Associate Director - Workforce Strategy Planning and Change

Leadership and Vision

• Set the strategy for a human + “Digital People” workforce within AI platform enabled intelligent business services.
• Align client executives (CHRO/CFO/CIO/COO) and KPMG leadership on goals, outcomes, funding, and success metrics for annuity accounts.

• •Build the internal capability: hire, mentor, and lead a cross functional team; develop playbooks, standards, and reusable assets.
• Infused “Digital People” workforce planning
• •Define the digital workforce taxonomy (bots, AI agents, ML models, autonomous workflows) and standards.
• •Lead strategic workforce planning (12–36 month horizon): demand/supply, capacity, and economics (dFTEs, FTEs, unit cost, benefits).
• •Drive role redesign, skills mapping, redeployment and reskilling pathways, and location strategy (with strong India/GCC focus).
• •Maintain a joint inventory and lifecycle for digital and human roles, integrated with HR/IT processes.
• Change leadership, customer and people experience
• •Own the enterprise change strategy across functions (Finance, HR, Procurement, Customer, Technology) and geographies.
• •Orchestrate stakeholder engagement, learning journeys, super user networks, and hypercare for sustained adoption.
• •Track VoC/VoE, CSAT, employee experience and adoption metrics; course correct with data driven interventions.
• Connected communications and unified messaging
• •Create a clear change narrative and ensure unified internal and external messaging across stakeholders.
• •Run communications cadences; enable leadership with toolkits, FAQs, myth busters, and escalation guides.
• •Coordinate with client communications on social/earned media guardrails to reinforce reputation and public confidence.
• Connected communications and unified messaging
• •Partner with client HR to evolve job families, skills taxonomies, talent marketplaces, internal mobility, and retention strategies.
• •Stand up reskilling academies and credentialing with measurable outcomes tied to redeployment and productivity.
• Value realization and performance management
• •Define and track KPIs/OKRs: value (cost, cycle time, quality), adoption, EX/CSAT, risk/incident rates, and SLA impact.
• •Lead benefits realization, quarterly value reloads, and executive reporting across annuity accounts.
• Client engagement and business development
• •Serve as a senior client advisor on GBS/GCC scale up, outsourcing, and intelligent operations.
• •Support solutioning, proposals, and thought leadership to grow Managed Services and GBS advisory, including India market opportunities.
• Educational qualifications
• •Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Engineering, Data/Analytics, or a related discipline.
• •MBA or Master’s in HR/Organizational Development/Analytics.
• Professional certifications
• (Not Mandatory but preferred/advantage)
• •Change: Prosci/ADKAR or ACMP
• •HR: SHRM SCP/SPHR/CIPD
• •Program/Portfolio: PMP/PRINCE2/SAFe
• •Workforce planning or analytics credentials (e.g., SWP)

Work Experience

• •13+ years total experience, with a significant majority in Transition & Stabilization for GBS/GCC/internal shared services across multi process or multi function scopes.
• •Hands on familiarity with HRIS, automation/RPA, AI/ML operations, and process intelligence in a service delivery context.
• •Proven leadership delivering AI/automation enabled programs within managed services/outsourcing and annuity account environments.
• •Global exposure and multi country delivery; deep familiarity with India GCC/GBS markets and talent ecosystems.
• •Track record building and leading cross functional teams (10–30+), establishing councils/governance, and scaling playbooks across clients.
• •Demonstrated success in strategic workforce planning, large scale change and adoption, and measurable benefits realization.

Leadership and Vision

• Set the strategy for a human + “Digital People” workforce within AI platform enabled intelligent business services.
• Align client executives (CHRO/CFO/CIO/COO) and KPMG leadership on goals, outcomes, funding, and success metrics for annuity accounts.

