Senior Manager, Workforce Planning & Data Analytics
RemoteUnited Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead Avantor's global workforce planning cycle by building supply/demand models across segments, functions, and geographies to align headcount with business transformation goals. Develop scenario models for restructuring and strategic redeployment while establishing the workforce planning methodology, including frameworks, cadence, and governance. Own the people analytics function by delivering executive dashboards, predictive models, and self-service reporting on attrition risk, DEI progress, and skills gaps. Partner with segment Presidents, HRBPs, and Finance to translate growth targets into structured plans and present data-led insights to the C-suite across multiple time zones. Ensure full compliance with UK and EU data privacy legislation while continuously improving planning tooling and data pipelines.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in workforce planning, people analytics, or HR data roles
- 3–5+ years at manager level within a large, complex, global organisation
- Advanced analytical skills — proficiency in Power BI/Tableau, Excel, and workforce planning tools
- Experience in using Workday and Workday Adaptive
- Experience supporting business transformation, restructuring, or cost optimisation programmes through workforce data
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect people data to P&L outcomes and strategic priorities
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills, including confident engagement with C-suite audiences across multiple geographies
- Solid understanding of UK and/or Irish employment law, data privacy legislation (UK GDPR / EU GDPR), and workforce reporting obligations
Desired Qualifications
- Life sciences, biopharma, or advanced technology sector experience
- Experience working with Workday or a comparable enterprise HRIS
- Familiarity with external labour market data providers (e.g. Mercer, LinkedIn Talent Insights)
- Experience working across US-headquartered matrix organisation with European centres of excellence
- Relevant data or analytics certification
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