Strategic Workforce Planning Product Owner
Lockheed Martin
**Description:** The Strategic Workforce Planning \(SWP\) Product Owner is uniquely responsible for designing, leading, and executing LMs annual SWP process at Enterprise scale, ensuring the process directly aligns with the organization’s strategic business priorities, long\-term objectives, and internal/external market & workforce dynamics\. This individual will drive the integration of complex system architectures and cross\-functional processes, with the core purpose of optimizing workforce planning and talent management strategies\. Leveraging a strong blend of technical expertise in complex system\-of\-systems and process\-of\-processes, and a deep understanding of workforce intelligence, this role enables the organization to proactively acquire, develop, and retain the right talent, in the right place, at the right time, to meet future business needs\. Furthermore, this role requires exceptional human\-based skills, including expert facilitation and influencing, to drive collaboration and adoption across various stakeholders essential for successful strategic workforce initiatives\.
Key Responsibilities:
\- Lead the end\-to\-end execution and ongoing refinement of the 1LMX SWP process & technical capability\. This includes facilitating the business through the annual process, collection & digitization of data, advanced long\-term forecasting, in\-depth talent gap analysis, comprehensive scenario modeling, and strategic workforce & role segmentation to ensure proactive alignment with evolving business goals, market trends, and technological advancements\. Serve as the central facilitator for SWP across all Business Areas & Functions, ensuring a cohesive and integrated approach to talent strategy across the entire organization\. This includes leading cross\-functional committees and steering groups\.
\- Systems Integration for Workforce Strategy: Design, implement, and manage the integration of various HR, talent management, and business/operational systems to create a seamless, data\-driven ecosystem that robustly supports SWP\. This involves optimizing workforce planning software, complex system\-of\-systems, and process\-of\-processes to enhance planning capabilities\.
Data Analytics & Competitive Intelligence for Planning: Utilize advanced data analytics and competitive intelligence to support the business in identifying emerging workforce trends, assess future talent supply and demand dynamics, and provide actionable, forward\-looking insights crucial for strategic workforce decision\-making\.
\- Workforce Process Enhancement: Continuously identify, design, and implement improvements to SWP processes, leveraging automation, advanced analytics, and best practices to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and agility\.
\- Stakeholder Engagement & Facilitation: Act as a key liaison and strategic advisor between GBDS, HR, IT, Business Areas, functional & executive leadership, & key stakeholders; expertly facilitating discussions to gather requirements, build consensus, and drive successful outcomes for strategic workforce initiatives\. Influence key stakeholders and decision\-makers to adopt new strategic workforce plans, systems, and processes, effectively managing change acceptance and fostering a culture of proactive, data\-driven talent management\.
\- Talent Pipeline & Development Alignment: Collaborate closely with cross\-functional & HR COEs on strategies for talent acquisition, development, and retention, ensuring a robust and agile talent pipeline is established and maintained to meet identified future organizational needs and strategic objectives\.
\- Lead Strategic Workforce Analytics & Reporting, Capability Building & Adoption, & Strategic Initiative Integration supporting the HRLT, People Strategy, Functional/Exec Councils & 21CS ESGs/IPTs\.
\- Vendor management to implement cutting\-edge system solutions & workforce intelligence tools that enhance SWP capabilities\.
\- Design & deliver training/guidance to all process participants to enhance their understanding & capability
**Basic Qualifications:**
\- Program/Project Mgmt including iterative backlog prioritization
\- Stakeholder management: Strong understanding of integration concepts and experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders to achieve seamless data and process flows\. Exceptional facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and align diverse groups\.
\- Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and make informed decisions\. Must be comfortable working in & creating/designing solutions in ambiguity/from scratch
\- Sense of urgency\. Ability to remain calm under pressure\. Adaptive\. Resilient\. High Emotional Intelligence\.
\- Ability to lead, learn, & thrive in complex System\-of\-Systems and Process\-of\-Processes dynamic, fast\-paced environments\.
\- Experience in Systems Engineering, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
\- Proven experience in systems & process engineering, with a strong understanding of complex system\-of\-systems and process\-of\-processes\.
\- Extensive and demonstrable experience in leading strategic workforce planning initiatives or advanced headcount forecasting or in\-depth talent gap analysis, and complex scenario modeling, or similar
\- Expert\-level facilitation and influencing skills, with a track record of successfully driving cross\-functional strategic initiatives and gaining buy\-in from diverse stakeholders\.
\- Strong analytical and problem\-solving abilities, with a data\-driven and strategic approach to decision\-making in workforce contexts\.
\- Ability to work effectively in a fast\-paced, dynamic environment and strategically manage multiple priorities related to long\-term workforce needs\.
\- Advanced PowerPoint capabilities
**Desired Skills:**
\- Experience in workforce planning, manpower planning, scenario planning, simulation modeling, or similar
\- Demonstrated experience in competitive or workforce intelligence and market analysis specifically related to long\-term workforce trends and talent strategies\.
\- Proficiency in relevant workforce planning software, HRIS systems, and advanced presentation & data visualization tools\.
\- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex strategic concepts clearly\.
\- Process improvement, process automation
\- Strategic Thinking
\- Business Acumen
\- SWP Certification \(eg: HCI, Workforce Planning Institute\)
\- Workforce Planning Institute Member
**Clearance Level:** None
**Other Important Information You Should Know**
**Expression of Interest:** By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match\. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings\.
**Ability to Work Remotely:** Full\-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site\. Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings\.
**Work Schedules:** Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees\. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed\. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits\.
**Schedule for this Position:** 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
**Pay Rate:** The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $89,300 \- $154,905\. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location\. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only\. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as \(but not limited to\) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer\. **Benefits offered:** Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short\-Term Disability, Long\-Term Disability, 401\(k\) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays\. This position is incentive plan eligible\.
**Pay Rate:** The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York \(excluding most major metropolitan areas\), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $77,700 \- $136,965\. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location\. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only\. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as \(but not limited to\) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer\. **Benefits offered:** Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short\-Term Disability, Long\-Term Disability, 401\(k\) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays\. \(Washington state applicants only\) Non\-represented full\-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off \(PTO\) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays\. Represented full time employees accrue 6\.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays\. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year\. This position is incentive plan eligible\.
**Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer\. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics\.**
**The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 \- 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration\.**
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges\. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work\.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility\. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work\. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility\.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role\. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications\.
**Experience Level:** Experienced Professional
**Business Unit:** CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
**Relocation Available:** No
**Career Area:** Human Resources
**Type:** Full\-Time
**Shift:** First
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