Senior Principal Workforce Planning Architect

UKG

Hagåtña (GU)

Remote

USD 169,000 - 241,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

UKG Inc. is seeking a Sr. Principal Workforce Planning Consultant to lead and shape our enterprise workforce planning capabilities.

You will own planning cycles, build advanced models, and advise senior leaders on headcount, staffing, location strategy, and talent deployment. This is a high-impact, hands-on technical leadership role that thrives in ambiguity and requires strong business judgment. You will partner with Finance, HR, and Talent Acquisition, develop scalable processes, and automate

Qualifications

10+ years of progressive experience in workforce planning, People Analytics, finance, business planning, data science, or related field.
Track record of building or transforming enterprise workforce planning in a large, complex organization.
Ability to work independently with limited direction and navigate ambiguity.
Deep expertise in workforce planning, forecasting, scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and model validation.
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 workforce, financial, recruiting, and labor-market data with quality controls.
Strong business/financial acumen, consulting skills, and executive communication.

Responsibilities

Lead monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range workforce planning with cross-functional partners.
Build scalable enterprise planning processes and advance models, data, and governance.
Design, code, validate, and maintain demand, supply, capacity, cost, skills, and attrition models.
Link workforce data with financials and external labor-market data to identify risks and opportunities.
Translate strategy into headcount, capacity, and location recommendations for leaders.
Advise senior leaders and navigate ambiguity with clear decisions.
Lead location and labor-market analyses in partnership withRecruiting on capacity and build/buy/borrow.
Track plans, assess model performance, and adapt as conditions change.
Automate planning and reporting using Power Automate, AI, and related tech.
Build workforce planning capability with practical tools and training across HR and business.