Director, Workforce Architecture

Under Armour; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer days

Merchandise discounts

401(k) match

Maternity leave

Well-being programs

Job summary

Under Armour seeks a Director of Workforce Architecture to lead future-ready strategies that drive large-scale change across roles, skills, and teams. You will shape AI-enabled workforce transformations, partnering with HR and the central AI team to move beyond tool adoption toward real redesign of work.

The role focuses on aligning talent, processes, and operating models with AI investments, delivering end‑to‑end roadmaps, and measuring ROI across productivity and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in HR strategy, workforce planning, org design, or consulting.
• Experience in organization effectiveness, organizational development, organizational design, transformation, workforce planning, operating model design, and/or human resources.
• Experience in product management, applied AI, or technical solutions is an advantage.
• Experience building things with AI: used LLM APIs, prompt engineering, agent frameworks, and AI‑native tools to create working prototypes without heavy engineering support.
• Experience in large‑scale transformation or work redesign.
• Strong ability to translate complex concepts (AI, technology, strategy) into workforce implications.
• Executive presence with ability to influence leaders and stakeholders without authority.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, IT, HR, or related field. Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead workforce strategy aligned to business goals and AI investments.
• Translate AI strategy into workforce implications across roles, workflows, skills, and teams.
• Advise on talent‑related trade‑offs in workflow transformation decisions.
• Ensure alignment between business priorities, AI capabilities, and workforce planning.
• Lead redesign of work at scale, moving from task automation to workflow and team transformation.
• Help teams advance from basic AI adoption to full workflow, process, and operating model redesign.
• Map opportunities and priorities to restructure and automate work across human + AI collaboration.
• Partner with HR to evolve org structures to reflect new ways of working.
• Define and deploy a modern talent architecture aligned to AI‑first transformation.
• Identify gaps and priorities in skills, tasks, workflows, roles, individual and team capabilities.
• Partner with HR to shape hiring, development, and strategic talent investments.
• Use LLM APIs, agent frameworks, AI‑native platforms, and workflow automation tools to rapidly iterate without requiring dedicated engineering resources.
• Translate workforce strategy into actionable roadmaps with clear owners, timelines, and deliverables.
• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of workforce transformation initiatives, ensuring clear scope, milestones, and execution plans aligned to business priorities.
• Establish project governance, operating cadence, and cross‑functional alignment to drive execution.
• Define success metrics, track outcomes (e.g., productivity, cost efficiency, workforce mix, speed of execution), and ROI showing measurable business impact.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to HR and business leaders on workforce transformation.
• Guide decisions on where to automate, augment, or redesign work.
• Support prioritization of transformation initiatives based on talent impact and feasibility.

Skills

Executive presence

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

AI literacy

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

LLM APIs

Prompt engineering

Agent frameworks

AI‑native tools

Job description

Values & Innovation

At Under Armour, we are committed to empowering those who strive for more, and the company's values—Act Sustainably, Celebrate the Wins, Fight on Together, Love Athletes and Stand for Equality—serve as both a roadmap for our teams and the qualities expected of every teammate.

Our values define and unite us. They are rallying cries, reminding us why we’re here, and fueling everything we do.

Our pursuit of better begins with innovation and with our team's mission of being the best. With us, you get the freedom to go further—no matter your role. That means developing, delivering, and selling state‑of‑the‑art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.

If you are a current Under Armour teammate, apply to this position on the Internal Career Site Here.

Purpose of Role

The Director, Workforce Architecture is a future‑focused leader responsible for driving change at scale by defining how Under Armour’s workforce will transform in the face of emerging technologies. Future workforce readiness goes well beyond technology, focusing on operating model, talent, culture, agility, and execution. This role leads workforce strategy, translating emerging technologies into clear implications for roles, work design, skills, talent priorities, and team design. This leader partners across HR and UA’s central AI team to ensure the organization moves beyond tool adoption to true work transformation, redesigning how work gets done and how talent is reconfigured and redeployed.

Your Impact

Workforce AI Strategy

• Develop and lead workforce strategy aligned to business goals and AI investments.
• Translate AI strategy into workforce implications across roles, workflows, skills, and teams.
• Advise on talent‑related trade‑offs in workflow transformation decisions.
• Ensure alignment between business priorities, AI capabilities, and workforce planning.

Work Redesign & Operating Model Evolution

• Lead redesign of work at scale, moving from task automation to workflow and team transformation.
• Help teams advance from basic AI adoption to full workflow, process, and operating model redesign.
• Map opportunities and priorities to restructure and automate work across human + AI collaboration.
• Partner with HR to evolve org structures to reflect new ways of working.

Talent Architecture & Workforce Segmentation

• Define and deploy a modern talent architecture aligned to AI‑first transformation.
• Identify gaps and priorities in skills, tasks, workflows, roles, individual and team capabilities.
• Partner with HR to shape hiring, development, and strategic talent investments.
• Use LLM APIs, agent frameworks, AI‑native platforms, and workflow automation tools to rapidly iterate without requiring dedicated engineering resources.

Transformation Execution & Value Realization

• Translate workforce strategy into actionable roadmaps with clear owners, timelines, and deliverables.
• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of workforce transformation initiatives, ensuring clear scope, milestones, and execution plans aligned to business priorities.
• Establish project governance, operating cadence, and cross‑functional alignment to drive execution.
• Define success metrics, track outcomes (e.g., productivity, cost efficiency, workforce mix, speed of execution), and ROI showing measurable business impact.

Transformation Advisory & Change Leadership

• Serve as a strategic advisor to HR and business leaders on workforce transformation.
• Guide decisions on where to automate, augment, or redesign work.
• Support prioritization of transformation initiatives based on talent impact and feasibility.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in HR strategy, workforce planning, org design, or consulting.
• Experience in organization effectiveness, organizational development, organizational design, transformation, workforce planning, operating model design, and/or human resources.
• Experience in product management, applied AI, or technical solutions is an advantage.
• Experience building things with AI: you have used LLM APIs, prompt engineering, agent frameworks, and AI‑native tools to create working prototypes without heavy engineering support.
• Experience in large‑scale transformation or work redesign.
• Strong ability to translate complex concepts (AI, technology, strategy) into workforce implications.
• Executive presence with ability to influence leaders and stakeholders without authority.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, IT, HR, or related field. Advanced degree preferred.

Workplace Location

• Location: This individual must reside within commuting distance from our Baltimore (HQ) office.
• Work Schedule: This role follows a hybrid work schedule, requiring 4 days in‑office per week.

Relocation

• Relocation may be provided up to a specified amount.

Base Compensation

$165,000.00–$220,000.00 USD. Most new hires fall within this range and have the opportunity to earn more over time. Initial placement within the salary range, however, is based on an individual's relevant knowledge, skills and experience for the position. UA is committed to helping our teammates succeed and advance in their careers. Base salary is only one component of our competitive Total Rewards package.

Benefits & Perks

• Paid “UA Give Back” Volunteer Days: Work alongside your team to support initiatives in your local community.
• Under Armour Merchandise Discounts.
• Competitive 401(k) plan matching.
• Maternity and Parental Leave for eligible and FMLA‑eligible teammates.
• Health & fitness benefits, discounts and resources – we offer teammates across the country programs to promote physical activity and overall well‑being.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity

At Under Armour, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Under Armour seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people representing a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Human Resources team via [e-mail].