Director of Workforce Strategy and Skills

TL;DR

Director of Workforce Strategy and Skills (HR): Leading enterprise-wide workforce transformation toward skills-based models and operating practices with an accent on AI-driven platforms, analytics, and agile talent deployment. Focus on designing career architectures, opportunity marketplaces, and inclusive reskilling programs to enable business agility and innovation.

Location: Hybrid in Garching (Bavaria, Germany), Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary), or Karlsbad (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Willing to travel up to 10% domestic and international.

Company

Global technology leader in automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions with iconic brands like JBL and hirify.global Kardon.

What you will do

• Partner with leaders to develop workforce strategies using analytics, insights, and labor market data for future-ready outcomes.
• Co-lead cross-functional transformation initiatives including operating model design, reskilling, and location strategy.
• Embed AI, digital platforms, and experimentation into skills intelligence and strategic workforce planning.
• Design enterprise career architecture, skills frameworks, and internal Opportunity Marketplace for talent mobility.
• Scale AI-enabled talent platforms and govern assessments ensuring legal defensibility and inclusivity.
• Manage transformation portfolios with agile methods and deliver executive insights.

Requirements

• 10+ years in skills intelligence, strategic workforce planning, or HR transformation in global organizations.
• Expertise in career architecture, skills-based design, and workforce planning with analytics and predictive modeling.
• Hands-on experience with AI-enabled talent solutions and advanced analytics.
• Strong partnerships across HR functions, business, finance, and technology.
• Experience in talent assessments with validity, adverse impact, and legal knowledge.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s (MBA or related) preferred.

Nice to have

• Strategic thinking connecting workforce initiatives to business outcomes.
• Cross-functional influence in global, matrixed environments.
• Analytical, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
• Proven leadership in enterprise transformations like restructures or M&A.
• Global mindset and cultural fluency.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work with work-life integration in a global, collaborative environment.
• Extensive training via hirify.global University and lifelong learning opportunities.
• Employee discounts on hirify.global/Samsung products.
• Inclusive, diverse culture with recognition programs and professional development.
• Work on emerging technologies in an innovative atmosphere.