Strategic Workforce Planning Lead

Southern Company; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company is seeking a Strategic Workforce Planning Program Manager to drive the launch and ongoing execution of the strategic workforce planning function. You will manage cross-functional workstreams with HR, Workforce Intelligence, Finance, and local experts to define requirements, support tool evaluations, coordinate pilots, and drive adoption of planning processes and resources.

This role translates workforce insights into clear business implications, options, and recommended next

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 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.
• Experience preparing concise updates, recommendations, and decision materials for leadership.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to coordinate across multiple workstreams.

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.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Requirements gathering

Planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Teams/SharePoint

Planner/Project/Smartsheet

Job description

Southern Company is seeking a Strategic Workforce Planning Program Manager to drive the launch and ongoing execution of the strategic workforce planning function. You will manage cross-functional workstreams with HR, Workforce Intelligence, Finance, and local experts to define requirements, support tool evaluations, coordinate pilots, and drive adoption of planning processes and resources.

This role translates workforce insights into clear business implications, options, and recommended next