Senior Manager, R&D Strategic Resourcing
Posted Aug 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you negotiated resources between two functions who both needed them. How did it land?
What they are checking: The negotiation this posting explicitly requires.
How do you present a recommendation that a function will not like, so that they still engage with it?
What they are checking: Influence in a governance role with no line authority.
This is a senior manager role in North Chicago covering global research and development resourcing. What do you want to know about which functions you would cover and how the plan and update cycles are timed?
What they are checking: Whether they ask about scope and the calendar that drives the job.
What would you do
A function tells you they need more headcount than the plan allows. How do you test whether that is true?
What they are checking: Challenging a demand claim without just saying no.
A function is drifting outside its plan resource envelope. When do you raise it, and to whom?
What they are checking: Escalation timing on a variance that is easier to fix early.
How do you keep the data underneath your forecasts trustworthy when it comes from many functions who each maintain their own?
What they are checking: Data quality in a decentralized input model.
About the work
This role forecasts research and development resources and the budget behind them. Walk me through how you build a resource forecast for a portfolio that keeps changing.
What they are checking: Forecasting method where the underlying portfolio is unstable.
How do you build a portfolio timeline and cost estimate that a leadership team can actually make a decision from?
What they are checking: Turning resource data into a decision input, which this posting names.
What is the difference between a short-term forecast and a long-range one in how you build and defend it?
What they are checking: Understanding that the two have different tolerances and different uses.
Where do resource forecasts usually go wrong, in your experience?
What they are checking: Hard-won awareness of the common failure modes.
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