Senior Associate Staffing

Publicis Sapient; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gender-Neutral Policy

18 paid holidays

Generous parental leave

Flexible work arrangements

Employee Assistance Programs

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Staffing Partner to manage a pod of 250-300 professionals, aligning talent deployment with career goals, utilization targets and business needs in a dynamic Mumbai hub. You will collaborate with Capacity Partners, supervise onboarding, and drive growth planning, performance processes, and stakeholder alignment across People Strategy and Learning teams.

This role requires 5+ years in bench management, MBA in HR, strong Excel skills, and a deep understanding of bench

Qualifications

• 5+ years of bench management and staffing experience.
• MBA in HR or equivalent.
• Strong Excel proficiency and data handling skills.
• Solid understanding of bench deployment and staffing processes.

Responsibilities

• Deploys and manages a pod of 250-300 people across projects and opportunities.
• Nominates and guides internal talent to fill needs with Capacity Partners.
• Maintains data accuracy on roles, feedback, performance, resumes, and timesheets.
• Drives utilization targets and onboarding for new hires in the pod.
• Collaborates with People Strategy, L&D, and supervisors on growth and performance outcomes.

Skills

Bench management

Staffing

Excel

HR

MBA in HR

Education

MBA in HR

Job description

Job Description

The Supply Partner is responsible for staffing a pod* of up to 250-300 people throughout their tenure at Publicis Sapient providing them with great experiences throughout their stay in regards to their utilization, their career and growth aspiration preferences, feedbacks and performances. Staffing Partner proactively offers and nominates the individuals from their Pod across books/account/projects to the right opportunity/role.

• Pod: Group of people in a specific geography and potentially possessing similar skill set.

Your Impact OR Responsibilities

Pod Management

• Deploys a pod of capacity 250-300 people to the right opportunity/role throughout their tenure at Publicis Sapient keeping in mind the individual career aspirations, business requirements and utilization.
• Provides nominations and guidance for filling open needs- either directly in the system or in collaboration with the respective Capacity Partners.
• Maintains the data accuracy and continuity of context (history of roles, feedbacks, performance, etc.), roll off dates, competencies, primary capabilities, resumes, time-cards, Supervisor Assignment, travel readiness (Visa process with GPM) for the Pod.
• Provides visibility about skills and availability to the business/delivery organization with respect to pod people.
• Holds meaningful discussions/ difficult conversations with pod people with respect to individual career aspirations, business requirements and utilization.
• Reaches out to business/delivery/account leadership directly, if additional clarity on roles/skills is needed.
• Proactively offers and nominates people from the pod to respective Capacity Partners and provides alternatives to improve utilization.
• Ensures billable utilization meets the target set for the assigned
• Pod/individual and geography.
• Actively facilitates the on-boarding of New Hires in their pod
• Provides input on growth and development options in collaboration with the supervisors, People Strategists, Learning Strategists etc. to ensure continuous development of skills of individuals in the Pod
• Supports the supervisors and people strategists in the Performance Management process and the related outcomes (feedback processes, assessment, promotion readiness, PIP etc.)
• Be the point of contact for all individuals in their pod for any concerns and issues regarding utilization, deployment and growth aspirations throughout their association with the pod.
• Cooperates /supports /escalates to People Strategist on all people issues outside of staffing focus such as Leave of absence, accidents, harassment, etc.
• Bench Management - Manages individuals on the bench actively by finding opportunities for internal assignments, growth and development conversations, checking motivational issues and potential attrition issues with stakeholders approving Time Cards for bench time.
• Stakeholder Management - Collaborates with multiple stakeholders across People Strategy, L&D, domain/capability leads, supervisors on feedbacks, people development, performance management, training needs, domain changes, attrition, etc. for people in the Pod.
• Informs and supports the capacity planning issues and resolutions
• People Operations and Quality - Analyze and provide early visibility into roll-offs/supply
• Keep abreast of overall pod strategic and tactical staffing and skill needs by analyzing the ongoing Staffing operation, i.e. utilization, open needs reports etc.
• Manages the existence and correctness of people data in the systems: roll off dates, competencies, primary capabilities, resumes, Time cards etc.
• Proactively work on Travel readiness (India) and support VISA processes in collaboration with GPM
• Keeps the quality check with respect to staffing right people on the right places, based on business, client and individual feedback.
• Company Contribution - Actively participates in, and assists with, company events such as hiring, training and internal initiatives.

Qualifications

Your Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in bench management and staffing.
• Preferred MBA in HR
• Strong expertise in excel.
• Good understanding of bench deployment.

Additional Information

Tip from Hiring Manager

• This person should be highly organized, adapt quickly to change, and thrive in a fast-paced organization.
• This is a job for the curious, make-things-happen kind of person. Someone who thinks like an entrepreneur and can motivate and move their team to achieve and drive impact.

Benefits of Working Here

• Gender-Neutral Policy
• 18 paid holidays throughout the year.
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Programs to help you in wellness and well-being.

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.