Principal, Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning

Northwestern Mutual; Milwaukee (WI); Presencial; USD 131.000 - 196.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Northwestern Mutual seeks a seasoned leader to drive end-to-end Strategic Workforce Planning and a skills-based talent ecosystem. You will connect workforce strategy with talent review, leadership pipelines, and employee development to improve workforce readiness and strategic outcomes.

This role partners with Finance, Technology, HR, and business leaders to translate workforce insights into scalable processes, governance, and user-centered experiences across the enterprise.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Finance, Strategy, Design, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Strategic Workforce Planning Partner to design and continuously improve processes, experiences, and enabling capabilities for enterprise SWP.
• Translate workforce planning needs into practical process designs, planning activities, decision points, user journeys, governance routines, data and reporting requirements, and adoption plans.
• Design scenario-planning approaches and experiences to assess workforce gaps and evaluate investment tradeoffs.
• Integrate Talent and Succession Planning to support enterprise talent decisions across demand, supply, skills, and development practices.
• Lead the design and continuous improvement of talent review, calibration, and succession processes, including identifying critical roles and readiness.
• Translate succession insights into enterprise risk visibility focusing on critical role coverage and readiness gaps.
• Lead the integration of skills into workforce planning and talent experiences to support internal mobility and development.
• Define governance models, ownership, and adoption plans for scalable, data-informed decision making.

Conocimientos

Strategic Workforce Planning

Talent management

Succession planning

Career development

Skills strategy

Organizational effectiveness

Talent management experience design

HR consulting

Educación

Bachelor’s degree or higher in HR/Business/Organizational Development/Finance/Strategy/Design

Descripción del empleo

Northwestern Mutual seeks a seasoned leader to drive end-to-end Strategic Workforce Planning and a skills-based talent ecosystem. You will connect workforce strategy with talent review, leadership pipelines, and employee development to improve workforce readiness and strategic outcomes.

This role partners with Finance, Technology, HR, and business leaders to translate workforce insights into scalable processes, governance, and user-centered experiences across the enterprise.