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

CompanyPurple Cow Recruiting
LocationWashington
Work ModeOn Site
PostedSeptember 14, 2026
About The Company
Purple Cow Recruiting is a global talent acquisition firm that connects top-tier professionals with leading organizations across industries, including the United States federal government. We specialize in recruiting for healthcare and technical roles, offering both permanent and temporary staffing solutions, including all back end support. Our approach is tailored to meet the unique needs of each client, ensuring compliance with key industry standards such as Joint Commission, HIPAA, NIST, and FedRAMP, while delivering exceptional candidates. Technical, Healthcare, and Commercial Expertise : -Deployment of FTEs: Capability to deploy fully credentialed professionals across technical, healthcare, and commercial roles. -Telehealth and Remote IT Solutions: Proficient in remote support for both healthcare and technical operations. -Commercial Expertise: Strong track record in placing candidates in corporate roles, including finance, marketing, and engineering. Compliance and Quality Assurance: -Adherence to federal standards (e.g., Joint Commission, HIPAA, NIST, FedRAMP) and industry best practices for commercial sectors. -Quality Control Plan (QCP) includes regular audits, performance reviews, and compliance checks. Past Performance: Successfully delivered staffing solutions for DoD contracts, healthcare institutions, and leading commercial enterprises. Our performance consistently meets or exceeds client expectations in both public and private sectors. Key Personnel: -Fiona Rintoul, CEO: Oversees strategic direction and operational alignment. -Chelsea Drinkard, VP of Recruiting: Manages recruitment across federal, healthcare, technical, and commercial sectors. Purple Cow Recruiting ensures high-quality staffing solutions, aligning with both public and private sector objectives to support mission-critical operations and commercial growth.
About the Role

Description

Senior Workforce Strategy Consultant | $91K-$225K
Washington, DC | Hybrid

Elizabeth Banzhaf, LPN
Co-Founder & COO | Heartline Staffing
Call or Text: 272-230-3157
LinkedIn: View Elizabeth's LinkedIn

Prefer a confidential conversation instead of applying? Call or text Elizabeth directly at 272-230-3157.

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.

COMPENSATION
• $91,000-$225,000
• Compensation is open and will be determined based on experience, skills and overall fit
• Candidates should be prepared to discuss compensation expectations during initial screening
• Relocation Assistance: No
• Visa Sponsorship: No

WORK MODEL
• Hybrid opportunity based in Washington, DC

WORKFORCE STRATEGY & ANALYTICS
• 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

CLIENT LEADERSHIP
• 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

AI, MODELING & DATA PRODUCTS
• 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

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & CLIENT GROWTH
• 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

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP & INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
• Create reusable AI-enabled frameworks and client accelerators
• Contribute to proposals and thought leadership
• Support emerging practices in AI-driven workforce strategy

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

Not ready to formally apply? That's completely fine. Many experienced workforce strategy and analytics professionals prefer a confidential conversation first.
Call or text Elizabeth directly at 272-230-3157.

Key Skills
Workforce StrategyHR AnalyticsHuman Capital ConsultingStatistical AnalysisMachine LearningArtificial IntelligencePythonRSQLTableauPredictive ModelingBusiness DevelopmentClient Relationship ManagementPay Equity AnalysisStrategic Workforce PlanningData Visualization
Categories
ConsultingData & AnalyticsHuman ResourcesManagement & LeadershipTechnology
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The consultant will lead client engagements by translating complex workforce challenges into actionable, analytics-driven solutions using AI and statistical methods. They are also responsible for business development, including lead generation, proposal writing, and commercial negotiations.
📋Job Type
full time
💰Salary Range
$91,000 - $225,000
📊Experience Level
10+
💼Company Size
13
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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