Resource Planning Manager

Overview

In this role you will optimise how we allocate and forecast resources across the change portfolio to support delivery certainty. You will act as the central coordination point between business, tech, and delivery teams to balance demand with capacity. You will provide data-driven insights to guide investment and prioritisation decisions, while driving continuous improvement in planning practices. This is a chance to shape how a large transformation program is resourced and delivered in a collaborative, impactful environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary and generous bonus scheme
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Defined Contribution pension scheme
• Life assurance, private medical and income protection insurance
• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

Responsibilities

• Central point for resource requests across change programmes and projects
• Partner with Programme Managers, Delivery Managers, Portfolio Leads and functional leaders on current and future requirements
• Create and maintain rolling 3, 6 and 12-month capacity plans, identify constraints and recruitment needs
• Align resources to business priorities and resolve conflicting demands
• Monitor utilisation and suggest changes for under- or over-allocated teams
• Provide resource impact assessments for new initiatives and priority changes
• Produce dashboards, forecasts and management information for senior stakeholders
• Maintain portfolio resource data and develop measures of efficiency and delivery performance
• Establish consistent resource management standards, processes and ways of working
• Drive continuous improvement and adoption of planning tools and methodologies

Key requirements

• Significant experience in a Transformation Office, PMO, Portfolio Office or Change function
• Proven experience managing resources across multiple programmes and projects
• Strong capacity planning, forecasting, modelling and data-analysis skills
• Experience producing resource forecasts, utilisation reporting and management information
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders in a matrix environment
• Solid understanding of portfolio, programme and project management principles and change lifecycles
• Excellent organisation, communication, facilitation and presentation skills
• Ability to balance immediate delivery needs with longer-term capability

• communication
• facilitation
• presentation
• capacity planning
• forecasting
• modelling

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