• •Build the internal capability: hire, mentor, and lead a cross functional team; develop playbooks, standards, and reusable assets.
• Infused “Digital People” workforce planning
• •Define the digital workforce taxonomy (bots, AI agents, ML models, autonomous workflows) and standards.
• •Lead strategic workforce planning (12–36 month horizon): demand/supply, capacity, and economics (dFTEs, FTEs, unit cost, benefits).
• •Drive role redesign, skills mapping, redeployment and reskilling pathways, and location strategy (with strong India/GCC focus).
• •Maintain a joint inventory and lifecycle for digital and human roles, integrated with HR/IT processes.
• Change leadership, customer and people experience
• •Own the enterprise change strategy across functions (Finance, HR, Procurement, Customer, Technology) and geographies.
• •Orchestrate stakeholder engagement, learning journeys, super user networks, and hypercare for sustained adoption.
• •Track VoC/VoE, CSAT, employee experience and adoption metrics; course correct with data driven interventions.
• Connected communications and unified messaging
• •Create a clear change narrative and ensure unified internal and external messaging across stakeholders.
• •Run communications cadences; enable leadership with toolkits, FAQs, myth busters, and escalation guides.
• •Coordinate with client communications on social/earned media guardrails to reinforce reputation and public confidence.
• Connected communications and unified messaging
• •Partner with client HR to evolve job families, skills taxonomies, talent marketplaces, internal mobility, and retention strategies.
• •Stand up reskilling academies and credentialing with measurable outcomes tied to redeployment and productivity.
• Value realization and performance management
• •Define and track KPIs/OKRs: value (cost, cycle time, quality), adoption, EX/CSAT, risk/incident rates, and SLA impact.
• •Lead benefits realization, quarterly value reloads, and executive reporting across annuity accounts.
• Client engagement and business development
• •Serve as a senior client advisor on GBS/GCC scale up, outsourcing, and intelligent operations.
• •Support solutioning, proposals, and thought leadership to grow Managed Services and GBS advisory, including India market opportunities.
• Educational qualifications
• •Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Engineering, Data/Analytics, or a related discipline.
• •MBA or Master’s in HR/Organizational Development/Analytics.
• Professional certifications
• (Not Mandatory but preferred/advantage)
• •Change: Prosci/ADKAR or ACMP
• •HR: SHRM SCP/SPHR/CIPD
• •Program/Portfolio: PMP/PRINCE2/SAFe
• •Workforce planning or analytics credentials (e.g., SWP)

Work Experience

• •13+ years total experience, with a significant majority in Transition & Stabilization for GBS/GCC/internal shared services across multi process or multi function scopes.
• •Hands on familiarity with HRIS, automation/RPA, AI/ML operations, and process intelligence in a service delivery context.
• •Proven leadership delivering AI/automation enabled programs within managed services/outsourcing and annuity account environments.
• •Global exposure and multi country delivery; deep familiarity with India GCC/GBS markets and talent ecosystems.
• •Track record building and leading cross functional teams (10–30+), establishing councils/governance, and scaling playbooks across clients.
• •Demonstrated success in strategic workforce planning, large scale change and adoption, and measurable benefits realization.
• Educational qualifications
• •Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Engineering, Data/Analytics, or a related discipline.
• •MBA or Master’s in HR/Organizational Development/Analytics.
• Professional certifications
• (Not Mandatory but preferred/advantage)
• •Change: Prosci/ADKAR or ACMP
• •HR: SHRM SCP/SPHR/CIPD
• •Program/Portfolio: PMP/PRINCE2/SAFe
• •Workforce planning or analytics credentials (e.g., SWP)

Work Experience

• •13+ years total experience, with a significant majority in Transition & Stabilization for GBS/GCC/internal shared services across multi process or multi function scopes.
• •Hands on familiarity with HRIS, automation/RPA, AI/ML operations, and process intelligence in a service delivery context.
• •Proven leadership delivering AI/automation enabled programs within managed services/outsourcing and annuity account environments.
• •Global exposure and multi country delivery; deep familiarity with India GCC/GBS markets and talent ecosystems.
• •Track record building and leading cross functional teams (10–30+), establishing councils/governance, and scaling playbooks across clients.
• •Demonstrated success in strategic workforce planning, large scale change and adoption, and measurable benefits realization.