TL;DR

Lead Staffing Manager (HR): Partnering with Market Unit leaders to translate pipeline and strategy into forward-looking staffing plans with an accent on providing transparency on capacity, bench, and capability gaps to support informed business decisions. Focus on staffing governance, processes, data quality, and steering mechanisms.

Location: Sofia, Schlieren, Hannover, Eschborn, Bern

Company

Zühlke is a global transformation partner, with engineering and innovation in its DNA, helping clients envision and build their businesses for the future.

What you will do

  • Partner with Market Unit leaders to translate pipeline and strategy into forward-looking staffing plans.
  • Provide transparency on capacity, bench, and capability gaps to support informed business decisions.
  • Align project staffing with commercial priorities, development goals, and long-term capability needs.
  • Own and facilitate resolution of staffing trade-offs across Market Units and Practices.
  • Continuously improve staffing governance, processes, data quality, and steering mechanisms.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in workforce planning, resource management, or staffing in a professional services environment and 10+ years of relevant industry background.
  • Proven ownership mindset with the drive to proactively steer topics, challenge the status quo, and deliver results.
  • Strategic thinker who navigates ambiguity and balances competing interests with sound judgment.
  • Strong commercial acumen and ability to interpret pipeline, revenue dynamics, and supply/demand data.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build trust, resolve competing priorities, and drive alignment across teams.
  • Excellent communication skills in German and English

Culture & Benefits

  • Work life blend: We offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home.
  • Profit share scheme: In addition to your annual salary, you may receive a profit share defined by the company’s success in the previous year.
  • Global and Diverse Zühlke community: Witness how colleagues from all our 16 offices across the globe come together to create a unique, positive and inclusive work culture, learning from one another at annual team camps, and celebrating year-end parties and other local festivities.
  • Committed to development: We are committed to the growth of our people and are investing in your development.