Senior Workforce Management Capacity Planner

Great companies need great teams to propel their operations. Join the group that solves business challenges and enhances the way we work and grow. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values your contributions and puts a premium on work flexibility, learning, and career development.

Summary

As a Senior Workforce Management Capacity Planner , you will turn business demand into actionable workforce plans. You will support short- and long-term forecasting, capacity modeling, staffing strategy, and scenario planning to ensure workforce supply aligns with operational demand.

You will partner with Operations, Finance, Training, Reporting, and global delivery teams to identify workforce needs, anticipate capacity risks, and provide data-driven recommendations.

Your role in our mission

• Develop and maintain short- and long-term workforce forecasts using historical volume, productivity, shrinkage, staffing data, and relevant business drivers.
• Translate forecasted demand into staffing and capacity requirements incorporating attrition, hiring timelines, training throughput, ramp curves, productivity, and skill mix.
• Analyze capacity versus demand to identify staffing gaps, surpluses, and operational risks.
• Build scenario and what-if models to evaluate changes in volume, productivity, service models, workflows, technology, and other business assumptions.
• Provide data-driven recommendations for hiring, training, cross-training, overtime, vendor support, workload balancing, and delivery strategies.
• Analyze forecast accuracy and variance drivers and continuously improve forecasting models, assumptions, and capacity planning methodologies.
• Partner with Operations, Finance, Training, Reporting, and global delivery teams to support workforce and financial planning.
• Translate complex workforce data into clear, actionable recommendations for operational and business leaders.
• Use Verint, Excel, Power BI, and workforce planning models to improve planning accuracy, efficiency, and decision-making.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience in workforce management, capacity planning, forecasting, operational planning, analytics, or related customer experience operations.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing forecasting and capacity planning workstreams.
• Experience with workforce modeling and scenario analysis in complex, multi-site, omnichannel, back-office, healthcare, insurance, BPO, or similar environments.
• Strong working knowledge of Verint forecasting and planning capabilities and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with Power BI preferred; NICE experience is beneficial.
• Experience partnering with Finance on workforce or financial forecasting desired.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate workforce data into actionable business insights.
• Experience working across U.S. and global delivery teams or complex cross-functional environments.

What you should expect in this role

• Remote position supporting business needs across U.S. time zones and global delivery partnerships.
• Regular collaboration with Operations, WFM, Finance, Training, Quality, Reporting, Technology, and other cross-functional teams.
• Work with workforce data, forecasts, staffing models, and business assumptions to support operational decision-making.
• Opportunity to influence hiring, training, staffing, and capacity strategies through data-driven recommendations.
• Opportunity to improve workforce planning, service performance, and customer experience outcomes.

This position is being posted for pipeline purposes, and we welcome applications on an ongoing basis.

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The pay range for this position is $70,800 - $101,100 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.

Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Gainwell Technologies defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.