Workforce Strategy Partner

SSM Health • MO-SSM Health Mission Hill, MO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Supports the organization’s mission through strategic oversight of enterprise-wide workforce initiatives. Drives labor optimization across clinical and non-clinical functions, focusing on scheduling practices, resource utilization, flexible staffing models, and contingent labor support to achieve operational efficiency and alignment with business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Nursing, or a related field; or or equivalent years of experience and education
• Three years’ experience in workforce management, healthcare operations, or a related field, with demonstrated progressive responsibility in labor strategy, contingent staffing, or resource optimization
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a primary liaison with enterprise stakeholders to ensure alignment on workforce initiatives, including scheduling, resource utilization, and contingent labor management.
• Designs and implements plans for labor strategies to advance enterprise goals, such as demand forecasting, staffing flexibility, and cost optimization.
• Leads segments of workforce initiative rollouts to promote adoption and sustainability across the organization.
• Assesses and validates opportunities for labor efficiency, including reducing reliance on external resources through internal solutions.
• Owns and refines documentation of workforce workflows, processes, and analytics, tracking key metrics like utilization rates, spend, and ROI.
• Partners on training, onboarding, and change management to support workforce strategy implementation.
• Provides data-driven insights and recommendations for the overall workforce portfolio, including contingent staffing integration.
• Directs stakeholder requests toward operational improvements in labor management.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

What This Job Offers

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