Senior Consultant
Lightcast
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Job Description
About the Senior Consultant Role at Lightcast
The Senior Consultant at Lightcast partners with enterprise clients to design and transform job architecture, workforce practices, and talent processes that support agile, skills-enabled organizations. This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution, helping clients translate workforce strategy into practical frameworks, operating models, and talent practices that drive measurable outcomes.
Working closely with client stakeholders, cross-functional delivery teams, and data and technology partners, this role focuses on building clear job structures, integrating skills into talent systems, and enabling workforce decisions at scale.
Major Responsibilities
- Lead client workstreams focused on job architecture design, refinement, validation, and governance
- Assess and redesign talent lifecycle processes, including hiring, development, mobility, performance, and workforce planning, to improve role clarity and alignment to how work is performed
- Facilitate stakeholder interviews, workshops, and working sessions to gather inputs, align perspectives, and drive decision-making
- Translate workforce and talent strategy into practical frameworks, operating models, and execution roadmaps
- Partner with data, technology, and workforce analytics teams to ensure job and skills data can be operationalized for planning and decision-making
- Develop high-quality client deliverables, including diagnostics, design principles, frameworks, and implementation plans
- Advise clients on change management considerations and the adoption of new workforce practices
- Contribute to the development and evolution of internal methodologies, tools, and thought leadership
Education and Experience
- 8+ years of experience in HR, talent management, organizational design, workforce strategy, or consulting
- MUST HAVE hands-on experience with job architecture, role design, or job framework initiatives
- Experience assessing or redesigning talent lifecycle processes
- Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to translate complex workforce challenges into clear, practical solutions
- Experience partnering with cross-functional teams, including HR, technology, and analytics
- Consulting or client-facing experience strongly preferred
- Advanced degree or relevant certifications a plus
Key skills/competency
- Job architecture
- Workforce strategy
- Talent management
- Organizational design
- Change management
- HR consulting
- Process improvement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Data analytics
- Project leadership
How to Get Hired at Lightcast
- Research Lightcast's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight hands-on experience in job architecture, role design, and talent process transformation.
- Showcase problem-solving skills: Prepare examples demonstrating your ability to translate complex workforce challenges into clear solutions.
- Demonstrate stakeholder engagement: Provide instances of successful facilitation of workshops and driving decision-making with clients.
- Emphasize strategic execution: Articulate how you translate workforce strategy into practical frameworks and measurable outcomes.
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