Talent Planning Lead

Position Description

At CGI, we are shaping the future of how talent drives business success. As a Talent Planning Lead within our Leeds Business Unit, you will play a pivotal role in aligning workforce capability with strategic priorities, ensuring the right people are in the right roles at the right time. By combining insight, collaboration, and innovative thinking, you will influence workforce decisions, optimise deployment, and enable high-performing teams to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients. You will be empowered to take ownership, contribute fresh ideas, and make a lasting impact within a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
You will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position but you will be expected to work in the Leeds office 2/3 days a week as required.

Your future duties and responsibilities

In this role, you will lead talent planning and assignment activity across the Leeds Business Unit, ensuring workforce capability and deployment strategies are fully aligned to business priorities. You will act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, using data-driven insight to guide workforce decisions, improve utilisation, and deliver effective sourcing strategies. By taking ownership of talent planning processes and collaborating across teams, you will help shape a responsive and future-ready workforce.
You will also support recruitment and sourcing activity, ensuring a seamless and efficient process from demand through to assignment. Working closely with Talent Acquisition and business leaders, you will contribute to continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining high standards of data quality and operational excellence.
•Lead & Deliver talent planning and assignment activity across the Business Unit
•Advise & Influence stakeholders on workforce strategy, utilisation, and deployment
•Develop & Execute integrated talent and sourcing plans aligned to demand
•Coordinate & Optimise workforce assignments and availability
•Analyse & Inform workforce data to drive insight-led decision making
•Collaborate & Integrate with HR, Talent Acquisition, Finance, and wider teams
•Support & Enhance recruitment and sourcing activity, including screening coordination
•Maintain & Improve data quality across workforce systems and processes

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

To succeed in this role, you will bring strong experience in talent or workforce planning, combined with excellent analytical and stakeholder management skills. You will be confident translating data into actionable insight, coordinating activity across multiple priorities, and contributing to effective sourcing and recruitment processes within a complex environment.
•Significant experience in talent planning, workforce planning, resourcing, or recruitment
•Strong understanding of workforce deployment, utilisation, and demand planning
•Proven ability to support sourcing and recruitment activity, including screening coordination
•Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
•Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insight
•Strong communication, organisation, and attention to detail
•Commercial awareness and sound decision-making ability
•Experience working across multiple teams in a fast-paced environment
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