Director of Workforce Planning
The Director of Workforce Planning reports directly to the CPO and is responsible for leading strategic workforce planning initiatives that align hiring strategies with organizational growth objectives. This role partners closely with executive leadership, talent acquisition, HR business partners, finance, procurement, and operations to forecast workforce needs, develop hiring capacity models, optimize recruiting resource allocation, and ensure proactive talent readiness for both permanent and contingent workforce demands.
Essential Functions:
- Lead enterprise workforce planning cycles, including quarterly and annual workforce forecasting.
- Partner closely with operations, talent acquisition, and finance to translate contractual and client demands into clear staffing, budget, and operational decisions.
- Forecast short- and long-term talent needs based on business growth and contract awards.
- Identify critical skill gaps and partner with HR to create mitigation plans, including reskilling, upskilling, and succession planning.
- Utilize workforce analytics, labor market trends, and predictive modeling to inform staffing strategies.
- Provide actionable insights and dashboards to senior leadership for decision-making.
- Monitor and report on workforce metrics, including headcount, attrition, and capacity planning.
- Ensure workforce planning practices comply with federal regulations, security clearance requirements, and defense industry standards.
- Partner closely with business leaders and talent acquisition to develop contingency plans for workforce disruptions and critical skill shortages.
- Drive adoption of workforce planning tools and systems to enhance forecasting accuracy and efficiency.
- Continuously improve processes to support agile workforce planning in a dynamic defense environment.
- Evolve WFM tools, processes, and planning cadences, driving improvements in forecast accuracy, model quality, and reporting standards
- Build strong cross-functional relationships and act as a trusted partner who brings clarity, insight, and strategic thinking to complex operational problems
- Develop hiring demand forecasts, scenario modeling, and capacity planning frameworks.
- Identify gaps in internal recruiting capacity and recommend solutions including contracting or external agency utilization.
- Lead strategy in selection and governance of external staffing agencies and contract recruiting partners as needed.
- Evaluate agency performance metrics and ensure compliance with contracting requirements.
- Establish preferred vendor frameworks and agency engagement models.
- Support system enhancements and reporting improvements within ATS, HRIS platforms, and other systems as they relate to workforce planning.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Regular and reliable attendance on a full time basis [or in accordance with posted schedule].
- Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.
- Embodies AEVEX’s cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.
Qualifications and Competencies:
- Security Clearance- Ability to obtain/maintain a Secret DoD clearance, U.S. Citizenship required.
- Strong analytical and data visualization skills (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools).
- Strong communication skills with ability to present insights to senior leadership.
- Knowledge of ATS platforms (experience with Greenhouse highly preferred).
- Advanced analytics or modeling experience.
- Proven ability to design workforce capacity models and agency utilization strategies
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, workforce analytics tools, and ATS/HRIS reporting systems
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders through data-driven insights
- Directs and provides expert knowledge in the strategic function of the department.
- Develops short and long-term people and organizational strategy in alignment with AEVEX goals and direction.
- Leads with impact & influence. Establishes credibility, effectively persuades and develops others, and achieves important objectives collaboratively.
- Identifies, recruits, and retains top-notch talent.
- Champions AEVEX’s culture and empowers employees to take responsibility for their jobs and goals.
- Sets performance standards and encourages employee engagement and results through delegation, continuous feedback, goal setting, and performance management.
- Maintains transparent communication. Appropriately communicates organization information through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, and appropriate email, and regular interpersonal communication.
Education / Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Analytics, or related field.
Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Workforce Planning, Recruiting Operations, or HR Analytics.
- Experience building capacity models and hiring forecasts.
- Experience working cross-functionally with HR/TA, Finance, operations, and business leaders.
- Experience in high-growth or large-scale hiring environments.
- Experience in workforce management software or capacity planning tools.
- Demonstrated experience negotiating staffing agency agreements and vendor contracts
- Strong experience partnering with external recruiting agencies and contingent workforce vendors
- Experience supporting both permanent and contingent workforce planning at scale preferred
- Experience working closely with Procurement and Legal on vendor governance preferred
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties the employee is: Physical Requirements Constantly required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment Note: For the purpose of this summary, occasionally is used to represent up to 1/3 of the time given to the work day, frequently represents 1/3 to 2/3 of the time and constantly represents 2/3 or more of the time.
About AEVEX
AEVEX, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The company's capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.
AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits for qualified employees.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
AEVEX is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.