Strategic Workforce Planning & Performance Lead

. STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE LEAD Location: Stratford, London w/ high-flex (1 - 2 days per week in the office) Summary of Role's Main Purpose: Leads Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) and owns planning & performance for the People Plan. Enables consistent SWP cycles with HRBPs, turns scenarios into prioritised actions and trade-offs, and maintains a clear, timely view of progress, risks and impact. Embeds simple routines and measures across HR so delivery stays on track and decisions happen at the right time. Key Responsibilities: Lead Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) to guide HR teams in running consistent planning cycles and identifying future workforce needs. Define and monitor critical roles and skills Work with Data & Insight colleaguesto shape the questions, indicators and narrative that drive meaningful analysis and reporting. Work with HR People Analytics Managerto manage dashboard development prioritiesto ensure reporting tools meet planning needs without duplicating effort. Undertake other tasks as necessary to contribute to the team objectives and those of Cancer Research UK. Key Technical Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behaviours: Brings proven Strategic Workforce Planning expertise, modelling demand/supply and scenarios with clear assumptions and ranges and applying disciplined methods that HRBPs can use consistently.Uses skills-based planning literacy (role-skill mapping, proficiency definitions, criticality signals) to identify gaps and shape practical build-buy-move options.Manages the People Plan roadmap with strong portfolio skills-tracking progress, dependencies, risks and benefits-and surfacing decision points at the right time.Change adoption & enablement: evidenced ability to establish new planning/performance ways of working and show uptake and outcomes.