Vice President, Strategic Talent Planning and Effectiveness

Centene is transforming the health of our communities one person at a time. As an Executive on our team, you could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members.Position Purpose: Drives innovative talent planning and activation strategies that empower the organization to stay agile and competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape. This includes targeted talent planning and enablement for critical initiatives, organizational design and modeling, and data-driven talent insights to combat critical areas of talent gaps or needs. Partnering closely with senior leadership and business stakeholders, ensures talent plans are developed and aligned with business priorities to deliver organizational effectiveness and operational excellence.

Leads the development and activation of talent planning strategies that support critical business priorities, ensuring the organization has the capabilities needed to effectively deliver key objectives

Develops and delivers workforce planning and organization design resources and tools to improve organizational capability and accelerate the business’s ability to capitalize on opportunities for innovation and growth

Collaborates with business leaders to proactively identify emerging workforce risks such as talent shortages, current/future talent gaps, industry disruptions, or skill gaps/mismatches. Develops and implements innovative strategies to mitigate these risks and safeguard organizational sustainability

Provides input into targeted employee sourcing plans, staffing models, and talent need forecasts aligned to critical talent strategies and financial and operational planning processes

Develops ‘just-in-time’ scenario-based workforce approaches to prepare for various possible futures based on business decisions and leadership changes

Enables and enhances data-driven processes for organizing, activating, and managing high-potential internal and external pools

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience:Bachelor's Degree Human Resources or related field required: 10+ years in strategic workforce planning, talent management, or HR strategy, ideally within large or complex organizations requiredCentene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives.Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act