Workforce planning is undergoing a fundamental shift, from an annual, HR-led process to a real-time, enterprise-wide capability. In a world defined by rapid change, AI disruption, and evolving skills, business leaders need more than forecasts, they need options.

Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) is now a lever for agility, aligning talent to value, reallocating capabilities at speed, and navigating uncertainty with confidence. This session explores how People Analytics, HR, and the wider business functions are working together to transform planning into a continuous, predictive, and business-critical function.

Discussion points

Planning Faster than Speed of Change: How to evolve from static forecasting to dynamic planning powered by AI and data.
Tying Planning to Value: How leading teams align workforce plans to revenue, cost, and productivity, not just headcount.
HR + Finance Partnership: How tight collaboration across functions is turning SWP into a competitive advantage.

Panelists

[Moderator]: Marquam Piros, Senior Director, People Analytics and Digital Strategy at Seagate Technology
Mei Kim, Senior Director, Global People Insights & Analytics at Mondelēz International
Michael Morgan, Director of Planning & Insights at Ford Motor Company
Mary Hamman, Director, People Science at Indeed
Katie Ward, Vice President, Strategic Operations & People Analytics at IQVIA
Melody Siadaty, Vice President, Product Management, Workforce Planning at Visier
[Chair]: Chris Rainey, CEO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders

This panel is part of the 7th Annual Global People Analytics Summit 2025. It brought together 40+ world-class speakers across 7 different panels who shared actionable insights, practical takeaways and how they are using People Analytics to transform the Future of Work. View all Sessions:

Panel #1 Watch here: The Workforce Intelligence Advantage: How to Predict, Plan, and Perform Using People Analytics
Panel #2 Watch here: How People Analytics Creates Career Value at Scale with Data-Driven Talent Intelligence
Panel #3 Watch here: The CHRO Blueprint: Scaling People Analytics from Function to Enterprise
Panel #4 Watch here: How HR is Commanding the Future by Harnessing AI, Copilots and Agents
Panel #5 Watch here: The Upskilling & Reskilling Mandate: How to Get Ahead of the Shrinking Half-Life of Skills
Panel #6 Watch here: Strategic Workforce Planning 2.0: How to Shift From Static Forecasting to AI-Powered Agility
Panel #7 Watch here: The New Intelligence Layer: People Analytics as the Operating System of Work