Staffing Manager, Inizio Ignite

Staffing Execution Lead – Consulting

Hybrid Role, London, UK

About Inizio

Inizio is a global partner with over 10,500 experts operating in more than 50 countries. We support health and life science companies by turning science into strategy and executing across the product and patient journey. Our services include market research, strategy consulting, transformation consulting, and commercial benchmarking, all designed to be data-backed and patient-inspired.

About Inizio Ignite

We are Inizio Ignite, the global advisory partner for health and life sciences encompassing connected expertise across Research Partnership, Putnam, STEM, and Vynamic. Guided by purpose, passion, and precision, we collaborate with clients to ignite impact, accelerate performance, and deliver lasting change for patients. By uniting strategy, insights, and innovation with a unique depth and breadth of expertise, we drive transformation and shape the future of health.

Role Overview

The Staffing Execution Lead plays a critical role in aligning talent to client engagements, ensuring optimal utilization, and supporting career development. Operating within a defined scope, such as a vertical, sub-vertical, or service area - this role partners closely with business leaders to balance client demand, individual aspirations, and strategic priorities.

The Staffing Execution Lead is responsible for managing and reporting on key staffing metrics, proactively identifying and addressing capacity challenges, and contributing to broader talent and workforce planning initiatives. This role also supports the implementation of central staffing strategies and continuous improvement efforts.

Here’s what you’ll be doing

• Strategically align resources to client engagements, balancing business needs, individual development, and utilization goals.
• Partner with vertical and service line leaders to understand demand, forecast needs, and resolve staffing conflicts.
• Coordinate and lead discussions with employees to understand project preferences and professional development goals, provide unbiased support on project selection.
• Ensure systems updates with employee skills and experience on a recurring basis.
• Monitor and report on staffing metrics within assigned scope, providing insights to inform decision-making.
• Proactively assess capacity and pipeline challenges, escalating risks and proposing solutions.
• Support the execution of central staffing initiatives and contribute to the evolution of staffing processes and tools.
• Provide input into workforce planning, talent management, and career development discussions.
• Collaborate with the broader staffing team to ensure consistency, knowledge sharing, and best practice adoption.
• Manage the overall unstaffed process, including evolving the process to increase productivity and utilization and serving as interim go-to for unstaffed team members.
• Lead new hire staffing process, including conducting all staffing conversations and check-ins, and maintaining and delivering new hire staffing training/presentations.
• Collaborate with opportunity leads, BD, and finance to ensure accuracy in financial force reporting through maintaining opportunity pipeline and team member status.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Experience in resource management, staffing, or workforce planning within a consulting or professional services environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into action.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across levels.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and make decisions in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Familiarity with staffing systems and tools; comfort with reporting and data visualization platforms.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Experience in an Inizio Advisory Consulting or similar service delivery role is preferred, to support consistency in client deliverables and alignment with established practices

Our Pledge

At Inizio, we value inclusivity, recognize the power of diversity, and inspire the next generation of change-makers. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome all applications regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or disability.

Artificial Intelligence

Inizio may use AI technologies to support certain aspects of our recruitment process, but all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. We are committed to fair, inclusive, and human-led hiring practices. Don't meet every requirement? That's okay! We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway.