Remote Enterprise Workforce Planning Lead

UKG Inc.; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 169,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Sr. Principal Workforce Planning Consultant to build and lead enterprise workforce planning, owning planning cycles, creating advanced models, and advising senior leaders on critical decisions. You will turn complex data into clear direction across headcount, hiring capacity, location strategy, and talent deployment.

This role requires hands-on leadership, strong business judgment, and the ability to turn ambiguity into actionable insight. Remote-friendly role with global impact.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in workforce planning, People Analytics, finance, business planning, data science, or a related field.
• Track record of building or transforming an enterprise workforce planning capability in a large, complex, or matrixed organization.
• Ability to work independently with limited direction and navigate ambiguity.
• Deep expertise in workforce planning, forecasting, scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and model validation.
• Advanced, hands-on ability to code and build analytical models.
• Advanced proficiency with Power BI, Power Automate, Excel, Anaplan, SQL, Python, R, UKG Pro, IBM Planning Analytics, or comparable platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range workforce planning cycle in partnership with Finance, HRBP, Talent Acquisition, People Analytics, and leaders.
• Build a scalable enterprise workforce planning process and advance models, tools, data, governance, and standards.
• Design, code, validate, and maintain workforce models and scenarios.
• Connect workforce, financial, recruiting, skills, and labor-market data to reveal risks and opportunities.
• Turn strategy into data-driven recommendations on headcount, location, and capacity.
• Advise senior leaders and translate complex analysis into clear decisions.
• Lead location and labor-market analyses, partner with Talent Acquisition on capacity and sourcing.
• Track plans against results and adapt as conditions change.
• Automate planning, modeling, workflows, and reporting with Power Automate, AI, and other tech.

Skills

10+ years of experience in workforce

Independent with limited direction

Executive communication and consulting

Forecasting, scenario modeling, and,

Data integration and data quality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative or business discipline

Advanced degree in a relevant quantitative field

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Excel

Anaplan

SQL

Python

R

UKG Pro

IBM Planning Analytics

Job description

UKG is seeking a Sr. Principal Workforce Planning Consultant to build and lead enterprise workforce planning, owning planning cycles, creating advanced models, and advising senior leaders on critical decisions. You will turn complex data into clear direction across headcount, hiring capacity, location strategy, and talent deployment.

This role requires hands-on leadership, strong business judgment, and the ability to turn ambiguity into actionable insight. Remote-friendly role with global impact.