Contingent Workforce Program Manager Jobs in Virginia

This role administers the field scheduling system (CTS) and owns the Flexible Workforce program, including RT hiring, requisition management, and contract oversight. It also manages the 500+ associate SSA program delivering virtual and on-site candidate processing support across all locations.
Key job responsibilities
• Documents current-state processes and identifies gaps, inefficiencies, and redundancies; benchmarks against best practices and recommends enhancements.
• Designs future-state processes with clear steps, owners, and decision points, ensuring they are scalable, repeatable, and aligned to organizational standards.
• Maintains up-to-date standard operating procedures (SOPs) and process documentation.
• Leads network-wide process improvement initiatives, using data to prioritize, validate, and scale changes across the network.
• Identifies patterns across data points to distinguish noise from meaningful signals, escalating risks as needed.
• Pilots new process designs, measures outcomes, and scales successful changes across the network.
• Proactively identifies automation and efficiency opportunities within owned workflows, driving implementation of solutions that reduce manual effort and increase scalability.
• Aligns stakeholders on process changes, communicating impacts and timelines clearly.
• Influences field operations, compliance, recruiting, and program stakeholder teams without direct authority.
• Travels to sites a minimum of 50% of the time to support in-person process oversight, stakeholder engagement, and on-the-ground implementation of network improvements.
• Manages the Staffing Support Associate (SSA) Program, including the sourcing, onboarding and training design of T1 internal associates to support Pre-Hire Appointments (PHAs).
• Owns short-term and flexible staffing option, including seasonal workforce programs, program design and contract management.
• Handles requisition creation, approvals, and monitoring for seasonal and permanent WFS Field Associates.
• Serves as primary system administrator for WFS Field Scheduling, maintaining system integrity, configuration, user access and technical functionality.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Program Management, Human Resources, Employment Law, Computer Science, Finance, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, Operations Research or a related field
- 5+ years of HR, talent acquisition, management consulting, or project/program management experience
- Experience building cross-functional partnerships and influencing stakeholders across the organization to act without having a direct reporting relationship
- Experience creating and implementing large-scale programs
- Experience in verbal and written communication for executive level leaders
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience leading large contingent workforce programs
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USA, VA, Arlington - 125,800.00 - 170,200.00 USD annually