VP, Resource Strategy & Workforce Optimization

Mars United Commerce; Troy (MI); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Family Care

Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility

Pet adoption

Employee Assistance Programs

Job summary

Mars United Commerce seeks a Senior Vice President, Resource Management to lead enterprise-wide staffing, resource allocation, team utilization, and open position management across Mars United Commerce and Twin Oaks. This executive role offers the opportunity to shape the organization’s resource strategy and align talent with evolving business needs.

The SVP will oversee staffing requirements across multiple departments and ~700 US and offshore employees.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead resource planning and workforce allocation across complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong understanding of how employee capabilities, experience, interests, and development goals inform staffing decisions.
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to create alignment and drive collaboration across functions and leadership teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and build stakeholder support for new ways of working.
• Experience leading continuous improvement of capacity and workforce management practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive staffing cost efficiencies by optimizing resource allocation and deploying talent with greater agility.
• Champion and lead internal recruitment processes, prioritizing internal talent capacity and role alignment to foster mobility, development, and retention.
• Lead the Inter-company Agreement and freelance approval processes in partnership with HR and Finance.
• Lead negotiations and strategic planning for offshore resourcing.
• Introduce new ways of working within the Resource Management team to increase efficiency and collaboration.
• Proactively manage workforce allocations in response to client activity and surges in demand.
• Coordinate and substantiate agency-level workforce investments and partner with leadership to secure approvals.
• Develop and implement consistent playbooks, processes, governance, and reporting structures across the agency.
• Lead, develop, and mentor junior members of the Resource Management team.

Skills

Resource planning

Workforce allocation

Stakeholder management

Change management

Communication

Data-driven decisions

Strategic planning

Leadership

Tools

Excel

Job description

Mars United Commerce seeks a Senior Vice President, Resource Management to lead enterprise-wide staffing, resource allocation, team utilization, and open position management across Mars United Commerce and Twin Oaks. This executive role offers the opportunity to shape the organization’s resource strategy and align talent with evolving business needs.

The SVP will oversee staffing requirements across multiple departments and ~700 US and offshore employees.