Program Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning
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Job Location:
Riverside, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Build the workforce engine that powers Velocitis growth.
Velociti is growing fastand our ability to scale depends on building a strong skilled future-ready workforce for field operations.
Were hiring a Director Strategic Workforce Planning to design and lead the enterprise workforce strategy that aligns labor capacity capability requirements and operational demand with long-term business growth. This leader will build planning frameworks forecasting models and operating structures that ensure the organization can scale efficiently and sustainably.
This is a build-from-scratch opportunity for a strategic hands-on leader with a background in management consulting internal strategy transformation or cross-functional program leadership. Youll work closely with Operations Recruiting HR Safety and Solutions to design a workforce strategy that is data-driven measurable and tightly linked to business performance.
The first major initiative will focus on workforce development and technician readiness. But this is not a traditional workforce development roleit is a strategic planning and capability-building role with significant runway to expand into broader enterprise initiatives over time.
If youre energized by complex organizational problems love building systems from the ground up and want real ownership with visible business impactthis role is for you.
What Youll Do
Build the Strategic Workforce Plan
- Design and lead Velocitis long-term workforce planning strategy aligned with business growth and field operations demand.
- Partner with Operations leadership to translate growth goals into workforce supply and capability plans.
- Establish the workforce planning framework: role families skill architecture progression paths and readiness standards.
- Define and track key metrics including time-to-productivity readiness internal mobility retention and pipeline health.
Design the Workforce Operating Model
- Build the cross-functional operating model connecting workforce planning recruiting onboarding training field deployment and career progression.
- Create repeatable processes governance and planning cadences across Operations HR Recruiting Safety and Solutions.
- Develop scalable processes and playbooks for workforce planning nationally across a distributed field environment.
Launch the First Flagship Initiative: Workforce Capability & Capacity Strategy
- Build structured career pathways for field and technician roles with clear milestones and progression.
- Stand up training and certification ecosystems tied directly to performance safety and field readiness.
- Partner with internal teams to ensure workforce capability requirements align with operational needs.
Build External Pipelines & Strategic Partnerships
- Develop long-term labor supply strategies through partnerships with technical schools colleges training providers and community organizations.
- Collaborate with partners to shape coursework and certifications aligned with Velocitis workforce needs.
- Represent Velociti externally through advisory boards and strategic workforce initiatives.
Drive Execution Change and Continuous Improvement
- Lead cross-functional workstreams and deliver measurable outcomes in a fast-moving environment.
- Build momentum through structured project execution and clear stakeholder communication.
- Continuously improve workforce strategy based on data field feedback and business performance.
How Success Is Measured
- A clear scalable workforce strategy adopted by field operations leadership.
- Improved workforce productivity and capacity utilization.
- Reduced time-to-readiness for field roles.
- Increased internal mobility and progression for field roles.
- Strong sustainable external pipelines aligned to hiring needs.
- Measurable improvement in workforce stability retention and capability over time.
- A repeatable workforce planning model extendable to future strategic initiatives.
What You Bring
- 7 years of experience in management consulting operations strategy analytics enterprise transformation or large-scale cross-functional program leadership.
- Experience building strategy forecasting models capacity plans or operational planning frameworks.
- Strong operating model thinkingconnecting people processes systems and metrics into scalable solutions.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills including influencing senior leaders without formal authority.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with comfort working through ambiguity.
- Ability to operate across corporate offices and field environments.
- Bachelors degree required (MBA preferred).
Why This Role Why Velociti
This is a rare opportunity to build a workforce planning and capability function at a company with real scale growth and operational complexity. The work will be visible meaningful and directly tied to business performance.
- Ownership and the ability to build from scratch.
- Strategic scope with hands-on execution.
- Direct influence on operational performance and growth strategy.
- A path into broader enterprise leadership initiatives over time.
Location & Travel
This role will require travel to field locations partner sites and corporate offices as needed to ensure alignment with operations and program effectiveness.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
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About Company
Velociti is a global provider of technology deployment services, specializing in installation, management & service of a broad range of networking technology products. Successful deployment of enterprise-wide wireless and infrastructure technologies for today’s evolving workplace is ... View more
