Enterprise Release Planning Lead

SR2 REC LTD; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 REC LTD in London is seeking an experienced Enterprise Release Planning Lead for a contract hybrid role. You will consolidate multiple technology programmes into a credible enterprise plan, identifying dependencies, sequencing and critical paths to align delivery across the estate.

You’ll translate complex delivery data into clear roadmaps, presentations and governance packs, and present recommendations to senior technology leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise release planning, integrated technology planning or portfolio planning.
• Ability to map dependencies across programmes and delivery teams.
• Strong skills in sequencing, critical path analysis and scenario planning.
• Excellent executive communication and presentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Build integrated release schedules and roadmaps across multiple technology initiatives.
• Map cross-programme dependencies and assess impact on sequencing.
• Identify critical paths, constraints, risks and key decision points.
• Interrogate delivery data to assess what is realistically achievable.
• Turn complex planning data into clear roadmaps and visuals.
• Present plans and recommendations to senior technology leadership.

Skills

Dependency mapping

Sequencing

Critical path analysis

Executive presentation

Job description

Enterprise Release Planning Lead | Contract | London Hybrid | Outside IR35

SR2 are supporting a large, complex organisation looking for an experienced Enterprise Release Planning Lead to join a major technology environment.

This is not a traditional operational Release Manager role. We're looking for someone who thrives on complexity and can take information from multiple technology programmes, systems and delivery teams and turn it into a clear, joined-up enterprise plan.

You'll work across a broad technology landscape, interrogating detailed delivery information, understanding how different initiatives interact and building credible pathways through multiple interconnected releases.

A major part of the role will be identifying dependencies, sequencing, constraints, critical paths, risks and key decision points, before translating that detail into clear roadmaps, visualisations and executive-level presentations.

What you’ll be doing

• Building integrated release schedules and delivery roadmaps across multiple technology initiatives

• Mapping complex cross-programme dependencies and understanding their impact on sequencing

• Identifying critical paths, constraints, clashes, risks and key decision points

• Interrogating detailed technical, functional and delivery information to understand what is genuinely achievable

• Challenging assumptions, timelines and dependencies where things don't stack up

• Creating a joined-up view across a large technology estate

• Turning complex planning information into clear, high-quality PowerPoint presentations, roadmaps and decision packs

• Presenting plans, risks and recommendations to senior technology leadership

• Supporting SteerCos and wider technology governance forums

What we’re looking for

You’ll likely come from enterprise release planning, integrated technology planning, portfolio planning, programme controls or complex technology delivery planning.

You’ll need strong experience bringing together multiple programmes, workstreams, systems and dependencies into integrated plans, with the ability to move comfortably between granular delivery detail and the bigger strategic picture.

We’re particularly interested in people who can demonstrate strong dependency mapping, sequencing, critical path analysis and scenario planning, alongside excellent executive communication and presentation skills.

The important thing is that you’ve operated across complex technology environments and can demonstrate the planning, analytical and stakeholder skills needed to make sense of multiple moving parts.

Contract: Initial 6 months
Location: London, hybrid 1-2 days per week
Start: As soon as possible
IR35: Outside

If you're an experienced technology planner who enjoys making sense of complex delivery environments and turning them into clear, credible plans,