Director of Workforce Strategy & Transformation

Livanova; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LivaNova is seeking an experienced strategist to lead strategic workforce planning and AI-enabled work redesign across the organization. You will create tools and structures to translate business priorities into capabilities, roles, and workforce mix decisions, while expanding internal mobility and talent marketplaces.

Imbued with a passion for AI and analytics, you will partner with HR, Strategy, Finance, IT, and business teams to drive adoption and execution of workforce planning and

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years in workforce strategy, organizational development, HR strategy, or related fields.
• Strategic workforce planning experience.
• Demonstrated passion for AI as a tech-savvy specialist combining business knowledge with technical AI fluency, including coding, development, and system design expertise.
• Experience with workforce planning, analytics, or skills platforms.
• Experience in medtech, pharma, health tech, or similarly complex environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Strategic Workforce Planning, Insights & Scenario Planning aligned to business priorities.
• Translate strategy into critical roles, capabilities, and workforce mix; develop scenarios.
• Develop growth, productivity, automation, and capability-shift scenarios.
• Advise on build, buy, borrow, and bot workforce decisions.
• Connect workforce data and talent intelligence to business decisions.
• Anticipate future talent gaps through dynamic workforce planning.
• Train managers to maximize team productivity through design and tech adoption.
• Partner with Global Total Rewards to align plans with financial cycles.
• Advance skills-based planning to improve visibility into capabilities and adjacencies.
• Support internal mobility and flexibility; enable talent marketplaces.
• Lead AI-enabled work design and role design initiatives.

Skills

Org design

Operating model

Workforce effectiveness

Skills-based workforce

Scenario planning

Cross-functional work

AI fluency

AI coding

Education

Master’s degree in HR, Business, Organizational Design

Job description

• In this role you will lead how LivaNova plans its workforce and evolves how work gets done
• Focusing on strategic workforce planning, skills-based approaches, and internal mobility to improve capability, productivity, and decision quality, while advancing AI-enabled work redesign
• You will create tools and structure that help our leaders and business partners build forward-looking workforce strategies aligned to business priorities, translating strategy into capabilities, critical roles, and workforce mix decisions
• Strategic Workforce Planning, Insights & Scenario Planning:
• Build and embed strategic workforce planning aligned to business priorities
• Translate strategy into critical roles, capabilities, workforce mix, and scenarios
• Develop scenarios for growth, productivity, automation, and capability shifts
• Support build, buy, borrow, and bot workforce decisions
• Connect workforce data and talent intelligence to better business decisions
• Anticipate future talent gaps through dynamic workforce planning
• Train people managers on how to maximize their team for most productive team design, leveraging technology to boost engagement and productivity
• Partner with Global Total Rewards translating plans into roles and alignment with Financial cycle planning
• Skills-Based Workforce & Mobility:
• Advance skills-based planning to improve visibility into capabilities, gaps, and adjacencies
• Use skills data to support workforce decisions, internal movement, and workforce flexibility
• Help shift from static job structures to more adaptable, capability-based models
• Enable talent marketplace approaches to match talent to roles, projects, and opportunities
• Increase internal mobility and speed of redeployment
• Help remove barriers that limit movement across teams and functions
• AI-Enabled Work & Role Design:
• Improve how work is structured using AI, automation, and digital tools
• Help teams redesign roles and workflows to better combine human and digital work as one system
• Work with the business and functions to intentionally cultivate AI enabler roles. Champion capabilities at the intersection of business and technology, breaking down for org models, hiring, development, rewards, enablement and community connection, to proactively transform business
• You’ll build and scale a practical strategic workforce planning capability model that improves how work models evolve
• Enable adoption of skills-based planning and workforce practices
• Lead the implementation of workforce planning analytics tool
• Advise leaders on workforce implications of AI, automation, growth, and organizational change
• Improve internal mobility and workforce deployment across roles and priorities
• Support the integration of workforce planning into business planning and governance rhythms
• Partner across Sr Leaders (SLT) in HR, Strategy, Finance, IT, and business teams to drive adoption and execution
• Deliver outcomes through defined scope and cross-functional collaboration
• What Good Looks Like
• Clear workforce plans established for priority business areas
• Workforce planning integrated into planning and decision-making processes
• Improved visibility into workforce risks, capability needs, and options
• Increased internal mobility and faster redeployment
• Measurable shift toward skills-based workforce decisions
• Improved workforce productivity and efficiency through better work design
• Stronger workforce decisions across cost, capability, and quality
• This role is an individual contributor and may travel up to 25% of time

Org design, operating model, or workforce effectivenessSkills-based workforce or talent practicesScenario planning and decision support processesLeading cross-functional work in complex, matrixed organizations10–15+ years in workforce strategy, organizational development, HR strategy, or related fieldsStrategic workforce planningDemonstrated passion for AI as a tech-savvy specialist combining business knowledge with technical AI fluency, including coding, development, and system design expertise, enabling them to translate business challenges into implemented AI solutions rapidlyAI, automation, or digital impact on work designExperience in medtech, pharma, health tech, or similarly complex environments preferredMaster’s degree in HR, Business, Organizational Design, or related fieldBackground in consulting, workforce strategy, or transformation workExperience with workforce planning, analytics, or skills platforms