Contingent Workforce Talent Lead Manager, Corporate

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

Huron’s Resource Management (RM) team members are trusted strategic advisors to our business leaders, delivering solutions that balance the needs of our people, our company, and our clients. The team delivers high-quality staffing solutions that ensure proper alignment of resources to projects, optimizes utilization, and supports career development for employees. We provide unique perspectives through data-informed insights and foster deep, collaborative, and consultative relationships with the stakeholders we engage. The Resource Management team serves as the enterprise owners for workforce strategy, capacity planning, utilization optimization, and resourcing governance across all business units.

The Contingent Worker Talent Lead will lead the design and implementation of Huron’s Direct Sourcing program and marketplace. While direct sourcing will be a major focus area in year one, this role will also be responsible for talent sourcing across Huron’s full contingent workforce, ensuring the business has fast, reliable access to the right skills through the right channels. This role requires strong program management, cross functional influence, a deep understanding of business offerings, and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels throughout the organization. This role is foundational to Huron’s Total Talent strategy, unlocking faster access to talent and enabling a more agile, skills based workforce model at scale. This role will also facilitate sourcing through approved staffing suppliers in partnership with Procurement and Talent Acquisition to ensure a seamless, compliant fulfillment experience.
This position reports to the Corporate Vice President of Resource Management and will have direct supervisory responsibility for a team of Contingent Workforce Associates. This individual will serve as the business owner of the direct sourcing capability and broader contingent workforce sourcing strategy, partnering closely across Resource Management, Procurement, Talent Acquisition, Human Capital, and IT to deliver a compliant, scalable, and business aligned approach to sourcing and engaging project based talent.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Program Design & Execution

• Own and manage contingent talent sourcing across all project‑based worker channels
• Lead the direct sourcing marketplace program from design through implementation, aligned to Total Talent strategy and enterprise priorities
• Embed direct sourcing as the preferred fulfillment channel for eligible contingent needs before engaging staffing suppliers
• Define and run the end‑to‑end operating model (intake, sourcing, deployment/redeployment, performance management, talent engagement, and enterprise system integration)
• Manage demand intake for contingent needs; align scope and timing with stakeholders; and deliver qualified shortlists through sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and submission management with clear SLAs
• Build and manage non‑employee talent communities aligned to demand and workforce plans, including targeted outreach and engagement campaigns
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and Marketing to align talent community branding, content, and engagement across channels
• Drive advocacy and adoption through change management, education, enablement, and measurable value realization
• Standardize reporting and insights (common definitions and metrics) and embed adoption in leadership routines
• Champion responsible AI‑enabled ways of working (decision support with human review and clear guardrails) and partner with the RM Operations, Technology & Data COE to prioritize scalable process and technology improvements
• Partner with Procurement, Talent Acquisition, and HR to engage approved staffing suppliers when needed, ensuring contract adherence, rate/tenure governance, worker classification, and compliant onboarding/offboarding
• Serve as a trusted adv