Liberty Mutual

Director, Workforce Planning Programs & Strategy

Liberty Mutual$120K — $150K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, or related field; Ph.D. preferred.
  • Minimum 8-10 years of experience in planning, analytics, and project management.
  • Expert knowledge of data sources, analytical tools, and key business drivers.
  • Strong understanding of statistical techniques and data analysis.
  • Proven ability to influence and engage stakeholders without formal authority.
  • Experience in process improvement and managing complex projects across teams.
  • Excellent communication skills to convey insights to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute the Staffing Sophistication Program, driving alignment and progress.
  • Lead portfolio management across multiple projects, ensuring priority alignment and risk management.
  • Analyze complex problems and connect analytical insights to business outcomes.
  • Enhance operational processes and systems to improve team effectiveness.
  • Guide cross-team coordination and advocate for leadership priorities.
  • Influence peers and senior stakeholders to drive execution without formal authority.
  • Facilitate prioritization conversations, navigating organizational dynamics.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for broad exposure across the Claims & Service organization.
  • Influential role in shaping organizational effectiveness and capability development.
  • Flexible in-office requirements depending on candidate location.
Full Job Description
Description

Workforce Planning (WFP) helps the Claims & Service Organization make smarter staffing decisions. At the center of that mission is our Staffing Sophistication (SS) programa portfolio of projects focused on improving how we deliver staffing recommendations across four goals: accuracy, transparency, ease and speed, and staffing strategyanswering the questions that truly move the needle for our businesses.

As the owner of the Staffing Sophistication program, youll be a driving force behind this work and a connective force across the organization. Youll sit on the WFP Leadership Team and serve as a key integration point across WFP, Claims, and Serviceleading through influence and partnership, facilitating alignment, and directing project execution. Youll help shape how WFP operates, how it prioritizes and tracks its work, and how it approaches the future: thinking creatively about what a more sophisticated, scalable target state looks likeand building the path to get there.

This role offers broad exposure across Claims & Service, and a real opportunity to influenceorganizational effectiveness, leadership alignment, and long-term capability development.

**This role may have in-office requirements dependent upon candidate location.**

What Youll Do

Own the Staffing Sophistication Program: Build and execute roadmaps against our four program goals, drive progress toward targets, and keep stakeholders clearly informed on status, milestones, and changes. Ensure opportunities, initiatives, progress, and outcomes are consistently identified, tracked, and communicatedmaintaining the governance and visibility mechanisms that keep this complex, cross-functional program on track. Drive execution across a complex, matrixed environment, ensuring work is sequenced smartly, dependencies are managed, and progress is real and sustained.

Lead Portfolio Management: Lead portfolio management across WFPs projects and workstreamsmany of which span and support the broader Claims & Service organization. Drive alignment on priorities, surface risks, and problem-solve against roadblocks. Bring the structure and accountability that ensures the right work gets done, in the right order, and delivers on its commitments.

Dig Into the Analytical Work: Reason through complex, analytical problems alongside the team, taking on project work directly and connecting our analysis to tangible business outcomes. You dont need to be a coder or modelerbut you should be genuinely comfortable in analytical environments, able to engage credibly on quantitative work, and skilled at translating that work into clear business insight.

Strengthen How We Operate: Partner with WFP leadership and analysts to build the processes, systems, and operating rhythm that make the team more effective. Champion cross-team coordination, follow through on commitments, and help leadership stay focused on what matters most.

Lead Through Influence: You wont have formal authority over most of the people whose work youll be shapingand thats by design. Success in this role requires the credibility, judgment, and interpersonal skill to influence peers, senior stakeholders, and organizational leaders. Youll be expected to facilitate difficult prioritization

conversations, push back constructively, and earn trust across levels.

What Youll Bring

  • A strong analytical orientationcomfortable working on and around analytical projects, reasoning quantitatively, and engaging credibly with technical teams and business stakeholders alike.
  • Excellent program and portfolio management skills, with a track record of building roadmaps, maintaining governance, and delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives.
  • The ability to lead through influencefacilitating alignment among peers and senior stakeholders and driving execution across teams without formal authority.
  • Strong process improvement instincts, with experience bringing structure and documentation to environments where processes are manual, varied, or underdefined.
  • Sharp conceptual and problem-solving skillsparticularly the ability to challenge conventional thinking and help teams envision future states that are fundamentally more scalable and effective.
  • Clear, confident communication across audiences: analytical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leaders.
  • The judgment and organizational savvy to navigate a matrixed, complex environmentknowing when to push, when to align, and when to escalate.
Qualifications
  • Masters degree in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics or other quantitative field; Ph.D. helpful given quantitative work they are leading.
  • Minimum 8, typically 10, years experience; must have exceptional planning, analytical, decision-making and project management skills.
  • Expert knowledge of data sources, tools and business drivers.
  • Knowledge of statistical techniques required. Industry knowledge critical.

About Liberty Mutual

Since 1912, Liberty Mutual Insurance have committed theirselves to providing broad, useful and competitively-priced insurance products and services to meet their customers' ever-changing needs. Their delivery on this commitment is the reason they're now the third largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2012 direct premium written according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Liberty Mutual Careers

Join the vibrant team at Liberty Mutual, a leading global insurance company, where your career is in your hands. At Liberty Mutual, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that values diversity and innovation. With a variety of job opportunities across multiple fields, this is where your professional journey can truly flourish.

Work You’ll Do

At Liberty Mutual, you’ll be part of a team that’s dedicated to empowering people to live safer, more secure lives. Whether you’re interested in a position in claims handling, underwriting, or customer service, you’ll find a platform here to enhance your skills and push the boundaries of what you can achieve.

Explore Our Job Opportunities

Liberty Mutual offers a range of career paths for both seasoned professionals and those just starting out. Our internship programs provide invaluable hands-on experience, helping to bridge the gap between education and full-time employment. For those seeking to grow their career, we offer positions that challenge and inspire, backed by benefits that support both professional and personal growth.

Innovate with Us

Innovation is at the heart of Liberty Mutual. We encourage our team to bring fresh ideas that drive industry leadership and improve customer experiences. By joining our team, you’ll collaborate with talented professionals who are keen on developing solutions that lead the market.

Develop Your Career

Liberty Mutual is deeply invested in the professional development of its employees. With comprehensive diversity training and leadership programs, we prepare you to take on leadership roles within the company. Networking opportunities within the company can lead to mentorship and further career advancement.

Benefits of Joining Liberty Mutual

Working at Liberty Mutual comes with numerous benefits. From competitive salaries to health and wellness programs, we ensure our team members are well taken care of. More than just a job, a position at Liberty Mutual is a stepping stone to a fulfilling career.

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Liberty Mutual: A Place to Grow, Innovate, and Lead

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