Senior Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning

Women in Data®; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

A leading data community organization is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning to lead workforce analytics and planning initiatives. The role involves developing workforce strategies, managing headcount forecasting, and utilizing tools like Power BI. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in HR analytics and excellent communication skills, with experience in a dynamic, global environment. Join us to create a diverse and inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic and advanced workforce planning.
• Extensive experience with analytics, forecasting systems, and visualization tools.
• Ability to manage complex and demanding stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of workforce planning strategies.
• Drive end-to-end headcount planning ensuring accurate forecasting.
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports using Power BI and Excel.

Skills

Strategic workforce insights

People analytics

Headcount planning

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Relevant educational background

Tools

Power Automate

Job description

Senior Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning

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Locations: London, UK and Billund, Denmark

Job Description

Do you have passion and extensive experience with headcount planning, strategic workforce insights and people analytics, and turning this into action driven value for the business? To lead the Workforce Planning and Analytics of the LEGO Group’s digital transformation, our People Planning & Analytics team is looking for a new colleague.

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic Workforce Planning – Lead the development and execution of workforce planning strategies that align with future business needs.
• Headcount Forecasting & Management – Drive end-to-end headcount planning, ensuring accurate forecasting, reporting, and alignment across business units and enabling functions.
• Advanced Analytics & Scenario Modelling – Design and implement data needs to support scenario planning, workforce analysis, and decision-making.
• Workforce Reporting & Insights – Create and maintain dashboards and reports using tools like Power BI and Excel to deliver timely, actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Systems & Process Optimization – Enhance planning processes through automation and systems integration (e.g., Power Automate), ensuring scalability and efficiency.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partner closely with PPC (HR), Finance, and business leaders to align workforce plans with strategic objectives and operational realities.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence – Act as a trusted advisor, communicating workforce insights and recommendations clearly to senior leaders and decision-makers.
• Operational & Strategic Balance – Contribute to both high-level planning and hands‑on execution, ensuring strong linkage between workforce strategy and daily operations.

Play your part in our team succeeding

You will join a highly dynamic team that focuses on delivering high‑quality insights – and we know that the best way to do that is by ensuring continuous learning while having fun. Therefore, you will get plenty of responsibility combined with great team spirit. You will have plenty of opportunities to apply and share your knowledge and through engaging with HR professionals from across the LEGO Group, you will quickly gain a valuable LEGO® network.

Do you have what it takes

The ideal candidate brings a relevant educational background coupled with solid experience within strategic and advanced workforce planning and extensive experience working in analytics, forecasting systems and visualization tools. In addition, we expect that you bring experience in/with:

• Working in several areas in HR
• Tools such as Power BI, advanced Excel and other SWP tools
• Managing complex and demanding stakeholders
• Working in a global environment and collaborating across cultures and nationalities

As a person, you bring excellent communication skills and advanced proficiency in English, both speech and writing. You have a genuine interest in HR systems – possibly you have experience with the utilization of cloud‑based platforms.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you’re interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing – We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you’ll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace – When you join the team you’ll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

Equal Opportunity

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (e.g., sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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