Workforce Planning Partner (Senior Manager Level)

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future.

The Workforce Planning Partner supports the development and execution of workforce planning activities across Prudential's Local Business Units (LBUs).

Principal Accountabilities

Strategic Business Engagement & Workforce Advisory

• Partner with LBU HR and business partners to understand business priorities and workforce challenges.
• Provide workforce planning advice based on business and market insights.
• Offer workforce insights and planning considerations to support workforce-related decision making.
• Contribute LBU-specific workforce perspectives, risks, and opportunities to support group-level workforce planning discussions.
• Build effective working relationships with HR and Finance stakeholders.

Workforce Planning Facilitation & Governance

• Facilitate workforce planning cycles across LBUs and support alignment with group planning requirements.
• Guide HR stakeholders through workforce planning methodologies, planning assumptions, and governance processes.
• Consolidate and analyse workforce plans across markets, ensuring consistency and quality of workforce planning outputs.
• Support workforce demand and supply planning discussions, identifying workforce risks.
• Facilitate workforce scenario planning exercises to assess workforce implications of changing business priorities.

Workforce Costing & Financial Planning Integration

• Partner with LBU HR and Finance teams to support workforce cost planning, headcount planning, and workforce investment decisions.
• Support workforce forecasting and modelling activities through workforce-related data and analysis.
• Collaborate with Finance partners to align workforce plans with financial budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning.
• Support business education on workforce cost levers.

Workforce Planning Capability & Adoption

• Drive adoption of workforce planning frameworks, tools, and methodologies across the organisation.
• Build workforce planning capability within HR teams through coaching, facilitation, and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Conduct workforce planning workshops and capability-building sessions for HR stakeholders.
• Promote consistent workforce planning standards and good practices across markets.
• Gather stakeholder feedback and identify opportunities to improve workforce planning processes and user experience.
• Act as a subject matter resource for workforce planning-related queries and support requests.

Workforce Analytics, Insights & Reporting

• Analyse workforce and organisational data to identify trends, workforce risks, and capability implications.
• Generate data-driven workforce insights and recommendations to support workforce planning discussions.
• Translate workforce analysis into actionable recommendations for workforce planning and organisational decision making.
• Identify emerging workforce trends across markets.
• Support workforce planning governance reviews through analytics, reporting, and workforce intelligence.

Requirements:

Knowledge & Experience

• Degree in Human Resources or equivalent.
• Background in workforce planning, organisational effectiveness, talent management, HR consulting, HRBP, people analytics, or related fields.
• Track record of partnering with senior HR stakeholders on strategic planning.
• Proficiency in working with workforce, organisational, and analytics data.
• Exposure to workforce, budget, or organisational planning processes.
• Multi-market, multi-country, or multi-business unit exposure preferred.

Skills & Capabilities

• Workforce planning and analytics capability.
• Business acumen to connect workforce implications with organisational priorities.
• Ability to translate workforce data into actionable insights.
• Stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Facilitation and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Clear communication and presentation skills.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.