WFM Solutions Architect: Forecasting & Scheduling Lead

CVS Health; Mississippi; Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a seasoned Workforce Management (WFM) Techno-Functional Expert to lead enterprise‑grade scheduling and labor forecasting capabilities. Own the end‑to‑end functional lifecycle across demand forecasting, staffing plans, and schedule generation, partnering with stakeholders, product, engineering, and vendors.

Responsibilities include designing forecasting workflows, defining scheduling patterns, and ensuring alignment with business realities and compliance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years delivering Workforce Management solutions with deep forecasting, staffing, and scheduling.
• 7+ years' experience with WFM scheduling constructs and forecasting concepts.
• 6+ years' experience configuring, customizing, and debugging WFM solutions.
• 5+ years' experience with large enterprise WFM platforms such as Infor WFM/Workbrain, UKG, Legion, or similar tools.
• 3+ years partnering with SaaS vendors to deliver business outcomes.
• 3+ years working in Agile environments with experience in change management and vendor negotiation.
• 3+ years demonstrating excellent communication and stakeholder leadership skills with the ability to drive decisions, manage competing priorities, and drive execution.
• 2+ years' experience demonstrating analytical problem-solving and decision‑making skills with a track record of delivering scalable solutions.
• 2+ years demonstrating a growth mindset while developing self and others.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops with business stakeholders to understand demand drivers, arrival patterns/seasonality, labor standards, staffing strategies, and scheduling pain points; translate findings into actionable requirements and priorities.
• Drive fit-gap analysis across vendor/product options and current‑state tools; recommend the 'right' functional approach (process + platform configuration) with clear tradeoffs and decision rationale.
• Design forecasting workflows and operating model (inputs, assumptions, scenarios, overrides, governance) to produce reliable demand and staffing plans.
• Define scheduling design patterns: shift templates, rules, segment windows, trial schedule sets, and schedule optimization constraints; ensure designs support business realities and compliance.
• Establish solution guardrails for accuracy, auditability, and transparency (e.g., how totals are validated, how exceptions/anomalies are handled, how "what‑if" analysis is performed).
• Partner with engineering/technology leads to convert functional designs into configuration and build plans (configuration, custom extensions, reporting, automation, integrations).
• Own functional delivery. This includes configuring and customizing vendor applications to meet business needs.
• Drive end‑to‑end lifecycle execution for enhancements, defects, and releases; ensure documentation and artifacts are maintained in standard tracking tools and processes.

Skills

Forecasting

Staffing

Scheduling

WFM Knowledge

Vendor Management

Agile Experience

Stakeholder Leadership

Analytical Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Infor WFM/Workbrain

UKG

Legion

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a seasoned Workforce Management (WFM) Techno-Functional Expert to lead enterprise‑grade scheduling and labor forecasting capabilities. Own the end‑to‑end functional lifecycle across demand forecasting, staffing plans, and schedule generation, partnering with stakeholders, product, engineering, and vendors.

Responsibilities include designing forecasting workflows, defining scheduling patterns, and ensuring alignment with business realities and compliance.