RM Business Strat Lead, Senior Manager

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

Huron’s Resource Management (RM) team members are trusted strategic advisors to our business leaders, delivering solutions that balance the needs of our people, our company and our clients. The team delivers high quality staffing solutions that ensures proper alignment of resources to projects, optimizes utilization and supports career development for employees. We provide unique perspectives through data-informed insights and foster deep, collaborative and consultative relationships with the stakeholders we engage.
Specifically, the Resource Management Strategy Lead manages a team that implements practical, seamless processes and systems to support resource allocation and planning that the business trusts and utilizes. They support all key business functions associated with managing the supply and demand of consultants for client engagements. They deliver utilization and forecasting insights that drive strategic business decisions and meet organizational business objectives. They also partner with other operational functions to drive future workforce planning.

Key to success in this role is one’s ability to establish and maintain credibility with practice / internal teams, develop and maintain a deep understanding of business offerings and effectively communicate at all levels throughout the organization. This position reports to the Corporate Vice President of Resource Management and has direct supervisory responsibility for a team of Resource Managers. This position interacts directly with business leaders and employees, Human Capital, Operations, IT and Procurement personnel.

Duties & Responsibilities:
• Successfully solution critical staffing challenges with senior leadership through creative staffing solutions and alternatives in a timely manner, considering engagement requirements and staff developmental goals
• Build strong understanding of capabilities, products and delivery methodology in your assigned business units to match the right talent with the right project at the right time
• Host regular staffing calls to coordinate integrated and cross-capability staffing solutions
• Maximize utilization in assigned business unit by regularly monitoring forecasts and bench resources and offering creative solutions to optimize capacity / reduce availability
• Monitor pipeline, track demands from sold projects and participate in the forecasting process to help drive understanding of the business demand drivers
• Develop proficiency in the resource management systems / tools to efficiently generate reports and provide analyses on key resource management data
• Manage business unit level reporting and utilization analyses, providing insights to inform strategic business decisions
• Interact regularly with senior management in human capital, sales, staffing and business review meetings
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Talent Acquisition and Contingent Worker teams on future workforce needs
• Lead strategic workforce planning activities for assigned business unit
• Employ responsible AI-enabled ways of working within RM (decision support with human review / validation and clear guardrails), partnering with the RM Operations, Technology & Data COE to prioritize use cases for scalable process and technology improvements that improve insights, quality, and speed
• Provide leadership, mentorship and operational support to team of Resource Managers
• Play an active role in the cultivation and growth of the overall Resource Management team through culture, team development, recruiting and training initiatives
• Maintain appropriate level of confidentiality on sensitive employment matters and performance history of staff
• Collaborate with other members on the Resource Management team to staff needs across the enterprise
• Participate as an active member of the Resource Management team, identifying and deploying continual process improvement and standardization across the enterprise
• Any other duties required by the Corporate Vice President of Resource Management to support overall resource management functions
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate for this role has the right blend of professional experience and skills to support a dynamic and fast-paced team in a critical operations role. They are solution-oriented, with an exceptional client service mentality and consultative mindset.
• Huron requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to this position or equivalent work experience
• 6+ years of related experience in resource management, HR, talent acquisition or staffing required; professional services experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrable leadership experience managing, coaching and motivating a team
• Experience with Workday is preferred, but not required
• Demonstrated business acumen with a deep understanding of the financial, operational, and people drivers of performance in a professional services organization, including margin, growth, utilization, and capacity tradeoffs
• Demonstrated organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to set up systems to easily recall important details
• Experience leveraging AI enabled tools and data driven insights to support enterprise decision making, with appropriate human oversight, validation, and responsible data handling
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to develop relationships of trust and confidence quickly and carefully across both internal and external stakeholders at all levels across an organization
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence, negotiate and manage conflict
• Ability to think critically and strategically to resolve problems with creative, practical, and effective solutions
• Exhibit an analytical mind, a strong intellectual curiosity
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated, while also being an exceptional collaborator
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, utilizing intermediate to advanced functions and data aggregation / analysis techniques
• Experience with PowerBI, Visio, Smartsheets and SharePoint is preferred, but not required
• Comfort operating in a dynamic setting, with the ability to manage multiple, time sensitive priorities concurrently
• Central Time Zone Work hours required

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The estimated base salary range for this job is $130,000-$185,000.  The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy.  Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $156,000-$222,000. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Position Level

Senior Manager

Country

United States of America