Remote Senior Enterprise Workforce Planning Lead

UKG; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 169,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Sr. Principal Workforce Planning Consultant to lead the enterprise workforce planning capability.

You will own the planning cycle, create advanced models and insights, and advise senior leaders on headcount, hiring capacity, location strategy, and talent deployment. The role requires hands-on coding of analytical models and collaboration across Finance, HR, and Talent Acquisition to align strategy with execution.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in workforce planning, People Analytics, finance, or related field.
• Track record of building or transforming an enterprise workforce planning capability in a large, complex organization.
• Ability to work independently and navigate ambiguity.
• Deep expertise in 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.
• Experience integrating complex data with strong data quality, documentation, and control practices.
• Exceptional business and financial acumen with executive communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range workforce planning cycles in partnership withFinance, HRBP, Talent Acquisition, People Analytics, and business leaders.
• Build a scalable enterprise workforce planning process and advance models, tools, data governance and planning standards.
• Design, code, validate, and maintain workforce demand, supply, capacity, cost, skills, attrition, hiring, and internal movement models.
• Connect workforce, financial, recruiting, skills, and external labor-market data to reveal risks and opportunities.
• Turn business strategy into evidence-based recommendations on headcount, hiring capacity, and location strategy.
• Advise senior leaders and translate complex analysis into clear decisions and actions.
• Lead location and labor-market analyses and collaborate on recruiting capacity and sourcing strategies.
• Track plans against results and adapt models as conditions change.
• Reimagine and automate planning and reporting through Power Automate, AI, and other technologies.
• Build workforce planning capability across HR and the business through tools, guidance, and training.

Skills

workforce planning

forecasting

scenario modeling

sensitivity analysis

model validation

executive communication

business acumen

independence

data analysis

consulting

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative or business discipline

Advanced degree preferred

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 lead the enterprise workforce planning capability.

You will own the planning cycle, create advanced models and insights, and advise senior leaders on headcount, hiring capacity, location strategy, and talent deployment. The role requires hands-on coding of analytical models and collaboration across Finance, HR, and Talent Acquisition to align strategy with execution.