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Director, Workforce Planning

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Job Location:

Boston, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 17 July 2026 (29 days ago)

Application Deadline: 14 October 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

General Summary:

The Workforce Planning Director will lead Vertexs enterprise workforce planning cycle partnering with Strategic Finance People Analytics HRBPs Talent Acquisition Strategic Sourcing and Digital & Technology on the long range plan (LRP) annual budget headcount forecasts and workforce reporting. The role will plan across internal external and digital labor giving Vertex a consistent view of workforce demand supply capacity cost and mix. The Director will build the planning routines models and decision support needed to understand capacity affordability risk and workforce mix across employees contingent workers vendor labor and digital labor. The Director will also be expected to use AI as a core part of how they work improving the speed quality and scalability of workforce planning analysis and decision support.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead Vertexs enterprise workforce planning cycle including the long range plan (LRP) annual budget position management and monthly and quarterly forecasts.

Partner with Finance to develop planning assumptions scenario models affordability guardrails and enterprise standards for executive decision-making.

Partner with HRBPs and Functional Finance to deeply understand business context pressure-test planning assumptions and ensure workforce plans and process reflect what is happening in the business.

Plan across all labor categories including employees contingent workers vendor labor and digital labor with consistent definitions cost treatment and governance.

Partner with Strategic Sourcing to align extended workforce planning with vendor strategy contingent labor management external capacity and total cost of labor.

Translate AI-enabled work redesign productivity assumptions and digital labor models into workforce plans capacity models and planning scenarios.

Drive automation standardization and continuous improvement of workforce planning processes and reporting incorporating AI where applicable.

Partner with Talent Acquisition and HRBPs to connect workforce demand to hiring plans recruiting capacity pipeline priorities internal mobility build/buy/borrow decisions and workforce risk management.

Partner with People Analytics to build dashboards reporting and insights that give leaders a consistent view of workforce trends and planning choices.

Knowledge and Skills:

Strong fluency in the financial mechanics of workforce planning including total cost of labor position management and budget and long-range planning cycles.

Strong data and analytics skills including statistical methods scenario modeling and the ability to connect workforce data to business dynamics operating realities and decisions.

Proven ability to partner across functions and business leadership to translate workforce insights into enterprise decisions.

Practical fluency using AI tools to improve analytical work automate repeatable tasks synthesize complex information quality-check outputs and strengthen decision support.

Ability to translate workforce plans into staffing organization capacity and labor-mix decisions with senior business leaders.

Planning exposure across labor categories including employees contingent workforce programs vendor capacity and early models for digital labor.

Experience in pharmaceutical biotech or science-driven industry.

Education and Experience:

Bachelors degree plus advanced degree in industrial-organizational (I/O) psychology or a related field (organizational behavior labor economics applied statistics) strongly preferred.

Typically requires 10 years of experience in workforce planning people analytics strategic finance workforce strategy or a related field including responsibility for an enterprise planning process at scale or the equivalent combination of education and experience

Pay Range:

$0 - $0

Disclosure Statement:

The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base salary pay range for this job at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors including skills competencies experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

At Vertex our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career financial family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations. From medical dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter) educational assistance programs including student loan repayment a generous commuting subsidy matching charitable donations 401(k) and so much more.

Flex Designation:

Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role you can choose to be designated as:
1. Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertexs Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a persons race color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin ancestry ethnicity disability veteran status genetic information sexual orientation marital status or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager or contact Talent Acquisition at