Senior Program Manager Workforce Planning

KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalatorindustry: our job is to make the worlds cities betterplaces to live. At KONE our mission is to improve the flow ofurban life. As a global leader in the elevator and escalatorindustry KONE provides elevators escalators and automaticbuilding doors as well as solutions for maintenance andmodernization which add value to the life cycle of anybuilding.

KONE People & Communications team enables businessperformance and competitiveness through engaged and capable peoplestrong reputation management impactful internal and externalcommunications and great employee experiences. We bring KONEsstrategy to life supporting competence capability and culturedevelopment as well as strengthening the KONE purpose and companystory for all our stakeholders. By joining our team you will havethe opportunity to work across a diverse range of topics whilealso working closely with our businesses to help drive the Peopleand Communications agenda.

We are looking for a

Senior Program Manager Workforce Planning

to drive our enterprise-wide Workforce Planning initiative.

To align with KONEs Rise to Lead strategy and enable itssuccess we have recently launched the People & Communications(P&C) Direction . One of the key priorities under thisdirection is to build the right people capabilities and skills tosupport business growth and profitability.

This role is a great opportunity for you to utilize yourexperience and to drive one of the key strategic initiatives.

This role reports to the Senior Vice President People &Communication Global Functions & OrganizationalEffectiveness.

The preferred location of the position is Espoo Finland or oneof KONE main Frontline offices.

Responsibilities and key activities:

• Holistic program mgmt. for KONE-wide Workforce Planninginitiative targeted at building a seamless integrated capabilityand working practice to match demand & supply of talent forbetter business decision-making

• Gathering internal and external insights of what good looks likeand being able to define what good looks like in 2030 with theteam

• Specifying agreeing and leading a few internal pilots to gatherinsights and learn delivering best practices and identifying gapsfor the next phases of the program

• Concepting Workforce Planning journey for KONE includingdependencies roles KPIs and other relevant leavers

• Building a clear program structure with phasing sub-projectdefinitions resourcing governance etc. and holistically runningthe program by ensuring the agreed deliverables 2026-2030

• Actively communicating with business stakeholders FinancePeople & Communications and other relevant parties to co-createjoined understanding and commitment

• Collaborating through the existing operational organization tocreate a sustainable and scalable model for workforce planning atKONE.

Required skills and competences:

• Demonstrated track record of program management in a globalmulti-country environment

• Unit HR or relevant experience of understanding different HRexpertise areas and people domains including talent acquisitionlearning & development and succession planning

• Ability to create change stories in fluent English and beingable to communicate with engaged and simple messaging

• Holistic understanding of corporate processes of sales &ops. planning sales supply chain finance and HR

• Analytical and strategic thinking to interpret data and to buildscenarios based on the data

• Courage to think beyond what is with multiple AI options in thefuture

• Proficiency in workforce analytics and technologies includingAI driven solutions

• Curiosity and a growth mindset to navigate the KONElandscape

• Business acumen to be able to align workforce planning withbusiness goals

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills to enableimpact.

What we offer:

• Great career and growth opportunities

• Chance to be part an integral part of our global businessorganization and be part of developing our ways of working and tobe part of driving our P&C development

• An environment where our managers and employees truly value yourcontributions as P&C and have a positive outlook on thissupport

• Community of highly professional P&C colleagues that valueyour contribution and are always ready to support you.

For additional information please contact SannaHokkanen Senior Vice President Learning & Development People& Communications .

Want to #joinourflow

If you see that you have the experience and qualities to besuccessful in this role please submit your application with yourCV and cover letter via Careers-site by November23rd 2025.

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Wir bei KONE konzentrieren uns auf die Schaffung einerinnovativen und partnerschaftlichen Arbeitskultur in der wir denBeitrag jedes einzelnen wertschätzen. Die Mitarbeiterbindung istfür uns ein Schwerpunktbereich und wir ermutigen unsereMitarbeiter sich einzubringen sowie Informationen und Ideenauszutauschen. Nachhaltigkeit ist ein integraler Bestandteilunserer Kultur und der täglichen Arbeit. Wir befolgen ethischeGeschäftspraktiken und haben es uns zum Ziel gesetzt eine Kulturdes Miteinander aufzubauen in der Kollegen einander vertrauen undsich respektieren und in der gute Leistung anerkannt wird. AlsUnternehmen das einen großartigen Arbeitsplatz bietet sind wirdarauf stolz eine Vielzahl von Erfahrungen und Möglichkeitenanzubieten mit deren Hilfe Sie Ihre beruflichen und persönlichenZiele erreichen und ein gesundes ausgeglichenes Leben genießenkönnen.

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