Lead Staffing Manager

TL;DR

Lead Staffing Manager: Acts as a strategic business partner to Market Units, enabling sustainable growth by aligning client demand, commercial priorities, and workforce capabilities. Focus on creating transparency on supply and demand, anticipating gaps, and steering staffing decisions in close collaboration with Market Units and Practices.

Location: Flexible, with possibility to work from home, based in Sofia, Hannover, Eschborn, or Hamburg.

Company

Zühlke is a Swiss-founded global transformation partner, owned by its partners, specializing in tech strategy, business innovation, digital solutions, and device/systems engineering across Europe and Asia.

What you will do

• Partner with Market Unit leaders to translate pipeline and strategy into forward-looking staffing plans.
• Provide transparency on capacity, bench, and capability gaps for informed business decisions.
• Align project staffing with commercial priorities, development goals, and long-term capability needs.
• Own and facilitate resolution of staffing trade-offs across Market Units and Practices.
• Continuously improve staffing governance, processes, data quality, and steering mechanisms.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in workforce planning, resource management, or staffing in a professional services environment.
• 10+ years of relevant industry background.
• Proven ownership mindset with the drive to proactively steer topics, challenge the status quo, and deliver results.
• Strategic thinker who navigates ambiguity and balances competing interests with sound judgment.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to interpret pipeline, revenue dynamics, and supply/demand data.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Nice to have

• German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work-life blend with flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home.
• Profit share scheme in addition to annual salary.
• Global and diverse Zühlke community with colleagues from 16 offices across the globe.
• Commitment to continuous personal and professional development.
• Inclusive work culture that values diversity.