Strategic Workforce Planning - Principal

Fannie Mae; Washington; On-site; USD 175,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Fannie Mae in Washington is seeking a senior Human Capital leader to design and lead an enterprise-ready strategic workforce planning framework, enabling leaders at both the enterprise and divisional levels to define, assess, and execute workforce strategies aligned to business priorities.

You will collaborate with HR and finance, analyze workforce data and labor market trends, translate complex analyses into executive materials, and influence decisions to optimize talent, cost, and delivery in

Qualifications

• 7+ years in strategic planning, HR strategy, talent management or organizational design.
• Experience in workforce planning across multiple divisions in a large organization.
• Knowledge of workforce planning technologies and data interpretation.
• Strong ability to translate analytics into actionable insights for executives.
• Ability to assess workforce cost, capacity, and delivery tradeoffs in constrained environments.
• Proven success in regulated or risk-aware settings (finance, government-adjacent, etc.).
• Experience partnering with senior executives across divisions.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Financial and business acumen.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead an enterprise-ready strategic workforce planning framework.
• Act as a strategic partner to HR and senior leaders, assessing needs and co-developing plans.
• Influence executives and cross-functional stakeholders to align workforce strategies with goals.
• Facilitate workforce planning sessions and executive forums.
• Analyze workforce data, labor market trends, and forecasts to identify risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with finance to align budgeting and forecasting, and deploy resources.
• Work with internal analytics teams to support planning and decisions.
• Translate analyses into narratives and executive materials for action.
• Integrate workforce insights into talent acquisition, development, and HR strategy.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

HR strategy

Organizational design

Talent management

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Regulated environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Economics, Data Analytics or related field

Job description

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Design and lead an enterprise-ready strategic workforce planning framework that enables leaders at both the enterprise and divisional levels to define, assess, and execute workforce strategies aligned to business priorities.

• Serve as a strategic partner to Human Capital Consultants and senior business leaders, assessing current and future workforce needs and co-developing plans thatleveragestrengths, address gaps, and mitigate risk.

• Influence and engage senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to align workforce strategies with organizational goals, ensuring buy-in for talent initiatives and long-term capability development.

• Facilitate strategic workforce planning sessions and executive working forums, aligning stakeholders around business assumptions, external labor market dynamics, and future workforce scenarios.

• Analyze internal workforce data, labor market trends, and business forecasts toidentifycritical capability risks, talent surpluses or shortages, and opportunities for strategic intervention.

• Partner with finance to align with the budgeting and forecasting process as well as develop and deploy resources to support leaders.

• Collaborate with internal workforce analytics teams to support planning and decision-making.

• Translate complex analyses into compelling narratives, recommendations, and executive-level materials, enabling leaders to take decisive action.

• Work across HR to incorporate workforce planning insights into talent acquisition, workforce development, talent enablement, and broader HR strategy.

Candidate Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with design and implementation of strategicplanning, HR strategy, talent management, organizational design, ora relateddiscipline. Strong preference for candidates with at least three years of strategic workforce planning experience.

• Experienceinworkforce planningeffortsacrossdifferent business divisions/corporate areas, ideally in a large, complex organization.

• Deepknowledgeofvariousworkforce planning technologiesand the ability tospot trends andinterpretworkforce data, market dynamics, and business forecasts.

• Strong skillstranslatingworkforceanalyticsintoclear, actionable insights that influence executive decision-making.

• Demonstratedability tounderstandandmake recommendations aroundworkforcecost, capacity, anddeliverytradeoffdecisionsin constrained environments.

• Proven successoperatingin regulated, risk-aware, or highly scrutinized environments (e.g., financial services, government-adjacent, healthcare, defense).

• Experiencepartneringdirectlywithsenior executivesacross differentbusiness divisions.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Financial and business acumen

• ABachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Economics, Data Analytics, ora related field.

Target Pay Range: $175,000 - 239,000

Qualifications

Business Acumen, Change Management, Consulting, HR Strategy, Organizational Development (OD), Portfolio Management, Process Implementations, Process Improvements, Strategic Management, Strategic Planning, Talent Management

Education:

Bachelor’s Level Degree

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For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

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The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee’s physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. See more here.

Requisition compensation:

175000

to

239000