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With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.\nRole description:\nThe Workforce Planning Systems Lead will be responsible for enabling the efficient, scalable, and data-driven workforce planning by ensuring Workforce Planning systems, tools, and capabilities are fit for purpose, adopted by users, and continuously improved to support workforce planning outcomes.\nRole accountabilities:\nOwn the vision, strategy and multi-year roadmap for the enterprise Workforce Planning product ecosystem, linking investment and release priorities to measurable workforce planning outcomes and business value.\nMaintain an outcome-based product roadmap and lifecycle plan, covering discovery, business cases, dependencies, technical debt, releases, decommissioning and future capability investments.\nDefine and govern Workforce Planning system standards, decision rights, governance requirements, operating procedures, and expected user practices across regions and business areas.\nOwn prioritization of Workforce Planning system requirements using value, risk, regulatory need, user impact, architectural alignment and delivery capacity; resolve conflicts across competing stakeholder needs.\nApprove business requirements, testing outcomes, and user acceptance in accordance with agreed governance processes.\nOwn Workforce Planning system performance, reliability, availability, adoption and user experience, ensuring appropriate remediation of recurring or critical issues.\nEstablish and maintain a governance framework for Workforce Planning systems, ensuring alignment between business objectives, technology delivery, and user needs.\nEnsure systems support global workforce planning objectives, forecasting, scenario modelling, reporting requirements, and operational needs.\nAccountable for ensuring Workforce Planning systems deliver business value, support workforce planning processes, and meet user needs through effective product ownership and continuous improvement to shape scalable enhancements.\nLead product discovery and continuous improvement, combining user research, process analysis, data insights and technical feasibility to shape scalable enhancements rather than isolated local customizations.\nDefine business requirements and partner with Technology and Data teams to deliver effective Workforce Planning solutions. Lead product discovery and continuous improvement, combining user research, process analysis, data insights and technical feasibility to shape scalable enhancements rather than isolated local customizations.\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives through process simplification, automation, and standardization. \nEvaluate emerging technologies and capabilities to enhance Workforce Planning operations. Partner with Enterprise Architecture and engineering teams to ensure solution designs align with approved architecture patterns, identity and access controls, integration standards, security requirements and technology roadmaps.\nDefine Workforce Planning data requirements and oversee integration between Workforce Planning and enterprise systems. Assess emerging technologies, vendor capabilities and market options through structured discovery, proof-of-concept and total-cost/value evaluation.\nOwn the Workforce Planning data product requirements, including data definitions, lineage, ownership, quality rules, retention, access and reconciliation across source and consuming systems.\nPartner with data owners to establish data governance standards, controls, and quality requirements.\nEnsure interfaces and data pipelines are observable, secure, resilient and supportable, with agreed service levels, monitoring, error handling, reconciliation and recovery procedures.\nPartner with data owners and stewards to establish data governance, master/reference data controls, metadata standards and measurable data quality thresholds.\nLead resolution of cross-system data integrity issues, ensuring root causes are addressed at source and impacts on workforce planning decisions are clearly communicated.\nEstablish support models, governance processes, and operational procedures for Workforce Planning systems.\nAct as the escalation point for critical system issues impacting workforce planning operations.\nSupport successful delivery of workforce planning outcomes with the WFP team.\nPromote standardization and consistency across workforce planning processes and tools.\nMaintain compliance with enterprise architecture, data governance, privacy, cybersecurity, accessibility, records management, procurement and technology risk policies, and drive a culture of accountable product ownership and continuous improvement.\nQualifications & Experience:\nTypically 8+ years of experience in enterprise product ownership, business systems, data-enabled transformation or technology delivery, including 3+ years owning a complex product or platform used across multiple functions, regions or business units.\nDemonstrated experience owning an enterprise product strategy, roadmap, backlog and lifecycle, with evidence of prioritizing investment, managing technical debt and delivering measurable business outcomes.\nDeep knowledge of workforce planning data structures, reporting frameworks and governance principles, with the ability to ensure data quality, consistency and effective use of workforce information across the organization.\nDemonstrated experience working with technology teams, external vendors and business stakeholders to design, implement and enhance workforce planning system capabilities that align with business objectives.\nExperience translating business requirements into system solutions, collaborating with technical teams to prioritize enhancements, resolve issues and deliver continuous product improvements.\nStrong understanding of product ownership principles, with experience managing product backlogs, defining priorities and balancing business needs with technical delivery to maximize business value.\nExperience leading change management and user adoption initiatives, ensuring successful implementation of new systems, processes and ways of working through effective stakeholder engagement, communication and training.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate business processes, identify improvement opportunities and implement technology enabled solutions that enhance workforce planning performance.\nExcellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively with business leaders, operational teams, technology partners and vendors across a matrixed organization.\nStrong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and support informed decision making across technical and non technical audiences.\nLeadership style that promotes collaboration, accountability, innovation and continuous improvement, aligned with the Arcadis Leadership profile of being curious, driving success and igniting passion.\nDegree level education in Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Management or another relevant discipline, or equivalent practical experience.\nProfessional certification preferred in product management, business analysis, project management or a related discipline, together with significant experience delivering workforce planning systems and technology enabled transformation initiatives. \nWhy Arcadis?\nWe can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.\nYou’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.\nTogether, we can create a lasting legacy.\nJoin Arcadis. Create a Legacy.\nOur Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging\nWe want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. 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