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Senior Director, Workforce Strategy

Corewell Health

Job Location:

Grand Rapids, MI - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 21 August 2026 (16 days ago)

Application Deadline: 18 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This role operates at the system level leading the integration of strategic workforce planning people analytics (Visier) and people alignment initiatives to ensure alignment between workforce operations and financial strategy. The Senior Director is accountable for building a scalable data-driven workforce planning capability that enables Corewell Health to anticipate future workforce needs forecast demand across corporate clinical and non-clinical roles address evolving skill gaps and respond to dynamic healthcare and market leader will advance modern work design by partnering with HR Finance Operations and Digital Service teams to rethink how work is structured decomposed and delivered by optimizing roles workflows and workforce mix across buy build borrow and bot/automate strategies. A critical component of the role includes identifying and operationalizing the impact of artificial intelligence and automation on the workforce including redefining roles augmenting human capability and enabling productivity gains while maintaining a strong focus on quality safety and the team member Senior Director will serve as a strategic partner across the system to embed forward-looking workforce insights into decision-making ensuring alignment between workforce investments financial performance and strategic priorities. This includes enabling a resilient future-ready workforce equipped with the skills capabilities and capacity required to sustain Corewell Healths long-term transformation and growth.

Essential Functions

Leads the development and execution of Corewell Healths enterprise strategic workforce planning framework integrating workforce financial and operational strategies to support long-term system priorities. Translates business strategy into data-driven workforce plans including 35 year forecasts scenario modeling and optimization of workforce mix through buy build borrow and automate approaches.
Owns the enterprise people analytics strategy including the vision roadmap and optimization of the Visier platform to deliver consistent high-quality workforce insights. Establishes data governance and advanced analytics capabilitiessuch as predictive modeling segmentation and skills analyticsand translates complex data into clear actionable insights that inform executive decision-making.
Leads the transition to a skills-based workforce model by defining future capability needs driven by AI automation and evolving care models. Partners with Talent Learning and Operations to design and align enterprise reskilling and upskilling strategies ensuring workforce capabilities support Corewell Healths long-term transformation goals.
Leads enterprise People Alignment initiatives to ensure organizational structure talent practices and workforce investments are aligned with Corewell Healths strategic and financial priorities. Partners with senior leaders on organizational design workforce optimization and talent alignment while supporting system-wide efforts that drive accountability transparency and goal alignment.
Serves as a strategic partner to HR Finance and Operations to integrate workforce planning into annual and long-range planning processes. Facilitates data-driven cross-functional decision-making and influences leaders on critical trade-offs across cost growth and workforce investments supporting enterprise workforce transformation and talent strategies.
Builds and leads a Strategic Workforce Planning & Analytics Center of Excellence establishing standardized processes tools and governance to enable consistent workforce planning across the enterprise. Develops internal capability among HR and business leaders in analytics scenario planning and skills-based workforce strategies while driving organizational change to embed data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications

Required Bachelors Degree in business healthcare administration human resources or related field

Preferred Masters Degree

10 years of relevant experience in strategic workforce planning people analytics organizational strategy or consulting Required

7 years of relevant experience leading and developing team members Required

Physical Demands

Pallet to Waist (6 from floor) > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
Waist to Waist > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
Waist to Chest (below shoulder) > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
Waist to Overhead > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
Bilateral Carry > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
Unilateral Carry > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
Pushing Force > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
Pulling Force > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
Sitting: Frequently
Standing: Occasionally
Walking: Occasionally
Forward Bend - Standing: Seldom
Forward Bend - Sitting: Occasionally
Trunk Rotation - Standing: Seldom
Trunk Rotation - Sitting: Occasionally
Reach - Above Shoulder: Seldom
Reach - at Shoulder or Below: Seldom
Handling: Occasionally
Forceful Grip > 5 lbs: Seldom
Forceful Pinch > 2 lbs: Seldom
Finger/Hand Dexterity: Frequently

How Corewell Health cares for you

Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial health and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.
On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you like restaurants phone plans spas and more!
Optional identity theft protection home and auto insurance
Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Corewell Health Place - 100 Corewell Drive NW - Grand Rapids

Department Name

HR Business Partner CHW - Corporate

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

Hours of Work

Days Worked

M-F

Weekend Frequency

N/A

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Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members patients visitors and community. We require a drug-free workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR Varicella Tdap and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an on-site or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process to perform the essential functions of a job or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability pregnancy or sincerely held religious belief.

Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race color national origin sex disability age religion genetic information marital status height weight gender pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other legally protected category.

An interconnected collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system we advocate for equity as we care for our patients our communities and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity equity and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.

You may request assistance in completing the application process by calling 616.486.7447.

Required Experience:

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Corewell Health

Corewell Health is committed to granting equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status

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