Job Description

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

What's the role?

The Assistant Director, Portfolio Resource Planning is responsible for consolidating, maintaining, reporting and analyzing resource demands across the enterprise portfolio of programs. The role also serves as liaison to the HR Workforce Planning team and is responsible for relaying transparent data and information that enables HR to develop optimal labor strategies and workforce plans.

* Work with Enterprise Portfolio Management Group (EPMG) metrics and insights to aggregate enterprise portfolio demand data into actionable analysis and dashboards that explain business-relevant issues, including resource bottlenecks, gaps and pinch points.

* Facilitate discussions with the Workforce Planning and Finance team. Provide relevant data and insights that facilitate the workforce planning process.

* Ensure transparency and processes are in place to support the optimization of workforce plans.

* Consult on resource demand data. Influence strategic decisions with a point of view on how to normalize resource demand and supply gaps, including any flags that trigger a need to activate risk mitigation plans.

* Identify research, tools, and analyses required to achieve objectives for large, complex strategic initiatives across the EPMG portfolio.

* Support EPMG through creation and delivery of resource data analyses using tools such as Excel and Tableau.

* Build senior leadership presentation content that supports critical decision making.

* Participate in the data collection, and provide superior analyses and interpretation/evaluation, of resource demands across the EPMG portfolio.

* Contribute to diagnostic and reactive resource demands requests that address ad hoc business issues or inquiries.

Bring your best! What this role needs:

* Strong strategic and analytical thinker able to structure, and independently drive multiple s programs/deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.

* Excellent interpersonal communication and consulting skills with the ability to assess needs, collaborate and deliver solutions that influence decision-making. Comfortable advising business leaders and colleagues.

* Ability to handle ambiguity and change, as well as balance multiple priorities.

* Ability to own and drive data-based projects while navigating ambiguities.

* Ability to create, curate and analyze large data sets.

* Ability to leverage analytical techniques to develop creative approaches to business decision support.

* Ability to independently draft and present executive level deliverables and strategic recommendations.

* Be a thought leader that actively contributes ideas to help customers, partners, leaders and peers think outside of the box.

* Knowledge of Workday is a plus.

This job is not covered by the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement.

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