Maureen Welsh

Maureen Welsh

Director Contingent Workforce Strategy Cencora

Day 1

9:40 AM Panel Discussion Remix: Breaking the Bottleneck - Accelerating Contingent Hiring Without Compromise

Enterprise contingent workforce programs are under constant pressure to move faster without increasing risk or losing visibility. This panel brings together experienced leaders to discuss how they are recalibrating processes, governance, and decision rights to enable speed while maintaining the controls the business demands. Panelists will share where they are reinvesting time and resources before joining attendees for small group discussions on how to simplify programs without sacrificing control.

Actionable Takeaways

    • Identify which approval steps truly protect the business and which ones slow hiring without reducing risk
    • Define clear decision ownership across procurement, HR, legal, and the business to prevent delays and confusion
    • Apply practical guardrails that allow faster hiring while preserving compliance, visibility, and spend control 

    Day 2

    9:40 AM Panel Discussion Remix: When Governance Backfires - How Good Intentions Slow Hiring

    Governance structures are designed to protect the business, but over time many contingent workforce programs accumulate layers of approvals, policies, and controls that quietly slow hiring and frustrate stakeholders. In this panel remix, enterprise leaders will share real examples of governance decisions that unintentionally created friction, how they identified the problem, and what they changed. Panelists will then join attendees in small group discussions to explore where governance may be backfiring in their own programs and how to simplify without introducing new risk.


    Actionable Takeaways

      • Identify governance controls that no longer reduce risk but continue to slow hiring
      • Learn how leading programs evaluate and retire legacy approvals and policies
      • Apply a practical framework to rebalance governance so it supports speed and adoption 

      Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Maureen.

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