Planning & Dependency Lead

Servaada - a Wipro Company; Telford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Servaada is seeking an experienced Planning & Dependency Lead to join our Central Change Office in the UK. You will provide an organisation-wide view of plans, milestones, risks and dependencies across major change programmes.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to drive planning standards, support migrations and transitions, and deliver clear, actionable reporting. Join us to lead integrated planning across multiple programmes, manage critical dependencies and ensure milestones and client

Qualifications

• Strong planning and dependency management experience.
• Background in financial services change and transformation.
• Expertise in schedule management, critical path analysis and scenario planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience using planning and portfolio management tools.
• Outsourcing or consulting experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated planning across programmes and portfolios.
• Identify and manage key dependencies, risks and conflicts.
• Maintain visibility of milestones, regulatory deadlines and client commitments.
• Support complex change initiatives including migrations and transitions.
• Provide planning insight and reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Drive improvements in planning standards and tools.

Skills

Planning

Dependency management

Stakeholder management

Schedule management

Tools

Planning tools

Job description

About the Role

Servaada is looking for an experienced Planning & Dependency Lead to join our Central Change Office.

You will provide an organisation-wide view of plans, milestones, risks and dependencies across major change programmes.

What You Will Do

• Lead integrated planning across programmes and portfolios.
• Identify and manage key dependencies, risks and conflicts.
• Maintain visibility of milestones, regulatory deadlines and client commitments.
• Support complex change initiatives including migrations and transitions.
• Provide planning insight and reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Drive improvements in planning standards and tools.

What We Are Looking For

• Strong planning and dependency management experience.
• Background in financial services change and transformation.
• Expertise in schedule management, critical path analysis and scenario planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience using planning and portfolio management tools.
• Outsourcing or consulting experience.

Core Competencies

• Must act with integrity
• Must act with due skill, care and diligence
• Must be open and cooperative with the FCA and other regulators
• Must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• Must observe proper standards of market conduct
• Must act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Servaada is committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion in the workplace. All applicants welcome