Global Workforce Planning Director: Strategy & Growth

Life Sciences WA; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Novotech is seeking an Associate Director/Director of Workforce Planning to define and lead the global strategy, operating model, and governance for scalable, data-driven resourcing across the organization. This leadership role partners with executive teams to align capacity, demand forecasting, and delivery with business goals.

Responsibilities include establishing a Gantt-based single source of truth, standardizing regional processes, and driving continuous improvement to support growth and

Qualifications

• Ideally a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Life Sciences, HR or a related field.
• Strong strategic workforce planning and analytical capability.
• Proven ability to lead and scale global or multi-regional teams.
• Strong commercial and business acumen.
• Ability to operate in a complex, fast-paced, global environment.
• Ideally 10+ years’ experience in workforce planning, operations, or resource management.
• Experience in clinical trials or CRO environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the global workforce planning strategy, aligned to business objectives and growth plans.
• Oversee capacity planning, demand forecasting, and resource strategy across regions and functions.
• Embed the global workforce planning operating model, including roles, responsibilities, and accountability.
• Establish and enforce governance frameworks, standards, and planning cadence.
• Ensure consistent adoption of workforce planning processes across all regions.
• Embed the strategic direction of workforce planning systems and data dashboards.
• Partner with Business Leaders, Finance, BD, HR and Operations to align workforce strategy with business priorities.
• Define organizational structure, capability requirements, and resourcing strategy for the WFP team.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve efficiency, and enhance scalability.

Skills

Workforce planning

Analytical capability

Global leadership

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Business Administration / Life Sciences / HR)

Job description

Novotech is seeking an Associate Director/Director of Workforce Planning to define and lead the global strategy, operating model, and governance for scalable, data-driven resourcing across the organization. This leadership role partners with executive teams to align capacity, demand forecasting, and delivery with business goals.

Responsibilities include establishing a Gantt-based single source of truth, standardizing regional processes, and driving continuous improvement to support growth and