Assistant Director of Workforce Planning, Insights, Analyst & Enablement Lead

Hispanic Technology Executive Council; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 92,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled individual to join their Workforce Planning team. In this role, you will leverage data insights to inform strategic workforce initiatives, ensuring the right talent is in place to meet business goals. You will collaborate cross-functionally to analyze workforce trends and provide actionable recommendations. This position offers the opportunity to shape workforce planning strategies and drive impactful change in a supportive environment. If you have a passion for data analysis and workforce optimization, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in workforce planning or data & analytics roles.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Use data insights to inform workforce plan development aligned with business objectives.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to optimize workforce resources.

Skills

Data Analysis

Strategic Workforce Planning

Communication

Critical Thinking

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

Tableau

VBA

Job description

Join the People Insights & Enablement - Workforce Planning Team!

We're seeking a highly collaborative and skilled individual to join our enterprise Workforce Planning team within People Insights & Enablement (PIE). As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in supporting the development and implementation of strategic workforce planning initiatives across Northwestern Mutual.

About Workforce Planning

Workforce Planning is a comprehensive process that involves analyzing, forecasting, and identifying Talent strategies to align the workforce to current & future business needs. This process ensures that our business has the right people, with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time, and at the right cost. At Northwestern Mutual, Workforce Planning is a core capability that we're advancing, partnering with key stakeholders from Enterprise Planning, Finance, Business, HR Centers of Excellence, and various functions to transform the workforce value stream.

Summary

Leverage understanding of data and systems to help influence business planning and talent practices, ultimately helping partners understand workforce needs for now, near, and far, and ensure the right people are in the right place at the right time with the right skills to achieve business goals.

This role will also help support the HR Community with relevant workforce data insights, dashboards, analysis tools, templates, and additional adoption support including communications and presentations. The person will work cross-functionally to collect data, determine trends utilizing various data sources, analyze and summarize internal & external workforce trends and employee data to optimize effectiveness, measure impact of current strategies, and identify areas of opportunity. The ideal candidate will lead with curiosity, have a proven consultative approach, strong analytical skills, and visual data storytelling skills.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

1. Strategic Workforce Planning: Use data insights to inform workforce plan development aligned with business objectives, including recruitment, training, retention, and succession planning.
2. Modeling (Predictive preferred): Use data to forecast future workforce needs, conduct attrition modeling, and understand headcount supply and demand.
3. Strategic Recommendations: Provide data-driven recommendations to optimize workforce resources, identify skill gaps, and highlight potential challenges/risks.
4. Performance Measurement: Track and measure the effectiveness of workforce planning initiatives and identify areas for improvement.
5. Labor Market Insights: Use external market intelligence tools to understand labor supply and demand, and inform project and talent plans.
6. Change Management: Support capability building, leverage processes, tools, and data to drive change, and provide support where needed.
7. Workforce Insights: Collaborate to mature workforce intelligence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience, including at least 3 years in workforce planning or data & analytics roles.
• Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills, proficiency in tools like Excel and SQL, and experience with statistical/forecast modeling.
• Critical Thinking: Ability to identify patterns, draw conclusions, and make data-driven recommendations.
• Communication: Excellent verbal & written skills, proficient in PowerPoint or similar tools.
• Problem-solving: Ability to address workforce challenges with effective solutions.
• HR Knowledge: Understanding of HR processes, talent practices, and workforce planning principles.
• Advanced Excel and VBA skills required. Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau is strongly preferred.
• Ability to extract and elevate insights into compelling stories, considering multiple perspectives.
• Experience with Strategic Workforce Planning, Headcount Planning, or similar.

Compensation Range

Pay Range - Start: $92,750.00

Pay Range - End: $172,250.00

Geographic Specific Pay Structure

Structure 110: $102,060.00 - $189,540.00

Structure 115: $106,680.00 - $198,120.00

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