Senior Workforce Strategist & HR Business Partner (AI Transformation)

Location: Hybrid role based in Newark, New Jersey, United States

Base salary: $143,000–$193,400 annually, plus sign-on payments and restricted stock units.

Company

hirify.global produces and provides audio storytelling for millions of global listeners, with a focus on creativity, inclusion, and AI-forward transformation.

What you will do

• Drive end-to-end strategic workforce planning, including headcount modeling, talent supply and demand analysis, scenario planning, and one- and three-year workforce plans.
• Partner with HR, Finance, and business leaders on talent decisions involving roles, levels, locations, geographic expansion, consolidation, and distributed team design.
• Design organization structures across technical and non-technical functions, including spans and layers analysis, role-ratio optimization, and cost modeling.
• Develop AI talent strategies and frameworks, forecast AI skill needs, and support teams through AI transformation.
• Conduct organizational assessments, define workforce metrics, identify structural gaps and talent patterns, and present recommendations to C-Suite leaders.
• Advise senior leaders, coach managers, lead organizational design and change management, and improve performance, engagement, retention, promotion, calibration, succession, and talent review mechanisms.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive HR or workforce planning experience, including 3+ years independently driving strategic workforce planning with headcount modeling, scenario planning, and talent supply and demand analysis.
• Experience working in large teams or at a national or multinational organization, or delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives or projects.
• Experience with workforce planning and supporting both technical and non-technical talent populations.
• Analytical and data modeling skills, including building workforce models, interpreting trends, and translating complex data into clear, actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree or above in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, Psychology, or a related field.
• Certification in organizational design methodologies, such as the Galbraith Star Model or McKinsey 7S, or in workforce planning.
• Master's degree in HR, MBA, or another related advanced degree.
• Experience supporting organizations of 500+ employees across 5+ countries.
• HRBP experience in high-growth media, entertainment, technology, or creative industry environments, with coaching and consulting skills and the ability to influence executive-level stakeholders.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments, manage multiple priorities, move initiatives forward, and demonstrate discretion, fairness, integrity, and trustworthiness.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture focused on creativity, collaboration, and building more equitable communities.
• Health insurance covering medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life plan options.
• Employee assistance and mental health support, medical advice line, and flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units may be included in the compensation package.