Your Role:
This role supports the Ascendiun Family of Companies. The People & Engagement Strategy & Planning team advances the enterprise strategy for being a great place to work, human capital planning, financial management, and operating priorities that help leaders make clear, data-informed workforce decisions across business lines, functions, and companies.
The Contingent Workforce Management, Principal will report to the Director, People & Engagement Strategy & Planning. In this role, you will lead strategy, planning, governance, and oversight for contingent workforce management across the Family of Companies. You will be accountable for how contingent workforce demand is reviewed, approved measured, and integrated into broader human capital planning and business objectives, creating clear controls and visibility for leaders, HR Business Partners, Finance, Global Business Services, Talent Acquisition, and other stakeholders.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
Requires at least 10 years of prior relevant experience in workforce planning, human capital planning, business planning, contingent workforce management, procurement/vendor management, HR operations, finance partnership, or a related field.
Requires the ability to operate autonomously with limited oversight and manage complex, ambiguous, cross-functional work.
Requires experience leading large, complex cross-functional initiatives of strategic importance, including process redesign, governance creation, stakeholder alignment, implementation planning, and change management.
Requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret workforce, financial, supplier, process, and operational data and translate it into actionable recommendations.
Requires knowledge of contingent labor regulations, compliance impacts, and risk mitigation
Requires demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders across functions and levels, including senior leaders, HR Business Partners, Finance, Global Business Services, Talent Acquisition, People Analytics, Law, technology partners, and business leaders.
Requires strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create executive-ready narratives, presentations, dashboards, and decision materials.
Requires ability to establish processes, controls, and operating routines that improve visibility, consistency, compliance, accountability, and user experience.
Requires demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, make sound recommendations in ambiguous environments, and maintain a high level of organization and follow-through.
Workday, VNDLY, vendor management system, or HR technology product ownership experience strongly preferred.
Experience partnering with internal and external technology organizations to address technical development needs through contingent workforce strategies strongly preferred.
Hybrid
This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.
Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
