Senior HR Planning & Enablement Strategist

Xcel Energy, Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Xcel Energy, Inc. is seeking a Senior Consultant, HR Planning & Enablement. This role translates HR+ES priorities into well-managed programs, plans, and measurable results, delivering discipline in portfolio, budget, and execution.

You will coordinate operating reviews, cross-functional programs, and resource planning to ensure timely delivery. Responsibilities include managing programs, reinforcing ownership, and driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Organizational Effectiveness, Project Management, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of related experience in HR, program or project management, strategy execution, operations, organizational effectiveness, consulting, analytics, finance, or continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional projects or programs from planning through implementation and follow-through.
• Experience organizing and communicating data, risks, decisions, and progress for leadership audiences.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, written communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently and bring structure to ambiguous work.

Responsibilities

• Manage selected HR+ES programs from definition through implementation to support timely, coordinated delivery.
• Build and maintain integrated program plans, milestones, roles, decision points, risks, dependencies, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate stakeholders and workstreams across HRBPs, COEs, Shared Services/Operations, and other HR+ES and enterprise partners.
• Identify barriers, risks, and decisions requiring leadership attention and facilitate timely resolution.
• Reinforce clear ownership and accountability for commitments and delivery.
• Manage the Monthly Operating Review (MOR) and related performance forums to provide leaders with consistent visibility to progress, performance, risks, and results.
• Coordinate inputs across HR+ES and strengthen the quality, clarity, and business relevance of insights presented.
• Connect measures and performance information across functions to highlight emerging themes, implications, and areas requiring leadership attention.
• Track decisions, commitments, risks, and follow-up actions to reinforce accountability.
• Support a consistent operating rhythm that enables leaders to move from performance insight to action.
• Maintain an integrated view of HR+ES priorities, including sponsors, owners, milestones, dependencies, risks, resource needs, financial considerations, and expected outcomes.
• Identify competing commitments, capacity constraints, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Provide visibility needed to support leadership sequencing, resource, and investment decisions.
• Partner to support budget planning, forecasting, resource management, and financial reviews.
• Connect financial and resource information to portfolio priorities and execution.
• Provide program and project management for selected HR+ES priorities requiring coordination across multiple functions.
• Connect approved organization design and effectiveness priorities to the integrated HR+ES portfolio.
• Build integrated plans and milestone views and coordinate participating HR functions and partners.
• Track dependencies, decisions, risks, resources, and commitments and coordinate implementation readiness across HR workstreams.
• Ensure the appropriate capability owner is engaged while HRBPs and business leaders retain organization design decisions.
• Partner with Workforce Planning & Analytics and initiative/functional owners to use agreed measures and insights in HR+ES performance reviews.
• Connect results and insights across functions to provide a more integrated view of performance.
• Identify implications, trends, and areas requiring increased visibility or follow-through.
• Translate data and performance information into clear insights that support leadership discussions and decisions.
• Leverage existing functional analytics products while maintaining ownership of those products within the accountable function.

Skills

Cross-functional PM

Stakeholder management

Written communication

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration / HR / Organizational Effectiveness / Project Management

Job description

Xcel Energy, Inc. is seeking a Senior Consultant, HR Planning & Enablement. This role translates HR+ES priorities into well-managed programs, plans, and measurable results, delivering discipline in portfolio, budget, and execution.

You will coordinate operating reviews, cross-functional programs, and resource planning to ensure timely delivery. Responsibilities include managing programs, reinforcing ownership, and driving continuous improvement.