Senior Director, Workforce Deployment

Advantage Sales & Marketing dba Advantage Solutions • St. Louis, MO

1d • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Director, Workforce Deployment leads the enterprise-wide centralized third-party labor deployment function, responsible for strategic oversight of third-party staffing relationships, invoicing and contract management, and internal resource deployment across Retail Services, Experiential, and Branded segments. This role exists to mature and scale a currently manual function into a systems-driven, data-informed operation that delivers cost efficiency, client satisfaction, and compliance across all field labor deployment activity. The Senior Director serves as the primary point of influence for business units operating independent third-party staffing programs, working to bring all third-party engagements under centralized visibility. This role requires executive-level presence to navigate complex stakeholder relationships while maintaining the operational agility to support escalations and weekend coverage demands.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8–10 years experience in relevant field (Workforce operations, staffing management, labor deployment, or workforce planning experience preferred)
• Expertise in third-party labor management, staffing operations, and workforce deployment strategies
• Experience negotiating vendor agreements and managing contract administration
• Strong understanding of workforce planning, labor utilization, and operational execution
• Executive-level stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Experience leading organizational change and centralized operating models
• Strong analytical, reporting, and data management capabilities
• Experience evaluating and implementing workforce technology solutions
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across multiple business units
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship management skills
• Ability to support escalations and operational issues in dynamic environments

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and continuously improve enterprise third-party labor deployment strategy across multiple business segments
• Lead third-party vendor relationship management including contract negotiations, service level expectations, performance reviews, invoicing oversight, and deployment governance
• Drive consolidation of decentralized third-party labor programs into a centralized workforce deployment model through stakeholder engagement and change management
• Oversee deployment and scheduling of company employees to meet client demand, maximize utilization, and optimize workforce allocation
• Lead evaluation, selection, and implementation of workforce management technology and automation solutions to modernize deployment operations
• Develop and maintain reporting, analytics, and dashboards for labor deployment activity, utilization, and third-party spend
• Lead and develop workforce deployment team members while ensuring operational execution, performance management, and escalation support
• Manage third-party vendor performance and compliance while recommending vendor expansion, consolidation, or replacement based on business needs and results
• Serve as a strategic partner to business leaders, operations, finance, and executive leadership on workforce deployment strategy and execution

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior