Vice President, Workforce Strategy

Corewell Health is partnering with Heidrick & Struggles to lead the search for our Vice President Workforce Planning role. Interested candidates should send their resume directly to in lieu of completing an online application.

Job Summary

The Vice President Workforce Strategy provides enterprise leadership for workforce planning workforce analytics workforce transformation and people strategy initiatives across Corewell Health. This leader develops and advances a scalable workforce strategy that aligns talent investments workforce capabilities labor supply and organizational capacity with the systems strategic operational and financial priorities.

The Vice President leads the workforce analytics strategy including KPI development workforce insights executive reporting and strategic decision support. Through partnerships with HR Finance Operations Digital Services and Information Technology this role translates complex workforce data into actionable recommendations that improve workforce readiness productivity retention and organizational performance.

This leader serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership and drives innovation in workforce design workforce optimization AI-enabled work automation strategy and future workforce capabilities to ensure Corewell Health maintains a resilient agile and future-ready workforce.

Essential Functions

• Leads the development of enterprise workforce KPIs and measurement frameworks that connect workforce performance capacity productivity retention skills labor cost workforce readiness and team member experience to operational and financial outcomes. Ensures KPIs are actionable consistently defined and aligned to executive decision-making needs.
• Owns the enterprise workforce analytics strategy for HR including the vision roadmap governance KPI framework dashboard requirements reporting priorities and workforce insight agenda. Partners with IT and enterprise data teams to ensure analytics products are enabled by reliable data and scalable infrastructure while HR owns the business requirements interpretation storytelling recommendations and adoption of workforce insights.
• Defines and prioritizes workforce dashboard and reporting requirements based on enterprise strategy leader needs and business value. Establishes reporting priorities standard definitions and decision-use cases to ensure dashboards and reports provide meaningful insight rather than static data.
• Leads workforce insights and storytelling for executive and operational audiences by translating complex workforce data into clear themes risks opportunities and recommended actions. Ensures insights are timely practical and connected to business decisions workforce planning and measurable outcomes.
• Provides actionable recommendations to HR Finance Operations and executive leaders based on workforce analytics workforce planning scenario modeling and external labor market trends. Identifies workforce risks capacity gaps productivity opportunities and investment trade-offs that support system priorities.
• Oversees HR-owned report and dashboard development priorities including requirements gathering design input user acceptance adoption and continuous improvement. Partners with IT on technical build data integrity and platform enablement while ensuring solutions meet HR and business decision-making needs.
• Builds and leads a Workforce Strategy & Analytics Center of Excellence establishing standardized processes tools governance and change management practices to embed data-driven workforce decision-making across the enterprise. Develops capability among HR and business leaders in workforce analytics insight interpretation scenario planning and action planning.
• Partners with executive leadership to incorporate workforce implications into enterprise strategic planning growth initiatives mergers service line expansion and operational transformation efforts.
• Leads workforce transformation initiatives that redesign roles team structures and workforce models to improve organizational effectiveness productivity and workforce sustainability.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors Degree in business healthcare administration human resources data analytics workforce analytics industrial/organizational psychology economics finance or related field
• 12 years of relevant strategic workforce planning workforce analytics people analytics HR strategy organizational strategy healthcare operations finance or consulting experience
• 7 years of relevant experience leading teams developing leaders influencing senior executives and building enterprise capabilities
• Developing workforce analytics strategies KPI frameworks dashboard requirements executive reporting priorities and actionable workforce insights
• Translating complex workforce data into business insights executive storytelling recommendations and measurable action plans
• Partnering with IT data finance operations and HR teams to develop analytics products dashboards reporting solutions and workforce planning tools

Preferred

• Masters Degree in business healthcare administration human resources analytics organizational psychology finance or related field

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

• 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

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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.

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