Job Description

Role Summary

The Staffing Team Leader is responsible for managing the end-to-end allocation of consulting resources across sectors and Centers of Excellence (CoEs). The role ensures the right people are staffed on the right projects, balancing client needs, consultant development, capacity planning, and commercial outcomes. This role acts as a strategic partner to Sector and CoE Leaders, Project Directors, and HR to optimize utilization, ensure project readiness, and support overall firm performance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Workforce Planning & Resource Allocation

Lead the weekly staffing process, ensuring fair, efficient, and commercially sound allocation of consultants to client projects. Anticipate staffing needs based on pipeline visibility, proposal stages, and ongoing project extensions. Maintain an updated view of consultant availability, bench status, and workload distribution.

2. Demand Management

Work closely with Sector and CoE Leaders and Project Directors to understand upcoming project requirements, skills needed, and staffing priorities. Proactively flag staffing risks, capacity shortages, and potential bottlenecks. Recommend solutions such as cross-practice deployment, internal mobility, external contractors, or hiring needs.

3. Talent Development & Career Considerations

Ensure staffing decisions support consultant career growth, capability development, and sector/CoE alignment. Track exposure, project types, and learning pathways to balance development needs with business demands. Provide visibility to HR Teams on development opportunities or concerns arising from staffing patterns.

4. Operational Excellence & Process Management

Lead weekly staffing meetings; provide clear, timely updates on allocations, gaps, and risks. Maintain accurate staffing dashboards, reports, and systems in coordination with HR/Talent Ops. Ensure staffing policies (e.g., priority staffing rules, conflict management, PTO balancing, FTC leave cycles) are consistently applied.

5. Stakeholder Management

Build strong working relationships with Sector and CoE Leaders, Project Directors, Operations and HR Teams. Act as a trusted advisor to leadership on staffing trade-offs, utilization implications, and capacity planning. Facilitate transparent communication around staffing constraints and decisions.

6. Commercial & Utilization Management

Monitor firm-wide and practice-level utilization and take proactive actions to rebalance workloads. Identify underutilization trends and recommend corrective actions (training, internal projects, shadowing opportunities). Support margin improvement by ensuring projects are staffed appropriately and efficiently.

7. Data & Reporting

Produce weekly staffing reports, utilization trackers, capacity forecasts, and bench analysis. Support leadership with insights for monthly business reviews and workforce planning cycles.

Qualifications & Experience

7-10 years of experience in consulting staffing or resource management within a professional services firm. Proven experience managing multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced, matrixed environment. Advanced proficiency in Resource Management, Timesheet and HR tools

Skills & Competencies

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

-- ability to interpret capacity data and recommend solutions.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

-- able to influence senior leaders and manage conflicts diplomatically.

Organizational agility

-- comfort working across sectors, CoEs, and levels.

Commercial acumen

-- understanding utilization, project economics, and margin impact.

Judgment & decision-making

-- balances business needs with people development.

Attention to detail and execution discipline.

Disclaimer:

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