Resource Planning Lead

Map; København; On-site; DKK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

MAP in Copenhagen is seeking a structured Resource Manager to act as the operational engine for our Consulting Practice. You will plan and coordinate resources across projects, balancing business needs with team capacity for our global teams, most based in Copenhagen.

Success lies in understanding people, their skills and aspirations, and in navigating priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will work with leaders across Consulting and Client Engagement to staffing decisions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in resource management, workstream management, operations, or project management.
• Excellent communication skills and fluent/professional proficiency in English.
• Strong planning, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong people judgement and relationship-building skills, with the ability to understand individual strengths and motivations.
• Comfortable working with forecasting, utilisation, and capacity data.
• Organised, proactive and people-oriented, with the ability to balance business priorities, employee development and delivery needs.
• Experience from an agency, consultancy, or other project-based environment is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own resource planning and allocation across the 4 teams in our Consulting Practice.
• Know the team: understand consultants' skills, strengths, aspirations and availability to match project needs with the right people, while monitoring capacity, utilisation and resource forecasts.
• Partner with Heads of the Consulting teams and Directors on staffing decisions and priorities through weekly (and sometimes daily) check-ins. Liaise directly with internal stakeholders as needed to plan staffing.
• Identify resource gaps, overbooking and delivery risks, and proactively help resolve them. Manage holiday requests and support approvals.
• Act as a trusted point of contact for consultants regarding staffing and workload balance.
• Build strong relationships across the Consulting Practice to understand team dynamics and support meaningful staffing decisions that benefit both the business and our people.
• Support improvements to resourcing processes, planning routines and ways of working with business support teams and capability leadership.

Skills

Resource management

Workstream management

Operations

Project management

Job description

MAP in Copenhagen is seeking a structured Resource Manager to act as the operational engine for our Consulting Practice. You will plan and coordinate resources across projects, balancing business needs with team capacity for our global teams, most based in Copenhagen.

Success lies in understanding people, their skills and aspirations, and in navigating priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will work with leaders across Consulting and Client Engagement to staffing decisions.