**Company description** Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value. **Overview** Your primary responsibility will be to act within our Staffing function by efficiently leveraging talent supply to meet business demands while considering business priorities as well as individual career aspirations and growth desires. You will manage the assignments of our engineering as well as data & AI experts and develop partnerships across the business to provide excellent customer service. As staffing manager, you will make a difference ensuring our staffing strategies align with revenue, profit, and individual growth goals. **Skills & Experience** · Bachelor's degree or higher in psychology, social science, engineering or similar. · Basic industry experience or relevant internships (consulting background preferred) · Great Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups, filtering, and sorting, etc.) · Ability to present complex issues in a simple and easy-to-follow manner · Strong customer service skills, with the ability to delicately handle stressful situations · Good negotiation skills with the ability to balance different needs and reach mutually beneficial agreements · Growth mindset and willingness to incorporate GenAI in your daily work · Service-oriented attitude (flexible, personable, approachable) · Team-oriented mentality · Ability to provide and receive feedback constructively · Fluent in English and German **Responsibilities** **Your Impact** · Address project fulfillment challenges by collaborating with business and capability leadership teams and with talent acquisition and contracting · Prompt communication with demand owners as well as Engineering & Data consultants and their team leads · Work closely with various stakeholders including client partners, (international) capacity teams, and hiring departments to support the fulfillment strategy · Responsible for fulfillment and reporting of day-to-day staffing requests · Contribute to availability analysis and account prioritization to strategically place talent in effective roles · Stay connected with your pool of talents and consider the employee´s skills, aspirations, and career goals when supporting casting decisions · Deliver high-quality staffing solutions promptly according to guidance provided · Use data-driven approaches in decisions for achieving staffing goals · Collaborate with client partners / fulfillment strategist to negotiate the best strategic decisions regarding project locations, start dates and talent skills based on the available people. · Help balance multiple high-priority assignments and pool talent from multiple locations · Contribute to reporting for utilization trends and forecasts · Maintain and communicate key information to Staffing Leads about current projects, pipeline and talent forecast. **Qualifications** **Set Yourself Apart With** + Experience with workforce planning and capacity management in a large-scale organization. + Knowledge of talent development and career pathing strategies. + Certifications in workforce management, project staffing, or related areas **Additional information** + An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration. + Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities. + Competitive compensation and benefits package. + Flexibility to support work-life balance. + Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family. + Generous paid leave and holidays. + Wellness program and employee assistance. As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.