Strategic Workforce Planning Lead

Southern Company; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Strategic Workforce Planning Program Manager at Southern Company leads the launch and ongoing execution of the Strategic Workforce Planning function, coordinating with HR, Workforce Intelligence, Finance, and local SMEs to define requirements and drive adoption of workforce planning resources.

This role emphasizes turning workforce insights into clear business implications, structured plans, governance routines, and value-driven deliverables in a highly collaborative environment at Southern

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Project Management, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 3-5+ years of experience in program development, program management, HR, analytics, learning and development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated program and project management capability (planning, dependency management, meeting facilitation, action tracking, status reporting).
• Experience coordinating cross-functional work involving HR, analytics, technology, and/or finance partners.
• Experience supporting requirements development and implementation planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to produce clear, partner-friendly materials and executive-ready updates.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, dependencies, and milestone tracking across Strategic Workforce Planning workstreams.
• Help establish and maintain the operating cadence for the Strategic Workforce Planning function, including recurring planning routines, governance checkpoints, and status updates.
• Manage routine program governance deliverables, including action tracking, decision logs, and concise stakeholder updates.
• Prepare decision materials that summarize options, tradeoffs, risks, dependencies, and recommended next steps.
• Facilitate working sessions, capture decisions, drive follow-ups, and elevate issues as needed.
• Partner with Workforce Intelligence to support Strategic Workforce Planning tool evaluations, including criteria, scorecards, and demo materials tied to business use cases.
• Coordinate vendor touchpoints, including scheduling, agendas, materials, notes, and comparison summaries.
• Document workforce planning options and tradeoffs, including implementation considerations, risks, dependencies, and time-to-value.
• Partner with Strategic Workforce Planning Analysts and Workforce Intelligence to define business requirements for dashboards, datasets, and workflow needs.
• Support implementation planning, including scope, resources, roadmap, training inputs, and readiness criteria.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing, capture feedback, and help translate feedback into backlog items and release plans.
• Support adoption and change management activities, including training calendars, office hours, pilot sessions, stakeholder communications, and feedback loops.
• Support partner-facing toolkit materials, such as quick-start guides, FAQs, release notes, and how-to resources.
• Establish feedback loops with HR partners and local subject matter experts to identify recurring issues and practical improvements.
• Support governance routines, including intake, prioritization, change control, publish readiness, and issue triage.
• Track issues related to data refresh, access, or tooling, and coordinate triage and stakeholder communications with Workforce Intelligence.
• Document repeatable standard work and transition operational routines as the function matures.

Skills

Program management

HR analytics

Cross-functional coordination

Communication (written/verbal)

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder updates

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Project Management, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field

Tools

Teams/SharePoint

Planner/Project/Smartsheet

Job description

The Strategic Workforce Planning Program Manager at Southern Company leads the launch and ongoing execution of the Strategic Workforce Planning function, coordinating with HR, Workforce Intelligence, Finance, and local SMEs to define requirements and drive adoption of workforce planning resources.

This role emphasizes turning workforce insights into clear business implications, structured plans, governance routines, and value-driven deliverables in a highly collaborative environment at Southern