Senior Director: Planning Transformation & Portfolio Excellence

Excelya; France; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Excelya seeks a Senior Director - Planning Transformation & Portfolio Excellence to drive the design and deployment of planning capabilities across a major enterprise transformation program. You will lead cross-functional workshops, define scalable frameworks, and ensure governance alignment with portfolio management processes.

You will mentor planning resources, partner with business and technical teams, and advise senior leadership on planning maturity and operating model evolution within

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional planning initiatives and strategic workshops.
• Expertise in planning methodologies, portfolio governance, WBS, milestone frameworks, and operating models.
• Experience with planning and PPM tools (OnePlan, Planisware, Planview, Clarity, MS Project).
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Fluent English in a corporate environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple planning transformation workstreams and facilitate strategic planning workshops.
• Design and implement functional planning frameworks, templates, governance models, and milestone structures.
• Drive stakeholder alignment and decision-making across business functions.
• Develop cross-functional dependency maps and planning standards for scalable execution.
• Translate workshop outcomes into implementation-ready deliverables for planning platform deployment.
• Partner with business and technical teams to ensure practical and scalable planning solutions.
• Support pilot deployments and adoption activities for new planning processes and tools.
• Advise senior leadership on planning maturity, portfolio governance, and operating model evolution.
• Standardize planning practices across functions and contribute to broader transformation initiatives.

Skills

Pharma/biotech industry experience

Planning transformation leadership

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Fluent English

Tools

OnePlan

Planisware

Planview

Clarity

Microsoft Project

Job description

Excelya seeks a Senior Director - Planning Transformation & Portfolio Excellence to drive the design and deployment of planning capabilities across a major enterprise transformation program. You will lead cross-functional workshops, define scalable frameworks, and ensure governance alignment with portfolio management processes.

You will mentor planning resources, partner with business and technical teams, and advise senior leadership on planning maturity and operating model evolution within