Workforce Planning & Transition Lead

At Westpac, we're reimagining how work gets done and how our people adapt and grow alongside it. As technology, automation and AI continue to transform the way we operate, we're focused on ensuring our workforce is equipped with the skills, capabilities and opportunities needed for the future.

We're looking for a Workforce Planning & Transition Lead to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering workforce strategies that support strategic growth, workforce transformation and evolving capability needs across the Group. Working at the forefront of workforce redesign, talent mobility and reskilling, you'll help bridge business strategy with practical workforce solutions that create meaningful outcomes for both our people and the organisation.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Strategic Workforce Planning, you'll partner with senior business leaders, Practice Leads and specialist People teams to design and deliver workforce plans that respond to changing business needs, emerging technologies and future capability requirements. 

This role plays a critical orchestration function across workforce planning, work redesign, reskilling and transition initiatives, ensuring our people are supported through change and positioned for future opportunities. You'll work closely with stakeholders across Talent Acquisition, Learning, Employee Relations, People Analytics and Transformation teams to develop practical, evidence-based workforce solutions that deliver lasting impact

Some key responsibilities

• Leading the development of strategic workforce plans, including demand and supply analysis, capability assessments and workforce transition strategies. 


• Designing and orchestrating workforce transition, reskilling and talent mobility plans that support both business priorities and employee outcomes. 


• Building compelling business cases to secure investment in workforce transition, capability uplift and reskilling initiatives. 


• Driving pilot programs through planning and implementation, ensuring clear governance, success measures and delivery outcomes. 


• Using workforce insights and data to identify capability gaps, future workforce needs and opportunities for workforce optimisation.

About you

We're looking for a strategic and commercially minded workforce professional who thrives in complex, evolving environments and enjoys bringing people together to solve challenging workforce problems.

Given the nature of this role you will be naturally curious and adaptable, you're comfortable navigating ambiguity and creating structure in complex environments, bringing others on the journey through periods of transformation and change

You will bring:

• Strong experience in Workforce Transformation or Workforce Transition roles within a large, complex organisation.


• A sound understanding of work redesign, workforce transition, talent mobility, and reskilling principles.


• The ability to translate business strategy, technology change and operating model shifts into practical workforce solutions and action plans.


• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across senior leadership groups, business representatives and specialist People functions and foster robust collaboration.


• Experience developing business cases, evaluating workforce risks and balancing competing priorities to inform strategic decisions.

You're equally comfortable working in the detail and influencing at a strategic level, combining strong problem solving capability with exceptional communication skills. You enjoy bringing together diverse groups of people and perspectives, and facilitating collaboration to align on joint recommendations. You can identify workforce trends, assess future capability needs and translate complex data into clear, actionable insights, while confidently engaging senior leaders and executive stakeholders to drive informed decision-making.

Why join us?

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!


• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave. 


• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank. 


• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

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