Full time · Management Human Resources Outsourcing Job Description Job Title HC Strategy & Governance Lead Reporting Line HC Strategy & Transformation Sr. Manager Role Purpose The HC Strategy & Governance Lead is accountable for shaping, governing, and institutionalizing the organization’s Human Capital strategy. The role integrates HC strategy, workforce planning and budgeting, organization design, governance frameworks, and leadership reporting into a single, coherent system that enables informed executive and NRC decision-making. The role acts as the strategic backbone of the HC function, ensuring rigor, clarity, and defensibility across all people-related decisions. Key Accountabilities HC Strategy Development & Strategic Alignment • Lead the development, articulation, and periodic refresh of the Human Capital Strategy in alignment with corporate strategy, operating model, and long-term objectives. • Translate business priorities into clear HC strategic pillars, initiatives, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes. • Ensure end-to-end coherence across workforce planning, organization design, rewards, talent, and capability agendas. • Advise executive leadership on the HC implications of strategic initiatives, transformations, and operating model changes. Workforce Planning, Budgeting & HC Economics • Lead enterprise-wide workforce planning aligned with business plans, productivity targets, and approved budgets. • Own demand and supply forecasting, headcount planning, capability mix analysis, and scenario modeling. • Partner with Finance to develop, validate, and govern people cost budgets, workforce assumptions, and multi-year forecasts. • Ensure workforce and budget proposals are analytically robust, financially sustainable, and defensible at leadership and NRC levels. • Monitor workforce and people cost performance against approved plans, identifying variances, risks, and corrective actions.