Global Contingent Workforce Director: Strategy & Compliance

UpToDate; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 296,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass Digital Health is seeking an HR Director, Contingent Workforce to own strategy and governance for the organization’s contingent workforce program. You will lead the end-to-end management of staff augmentation, independent contractors, and SOW engagements across regions and business units.

Partner with Sourcing, HR, Finance, Legal, Risk, IT, and business leaders to ensure cost-effective, compliant, and scalable external workforce aligned with enterprise total talent strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field.
• 12+ years in workforce management, contingent workforce programs, procurement, MSP, or related field.
• 7+ years leading contingent workforce programs at enterprise scale.
• Experience managing MSP and VMS solutions.
• Expertise in contingent labor compliance, worker classification, and co-employment risk.
• Experience overseeing contingent labor spend, supplier contracts, rate cards, and performance.
• Strong leadership, executive communication, analytical, financial-management, and change-management skills.
• Ability to work across Procurement, HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a multi-year contingent workforce strategy aligned with enterprise objectives.
• Lead governance, policy development, stakeholder communications, and change management.
• Oversee end-to-end contingent labor lifecycle from demand planning to offboarding.
• Establish regional operating standards while honoring jurisdictional requirements.
• Oversee spend, budgeting, forecasting, rate-card governance, and supplier optimization.
• Identify cost savings while preserving worker quality and continuity.
• Manage MSP, staffing suppliers, independent contractors, and SOW ecosystems.
• Negotiate contracts, conduct quarterly reviews, and ensure compliance.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive communication

Analytical

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial management

Change management

Team leadership

Contingent workforce knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

SAP Fieldglass

Beeline

VNDLY

Flextrack

Workday

Coupa

Job description

Mass Digital Health is seeking an HR Director, Contingent Workforce to own strategy and governance for the organization’s contingent workforce program. You will lead the end-to-end management of staff augmentation, independent contractors, and SOW engagements across regions and business units.

Partner with Sourcing, HR, Finance, Legal, Risk, IT, and business leaders to ensure cost-effective, compliant, and scalable external workforce aligned with enterprise total talent strategies.