PROGRAM MANAGER, TALENT STRATEGY & CAPACITY BUILDING AT HUGO TECHNOLOGIES

About Company:

Hugo is a Future-of-Work company. We build and manage remote teams in black communities for some of the world’s largest technology and media companies. We specialize in end-to-end machine learning data annotation and omnichannel support solutions that ultimately yield more inclusive outcomes for both black communities globally and our clients.

Job Description:

• Lead the development of Hugo’s capability index, mapping talent strengths and gaps across the workforce and external talent pools, and aligning insights with business needs..
• Monitor industry trends and internal data to surface skill gaps early and build proactive strategies for upskilling and staffing readiness.
• Design and validate high-impact assessments that benchmark cognitive potential, academic aptitude, and workflow readiness, partnering with domain experts to ensure relevance and rigor.
• Support scalable training program design, working closely with Product and Academy leads to turn insights into targeted learning interventions.
• Coordinate testing cycles and engagement strategies, managing internal and external assessments in partnership with AI Ops and Delivery teams, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum participation

Requirements:

• Strategic Thinking: Strong strategic planning and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to shape new systems and processes from the ground up.
• Analytical Expertise: Comfort working with unstructured data and high volumes of information, able to navigate complexity and generate meaningful insights.
• Adaptability: Thrives in fast-evolving, ambiguous environments; can operate without a clear blueprint and still deliver structure and progress.
• Creative Execution: Ability to ideate and prototype quickly; good at spotting capability gaps and improvising workable, scalable solutions.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas and influence stakeholders across diverse functions.
• Drive to Action: Demonstrated ability to translate fuzzy problems into structured outputs, using data and qualitative inputs to drive decisions.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Should have 4+ years in program management, workforce strategy, or related fields, with a significant portion in senior or lead roles.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale projects
• Prior experience or exposure to Assessment design, Learning & development (L&D), Organizational development (OD) or psychology, Competency modeling, Workforce capability frameworks, People analytics and/or HR consulting is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated experience in managing large-scale, cross-functional projects.

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