Serve as the primary staffing relationship manager for multiple pillars’ leadership, developing a deep understanding of each pillar's strategic priorities, project pipeline, and talent needs
Build and maintain individual-level knowledge of your pillar's staff (strengths, development areas, career goals, and staffing history) to inform smarter matching decisions
Facilitate professional development conversations with billable staff as needed, particularly where staffing patterns reflect growth opportunities or emerging concerns
Review and finalize first-pass staffing recommendations prepared by the Senior Associate, applying judgment on fit, development goals, and workload balance
When necessary, independently drive decision making on individual staffing decisions
Partner daily with the peer Staffing Manager to coordinate cross-pillar staffing requests, sharing talent visibility and maintaining a consistent staffing process across the firm
Contribute to joint review of the unassigned (generalist) talent pool alongside your peers, ensuring unassigned staff are deployed thoughtfully and in line with their development goals
Participate in project lead-level staffing decisions in partnership with the Director, applying shared criteria and process consistently
Manage utilization tracking – providing guidance on forward-looking bandwidth within assigned pillars and company
Contribute to continuous improvement of staffing processes, tools, and documentation as the RM function scales

5–8 years of experience in resource management, workforce planning, or talent deployment, ideally in a professional services or life sciences consulting environment
Proven ability to manage competing priorities and multiple stakeholder relationships simultaneously
Strong interpersonal and communication skills; comfortable having direct conversations with project leads, leadership, and staff about staffing decisions and development
Analytical mindset — comfortable working with staffing data, utilization metrics, and capacity models to inform decisions
Collaborative by default; experience working in a team-based staffing model where coordination and information sharing are essential
Familiarity with PSA systems or staffing tools a plus; experience with Salesforce preferred; experience at a consulting firm strongly preferred.

Staffing Manager, Resource Management

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