Senior Workforce Planning & Analytics Lead (Remote)

Avantor; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a Senior Manager, Workforce Planning & Data Analytics to build and lead the enterprise workforce planning capability, anchored in rigorous data to support the business transformation agenda. This Poland Remote-based role partners with global HR, Finance, and segment leadership to translate workforce dynamics into actionable insights.

You will develop models, dashboards, and governance for headcount, DEI progress, and organisational effectiveness, interfacing with Workday and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in workforce planning, people analytics, or HR data roles within a large global organisation.
• Advanced analytical skills with proficiency in Power BI/Tableau, Excel, and workforce planning tools.
• Experience using Workday and Workday Adaptive for data pipelines and reporting.
• Experience supporting transformation, restructuring, or cost-optimisation through workforce data.
• Strong commercial acumen linking people data to P&L and strategic priorities.
• Outstanding stakeholder management, including engagement with C-suite across geographies.
• Solid understanding of employment law, data privacy (EU GDPR), and reporting obligations.

Responsibilities

• Lead global workforce planning cycle, building supply/demand models across segments, functions and geographies.
• Partner with Presidents, HRBPs, and Finance to translate growth goals into headcount and capability plans.
• Develop scenario models to support restructuring and strategic redeployment decisions with rigor.
• Build the workforce planning methodology, governance, cadence, and processes.
• Monitor labour market trends to inform talent strategy and competitive positioning.
• Own analytics function including dashboards, predictive models, and self-service reporting for HR and leaders.
• Collaborate with HR Tech and IT to create scalable data pipelines from HRIS and adjacent systems.
• Present analytics insights to C-suite and segment leadership across time zones.

Skills

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Workday

Workday Adaptive

Workforce planning

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Tools

Workday

Workday Adaptive

HRIS

Job description

Avantor is seeking a Senior Manager, Workforce Planning & Data Analytics to build and lead the enterprise workforce planning capability, anchored in rigorous data to support the business transformation agenda. This Poland Remote-based role partners with global HR, Finance, and segment leadership to translate workforce dynamics into actionable insights.

You will develop models, dashboards, and governance for headcount, DEI progress, and organisational effectiveness, interfacing with Workday and