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Principal Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
$107,901.00 - $172,642.00
parental leave, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
United States, Wisconsin
Feb 10, 2026
Job Description Join us as aPrincipal Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor, where your consulting mindset and love for data come together to shape our future workforce. In this role, you'll partner closely with HR, Finance, and business leaders to turn strategy into practical, insightdriven workforce plans. Witha strong foundationin position management and deepexpertisein systems like Workday and Adaptive Workforce Planning,you'llguide stakeholders, strengthen governance, and ensure we have the right roles, skills, and talent to support our business today and tomorrow. This position blends analytics, financial acumen, and consultative influence,operatingat theintersectionof workforce strategy, budget planning, and organizational design, while ensuring core position management processes underpin all workforce planning activities. What You'll Do Consult with HR Business Partners, Divisional Finance, and business leaders to build and maintain multi-year workforce plans that are closely aligned to business strategy, financial targets, and transformation initiatives, with rigorous position management as a core foundation. Share forwardlooking workforce insights with HR Centers of Excellence partners to support proactive planning across talent, learning, and other COEs. Utilize expert knowledge of Workday and Adaptive Workforce Planning systems to drive disciplined position management, ensuring that role requests are aligned with approved workforce plans and financial governance. Advise leaders on position strategy, system processes, and the integration of position data across platforms. Provide strategic advisory support on workforce scenarios, including growth, contraction, role prioritization, and skill shifts across short, mid, and longterm horizons. Translate enterprise and divisional strategies into workforce implications, identifying gaps, risks, and tradeoffs. Partner with the People Insights team to develop and interpret forecasting models and scenario analyses to support budget planning and workforce decisionmaking. Ensure data integrity, consistency, and alignment across Workday, Adaptive, and other financial planning tools to enable confident, system-supported workforce decisions. Support leaders and HR partners through education, tools, and guidance, with a focus on building workforce planning maturity and foundational position management capabilities. Contribute to the evolution of workforce planning frameworks, tools, and governance, with a continuous improvement mindset toward position management and system utilization as the function matures. What You Bring Bachelor's degree 5 years of experience in related field In lieu of degree, 7 years of experience in related field. Bonus Points Experience with Workday (HCM, Finance) and Workday AdaptivePlanning, or similar tools Strong knowledge of foundational position management principles and system support Proven ability to interpret and analyze data for workforce planning and position management WhatYou'llGet The opportunity to work at thecutting edgeof health care delivery with a teamthat'sdeeply invested in the community Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to dogreat work Medical, dental, and vision coverage along withnumeroushealth and wellness programs Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacyassistance Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education 401k match including an annual company contribution Learn more Salary Range At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs.Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs. Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance. $107,901.00 - $172,642.00 Skills Consulting, HR Analytics, HR Business, Human Resources (HR), Organizational Design, Organizational Development (OD), People Management, Process Improvements, Program Management, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Workforce Planning, Workforce Strategy