Remote Senior Principal Workforce Planning Leader

UKG Inc.; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 169,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is hiring a Sr. Principal Workforce Planning Consultant in Lincoln (remote options available). You will build and lead our enterprise workforce planning capability, modeling headcount, location strategy, and talent deployment, while advising senior leaders on critical workforce decisions.

You’ll work with finance, HR, and talent teams to automate planning, validate models, and translate complex data into actionable insight for executives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in workforce planning, analytics, or related field.
• Experience building enterprise workforce planning in large, complex orgs.
• Able to work independently and navigate ambiguity.
• Deep expertise in forecasting, modeling, and validation.
• Hands-on ability to code and build analytical models.
• Advanced proficiency with Power BI, Power Automate, Excel, SQL, Python, R.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range planning cycles with stakeholders.
• Build scalable enterprise planning processes and advance models and tools.
• Design and maintain models for demand, supply, cost, skills, and attrition.
• Integrate workforce with financial and labor-market data to reveal risks and opportunities.
• Advise senior leaders on headcount, capacity, location strategy, and deployment.
• Automate planning workflows with Power Automate, AI, and related tech.

Skills

Workforce planning

Forecasting

Scenario modeling

Model validation

Data modeling

Executive communication

Power BI

Power Automate

Excel

SQL

Python

R

UKG Pro

IBM Planning Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant 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 hiring a Sr. Principal Workforce Planning Consultant in Lincoln (remote options available). You will build and lead our enterprise workforce planning capability, modeling headcount, location strategy, and talent deployment, while advising senior leaders on critical workforce decisions.

You’ll work with finance, HR, and talent teams to automate planning, validate models, and translate complex data into actionable insight for executives.