Lead Enterprise Workforce Planning Architect (Remote)

UKG Inc.; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 169,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Sr. Principal Workforce Planning Consultant to lead the enterprise planning cycle, build advanced models, and advise senior leaders on headcount, hiring capacity, and location strategy. You will turn data into clear, actionable decisions across workforce initiatives.

You will collaborate with Finance, HR, and Talent Acquisition, design scalable processes, and advance governance, models, and analytics using Power BI, Power Automate, and related tools.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in workforce planning, People Analytics, finance, or related field.
• Proven track record building or transforming enterprise planning in a large organization.
• Ability to work independently with limited direction and navigate ambiguity.
• Deep expertise in forecasting, scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and model validation.
• Advanced, hands-on ability to code and build analytical models.
• Proficiency with Power BI, Power Automate, Excel, Anaplan, SQL, Python, R, and related platforms.
• Experience integrating complex workforce, financial, recruiting, and labor-market data with quality controls.
• Strong business and financial acumen, consulting skills, and executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range workforce planning cycles with partners across Finance, HR, and Talent Acquisition.
• Build scalable enterprise planning processes and advance models, data, governance, and standards.
• Design, code, validate, and maintain demand, supply, capacity, cost, skills, and attrition models.
• Connect workforce data with finance and external labor-market data to reveal risks and opportunities.
• Turn strategy into evidence-based recommendations on headcount, location strategy, and talent deployment.
• Advise senior leaders and translate complex analysis into clear decisions.
• Lead location and labor-market analyses and collaborate on recruiting capacity and build/buy/borrow strategies.
• Track plans, assess model performance, and adapt as conditions change.
• Automate planning, modeling, workflows, and reporting with Power Automate and AI.
• Build workforce planning capability through tools, guidance, and training.

Skills

Leadership & stakeholder influence

Analytical thinking

Strategic business sense

Independent with ambiguity

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative or business discipline

Advanced degree (preferred)

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Excel

Anaplan

SQL

Python

R

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Job description

UKG is seeking a Sr. Principal Workforce Planning Consultant to lead the enterprise planning cycle, build advanced models, and advise senior leaders on headcount, hiring capacity, and location strategy. You will turn data into clear, actionable decisions across workforce initiatives.

You will collaborate with Finance, HR, and Talent Acquisition, design scalable processes, and advance governance, models, and analytics using Power BI, Power Automate, and related tools.