Sr HR Planning and Enablement Consultant

Xcel Energy Services Inc; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Dependent Care FSA

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Pension

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Xcel Energy is seeking a Senior Consultant, HR Planning & Enablement to translate HR priorities into well-managed programs and measurable results. You will coordinate cross-functional workstreams, manage operating reviews, and drive portfolio visibility to support leadership decisions in a hybrid work environment.

The role focuses on designing enablement programs, measuring outcomes, and improving processes while collaborating with HRBPs, COEs, and enterprise partners.

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 to translate data and performance information into clear insights.
• Leverage existing analytics products while maintaining ownership within the accountable function.

Skills

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Written communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Organizational Effectiveness, Project Management, or related field

Job description

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states: Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy. Xcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best. Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday-Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

Position Summary

The Senior Consultant, HR Planning & Enablement turns Human Resources + Employee Services (HR+ES) priorities into well-managed programs, integrated plans, clear milestones, and measurable results. The role provides the planning, portfolio, financial and execution discipline that helps HR leaders and teams deliver consistently across functions. The role manages operating reviews, selected cross-functional programs, portfolio and resource visibility, performance measures, and repeatable enablement approaches. It coordinates stakeholders, identifies competing priorities and dependencies, supports financial and resource planning, and strengthens processes and ways of working so leaders have the information and structure needed to make decisions and sustain progress. Success comes from making complex work easier to execute, creating visibility and accountability without unnecessary bureaucracy, and building practical tools, routines, and continuous improvement practices that strengthen outcomes across HR+ES.

Essential Responsibilities

Program & Project Management

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.

Performance Management & Operating Reviews

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.

Strategy Execution & Portfolio Coordination

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.

Design Enablement Programs

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.

Measurement, Analytics & Business Insight

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.

Process, Tools & Continuous Improvement

Identify opportunities to simplify work, improve consistency, and strengthen operational effectiveness across HR+ES. Create repeatable processes, tools, and ways of working that improve execution and enable more consistent outcomes. Support adoption of continuous improvement practices and operational enhancements across HR+ES. Improve processes and ways of working to strengthen outcomes for leaders, employees, and HR teams. Partner with functional owners where specialized methodologies or capabilities are required.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Organizational Effectiveness, Project Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting strategic planning, operating reviews, organization design, workforce transformation, or HR implementation programs.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Lean Six Sigma, Prosci, or comparable experience.
• Experience in a large, complex, or regulated organization.
• Experience creating executive presentations, dashboards, playbooks, or implementation tools.

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Non-Bargaining

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $84,900.00 to $125,000.00 per year

This position is eligible for the following benefits:

• Annual Incentive Program
• Medical/Pharmacy Plan
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
• Transportation Reimbursement Account
• Short-term disability (STD)
• Long-term disability (LTD)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit programs
• Employee recognition program
• Pension
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
• Parental Leave

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