Major Projects Workforce Mobilisation Lead

Poutrix; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis seeks a Workforce Planning Major Projects Lead to coordinate mobilisation across major projects, aligning stakeholders and ensuring workforce readiness. You will manage dependencies, track readiness indicators, and escalate risks to project leadership.

The role requires extensive experience in workforce planning, strategic forecasting, and strong stakeholder engagement within a global, matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in workforce planning, resource management, or major project delivery.
• Ability to translate workforce needs into actionable planning across global teams.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with data-driven decision making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management to influence senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Act as central workforce planning coordination point for major projects.
• Define governance, cadence, and readiness requirements for projects.
• Coordinate mobilisation, deployment, transition, and demobilisation activities.
• Identify and resolve cross-project workforce dependencies and risks.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership style

Education

Degree in Business Administration / HR / PM / Engineering

Project management certification (preferred)

Job description

Arcadis seeks a Workforce Planning Major Projects Lead to coordinate mobilisation across major projects, aligning stakeholders and ensuring workforce readiness. You will manage dependencies, track readiness indicators, and escalate risks to project leadership.

The role requires extensive experience in workforce planning, strategic forecasting, and strong stakeholder engagement within a global, matrixed organization.