Manager - Resource Management

Who You Are:

• Bachelor's degree in business, human resources, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• 7+ years of total work experience, with 5+ years of experience in resource management, workforce planning, operations, or a related function, preferably within consulting, advisory, or professional services.

• Strong proficiency in English communication, both verbal and written.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI or similar reporting tools is preferred.

• Strong executive presence and outstanding interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.

• You are skilled at leading and developing teams and individuals through effective coaching, feedback, and support.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate resource and business data into meaningful insights and recommendations.

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage competing priorities, navigate staffing conflicts, and develop solutions in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and commitment to maintaining accurate and reliable resource data.

• Entrepreneurial spirit and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.

• Ability to work effectively in dynamic environments and collaborate across teams, practices, levels, and geographies.

What You’ll Do:

• Actively manage staffing for designated practice areas by providing teams with qualified candidates for open project needs, prioritizing demand, and allocating resources in alignment with business, client, and talent strategy.

• Assess best-fit staffing by considering professionals' skills, experience, development goals, availability, and business needs.

• Advise practice and engagement leadership on creative staffing solutions to address project needs, capacity constraints, and competing priorities.

• Maintain an understanding of current engagements, sales pipeline, resource availability, and future demand to proactively identify capacity constraints, skill gaps, and deployment opportunities.

• Lead regular staffing discussions with practice leaders, bringing insights and recommendations related to utilization, capacity, available resources, open needs, and pipeline.

• Analyze resource management data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities and translate findings into actionable recommendations for leadership.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leadership to inform hiring and workforce planning based on current and projected supply and demand.

• Support cross-practice and global deployment needs, helping create a collaborative and consistent staffing experience across teams and geographies.

• Maintain proficiency in resource management systems, deployment tools, and reporting capabilities, with a strong focus on data accuracy and integrity.

• Lead and develop a team through ongoing coaching, feedback, and guidance, building their capabilities and supporting continued career growth.

• Identify opportunities to continuously improve Resource Management processes, reporting, tools, and ways of working.

• Minimal travel (less than 10%).