Resourcing Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the daily staffing operations within the designated business area, aligning personnel with projects, engagements, or initiatives based on their skills, availability, experience, and development requirements.

• Oversee incoming resource requests, encompassing request intake, prioritization, allocation, and confirmation.

• Keep a proactive outlook on demand, capacity, and skills, identifying risks and opportunities.

• Implement resourcing principles, decision-making rights, and utilization guidelines across both legacy and acquired organizations.

• Conduct regular resourcing meetings, look-ahead reviews, and pipeline discussions.

• Contribute to the Group resourcing cycle by providing insights on hot/cold spots, skill gaps, delivery risks, and redeployment opportunities.

• Escalate decisions, risks, and resource conflicts along with clear options and recommendations.

• Facilitate the integration of resourcing activities, processes, tools, skills taxonomies, and data standards from acquired entities.

• Ensure high-quality data is maintained in resourcing systems, including project staffing, allocations, availability, skills, and pipeline information.

• Utilize professional services automation, capacity, and CRM platforms such as Salesforce and Kantata.

• Generate regular resourcing reports that cover utilization, forward capacity, skills mix, time-to-staff, and external/independent usage.

• Provide evidence-based insights to assist with staffing, hiring, and development decisions.

• Oversee independent principals and freelancers, including onboarding, allocation, and offboarding processes.

• Foster relationships with Project, Account, and Functional Leaders, while collaborating with People/HR and Resourcing Manager colleagues.

• Aid in cross-area redeployment, workload balancing, and the sharing of best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Significant experience in resourcing, workforce planning, project operations, or a similar role within a complex, multi-practice or multi-jurisdictional service environment.

• Proven track record in managing a resourcing cadence and balancing demand, capacity, and capability for a specified business area.

• Familiarity with professional services automation, resource management, and CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Kantata, or equivalent), with a history of effective daily use of these systems.

• Experience assisting with integration or harmonization efforts following acquisitions or organizational changes is preferred.

• Knowledge of the management consulting, pharmaceutical services, and/or broader life sciences sectors is advantageous.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the capability to constructively advise and challenge senior business leaders.

• Strong analytical and numerical abilities, capable of interpreting resourcing data and converting it into actionable insights.

• A collaborative, solution-oriented mindset with high integrity and discretion when handling sensitive personnel-related information.

• Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and function effectively in a rapidly changing environment.

• Understanding of relevant compliance considerations regarding the engagement of independent contractors and freelancers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote working options available for the right candidate.

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Adherence to applicable employment legislation across all regions in which the company operates.