Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

What you’ll be doing...

In this role as a Specialist in the Central Transformation Office, you'll be managing programs designed to help Verizon India move towards it's strategic objectives. You'll be responsible for developing a strategic approach to workforce management that combines insights from workforce analytics, HR best practices and business strategy. Your responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Planning & execution of workforce planning, including the facilitation of stakeholder meetings, data analysis, and the creation of compelling recommendations to communicate key findings

• Accountable for the Strategic Workforce Planning process for each business unit & at the enterprise level to identify synergies

• Mobilize and measure efforts around workforce planning goals, and partner with key stakeholders

• Build the capability to provide a comprehensive forward-looking view of the business by incorporating workforce data from different source applications

• Collaborate with senior leaders, HRBPs, Talent Management, and Diversity Leads to integrate workforce planning goals and to reconcile workforce plans

• Working with internal teams to develop and implement work plans

• Collaborating with multiple stakeholders to gather data, brainstorm multiple options and make recommendations

• Providing insights and recommendations to the senior leadership team, based on qualitative and quantitative research

• Innovation and Research:  Stay updated on GCC trends & emerging technologies, assess their relevance to the business, and propose innovative solutions

• Strategic Planning:  Collaborate with senior leadership to identify opportunities where technology can be a competitive advantage and contribute to the development of the company’s overall strategic plan

• Strategic Roadmap:  Develop and maintain a roadmap of initiatives that aligns with the organization’s strategic goals and evolving industry trends

• Knowledge Management: Compiling the results of research and organizing them for reusability

What we’re looking for...

• Ability to design and implement strategic and workforce planning for a several thousand person organization, with guidance from Senior leaders.

• Experience within the workforce planning discipline, including experience benchmarking, data analysis, predictive modeling, headcount forecasting/budgeting

• Ability to design and conduct complex quantitative & qualitative analyses to identify trends in workforce management

• Experience in creating & tracking core strategic workforce planning metrics and relevant scorecards to contribute to the evaluation of the SWP process

• Experience in partnering with Talent Development and Inclusion team on identified talent gaps to help determine solution opportunities

• A go-getter with a strong sense of ownership and accountability

• Strong ability to multitask, prioritize, work independently and drive issues to resolutions 

• Experience working in cross-functional teams and ability to influence without authority

• Excellent communication skills - spoken and presentation(decks, insights etc.) skills 

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or two or more years of experience.

• Experience in creating a strategic workforce forecast and plan including scenario planning, modeling, conducting environmental scan, performing gap analysis, and monitoring and evaluating workforce plan progress

• Experience in research and benchmarking (internal/external) on key capabilities to determine recommendations for workforce planning

• Experience in creating program plans, and crafting presentations for senior executives. 

• Experience working in a matrix organization and to drive results at all levels, regardless of reporting structures. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and are comfortable in working up and across the organization

• Confidence to voice well-informed, dissenting opinions, yet always treat others and their views with respect

• Excellent stakeholder management skills

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Master’s degree, preferably in Business Administration/ Management studies

• Ability to translate complex ideas and express them in concise, simple to understand ways

• Comfortable working across all levels of an organization, leveraging organizational, interpersonal, presentation, and time-management skills

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.