Workforce Insights & Strategy Program Director

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

📋 Description

• Establish and enhance the workforce intelligence capabilities at Banner Health.

• Examine workforce trends, internal workforce data, external labor market insights, and industry developments to pinpoint strategic risks and opportunities.

• Create methodologies for workforce forecasting and scenario planning.

• Lead analyses of workforce supply and demand across essential roles, functions, service lines, and geographic regions.

• Identify risks associated with turnover, retirement exposure, talent shortages, succession readiness, and future skill demands.

• Utilize enterprise skills data, career architecture, and talent insights for workforce forecasting and capability evaluations.

• Support the strategic workforce planning framework at Banner.

• Translate enterprise strategies, growth initiatives, and business priorities into workforce implications and capability needs.

• Propose strategies for building, buying, borrowing, or automating workforce solutions.

• Facilitate workforce planning discussions with business leaders and HR stakeholders.

• Conduct talent gap assessments and evaluate workforce readiness.

• Formulate workforce-related inquiries and design analytical methods to address them.

• Analyze workforce investments and quantify the return on investment for personnel.

• Develop executive-level workforce insights, presentations, scorecards, and recommendations.

• Act as a workforce intelligence consultant and thought partner for senior leadership.

• Evaluate and leverage workforce planning and business intelligence technologies, including Workday, Power BI, SQL, and Tableau.

• Collaborate with HR Technology, Talent Management, Finance, Strategy, Service Lines, and HR leaders.

• Support workforce governance and strategic planning initiatives.

• Build relationships with external workforce and education partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Analytics, Finance, Economics, Healthcare Administration, Organizational Development, Data Science, or a related field.

• A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in workforce planning, workforce analytics, people analytics, HR strategy, management consulting, business intelligence, organizational effectiveness, or related areas.

• Proven ability to analyze complex organizational or workforce data and translate those findings into actionable business recommendations.

• Experience in presenting strategic recommendations to senior leadership.

• Demonstrated capacity to influence decisions across various stakeholder groups.

• Exceptional analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

• Capability to manage multiple priorities amidst changing needs and deadlines.

• A Master's degree in Business Administration, Analytics, Economics, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Public Health, or a related field is preferred.

• Experience in the healthcare industry is preferred.

• Familiarity with strategic workforce planning methodologies is preferred.

• Experience with large-scale workforce datasets and business intelligence tools such as Workday, Power BI, or SQL is preferred.

• Additional related education and/or experience is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time, salaried position.

• Day shift, Monday–Friday standard business hours.

• Comprehensive total rewards package.