Interim Strategic Planning & Performance Partner

Energy Jobline CVL; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page is seeking an Interim Business Planning Partner in the UK. The role focuses on planning, governance and performance reporting across change initiatives, working closely with stakeholders to ensure delivery aligns with strategic priorities.

You will build trusted relationships, provide robust insights, challenge where needed, and support decision-making through integrated planning and reporting across delivery leads and sponsors.

Qualifications

• Experience in business planning and performance management with a relevant qualification.
• Ability to think strategically and systemically.
• Experience coaching senior leaders to enable planning and performance measurement.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure plans align with strategic objectives.
• Support prioritisation and decision-making through planning analysis and reporting.
• Provide guidance on planning, governance and gateway requirements.
• Partner with delivery leads to develop integrated plans covering deliverables, resources and dependencies.
• Keep plans and performance reporting accurate, up-to-date and transparent.
• Facilitate assessments of demand, capacity, capability, risks and impacts for prioritisation.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning and reporting practices.
• Conduct quality assurance to ensure standards and governance compliance.
• Support gateway reviews, change requests and project closure activities.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Performance reporting

Stakeholder management

Governance

Analytical skills

Coaching leaders

Cross-functional collaboration

Planning and performance management

Digital/data literacy

Education

Relevant qualification

Tools

Data analytics tools

Job description

Michael Page is seeking an Interim Business Planning Partner in the UK. The role focuses on planning, governance and performance reporting across change initiatives, working closely with stakeholders to ensure delivery aligns with strategic priorities.

You will build trusted relationships, provide robust insights, challenge where needed, and support decision-making through integrated planning and reporting across delivery leads and sponsors.