Senior Workforce Strategy Consultant | $91K-$225K

Purple Cow Recruiting•Washington, DC

32d•$91,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Heartline Staffing is recruiting a Senior Workforce Strategy Consultant for a hybrid opportunity in Washington, DC. This senior consulting role combines workforce strategy, HR analytics and human capital consulting with advanced statistical analysis, machine learning and responsible AI-enabled analytics. The consultant will lead client engagements that translate complex workforce challenges into actionable analytics-driven solutions, while also contributing to business development, client acquisition, proposals, Statements of Work and commercial negotiations.

Requirements

8+ years of relevant consulting experience in workforce strategy, HR analytics, labor economics, organizational psychology or a closely related field REQUIRED
Master's or PhD in economics, I-O psychology, statistics, data science, computer science, labor relations or another quantitative discipline REQUIRED
Business development, lead generation and qualification, sales-process management, client-relationship management, proposal and Statement of Work development, contract negotiation and new-business acquisition/closing experience REQUIRED
Demonstrated experience in pay equity analysis, strategic workforce planning, external labor-market analysis or comparable workforce consulting engagements REQUIRED
Strong statistical and machine-learning skills including regression, causal inference, time series, clustering and predictive modeling REQUIRED
Proficiency with modern data tooling and languages including Python, R and SQL REQUIRED
Experience with visualization tools such as Tableau REQUIRED
Hands-on experience extracting value from large and varied datasets and translating technical outputs into business actions REQUIRED
Excellent storytelling, client-facing communication and project-leadership skills REQUIRED

Responsibilities

Translate business problems into analytics-driven workforce solutions using qualitative research, advanced statistics and AI-enabled methods
Apply machine learning and large language models to uncover workforce dynamics and strategic opportunities
Design, build and operationalize analytic models and data products
Develop forecasting models, skills taxonomies, retention-risk scoring and internal-mobility recommendations
Work with structured data, unstructured text and third-party labor-market signals
Conduct pay equity, strategic workforce planning and external labor-market analyses
Quantify business impact and ROI for recommended workforce interventions
Lead client engagements as the analytics and AI subject-matter lead
Define analytic approaches and present findings
Translate technical insights into prioritized workforce investments
Co-create implementation roadmaps with client stakeholders
Translate technical outputs into practical business actions
Deliver clear, compelling data stories for HR and business leaders
Apply regression, causal inference, time series, clustering and predictive modeling
Use modern data tooling and programming languages including Python, R and SQL
Develop visualizations and interactive dashboards using tools such as Tableau
Apply AI-enabled approaches responsibly within workforce analytics
Implement model validation, bias detection and mitigation, explainability and privacy-preserving practices
Support accurate, explainable and reproducible analytics products with operational controls
Identify and develop new client opportunities
Generate and qualify leads
Manage the sales process from prospecting through closing
Develop proposals and Statements of Work
Negotiate commercial terms
Build and maintain strong client relationships
Acquire and close new business
Create reusable AI-enabled frameworks and client accelerators
Contribute to proposals and thought leadership
Support emerging practices in AI-driven workforce strategy