding of workforce budgeting and workforce cost modelling.
• Experience working in complex environments, preferably engineering, defence, manufacturing or technology.
• Consulting experience with firms such as McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Strategy&, Deloitte, PwC, EY or KPMG would be advantageous.
• Strong Excel/modelling and Power BI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise Workforce Planning framework, methodology and governance.
• Translate business plans, projects and workload into workforce demand and capacity requirements.
• Develop workload, productivity, utilization, forecasting and workforce models.
• Conduct demand variability, scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Assess workforce supply, capability gaps and future skills requirements.
• Develop Build/Buy/Borrow, internal mobility, redeployment and reskilling strategies.
• Provide workforce analytics to support organizational design and workforce budgeting.
• Analyse workforce size, mix, deployment, productivity and cost.
• Develop workforce dashboards and Plan vs. Budget vs. Actual analytics.
• Present data-driven insights and recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills

Workforce planning

Forecasting

Scenario modelling

Workforce analytics

Excel modelling

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

EDGE Group is looking for an experienced Manager – Strategic Workforce Planning & Budgeting to establish and manage an enterprise-wide workforce planning framework aligned with business strategy, operating requirements, workforce capacity and organizational priorities.

This role will translate business strategy, workload and demand drivers into quantified workforce requirements through capacity planning, forecasting, scenario modelling and workforce analytics.

The role will also support workforce budgeting, organizational design and long-term capability planning across EDGE.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the enterprise Workforce Planning framework, methodology and governance.
• Translate business plans, projects and workload into workforce demand and capacity requirements.
• Develop workload, productivity, utilization, forecasting and workforce models.
• Conduct demand variability, scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Assess workforce supply, capability gaps and future skills requirements.
• Develop Build/Buy/Borrow, internal mobility, redeployment and reskilling strategies.
• Provide workforce analytics to support organizational design and workforce budgeting.
• Analyse workforce size, mix, deployment, productivity and cost.
• Develop workforce dashboards and Plan vs. Budget vs. Actual analytics.
• Present data-driven insights and recommendations to senior leadership.

What We’re Looking For

• 10–15+ years of experience in Strategic Workforce Planning, Organizational Effectiveness, Workforce Analytics, Operations Research, Capacity Planning, Resource Optimization or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Engineering, Operations Research, Business Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or a related quantitative discipline. A master’s degree is preferred.
• Strong experience in mathematical modelling, forecasting, optimization, scenario analysis and statistical techniques.
• Experience in capacity, productivity, utilization, demand and variability analysis.
• Strong understanding of workforce budgeting and workforce cost modelling.
• Experience working in complex environments, preferably engineering, defence, manufacturing or technology.
• Consulting experience with firms such as McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Strategy&, Deloitte, PwC, EY or KPMG would be advantageous.
• Strong Excel/modelling and Power BI capabilities.
• Excellent analytical, stakeholder management and presentation skills.

Why EDGE?

Join a fast-growing advanced technology and defence group and play a key role in shaping how workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness and resource planning support the future growth of EDGE.