Portfolio Planner

JR United Kingdom; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a strategic Portfolio Planner in Leeds to enhance enterprise-level planning. In this permanent full-time role, you will collaborate across departments to deliver essential planning and forecasting activities, ensuring actionable insights and fostering continuous improvement. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented with a strong background in planning and resource management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in planning or PMO functions.
• Familiarity with planning systems and management tools.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise-wide portfolio plans.
• Support transition to centralized planning tools.
• Provide reporting and insights on performance.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Influencing skills

Tools

Portfolio/project management tools

Planning systems

Job description

Location: Leeds - 2–3 days a week onsite

Type: Permanent | Full-Time

Function: Transformation & Planning

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for planning excellence? We’re looking for a Portfolio Planner to help shape and optimise enterprise-level planning within a newly formed Transformation Management Office (TMO).

In this role, you’ll work across departments to deliver planning, reporting, and forecasting activities that drive performance and deliver measurable business value. You’ll play a key role in managing planning tools, collaborating with stakeholders, and improving processes to enhance portfolio delivery.

This position is ideal for someone who’s data-driven, detail-oriented, and thrives in a dynamic environment with a strong sense of purpose and inclusivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise-wide portfolio plans and reporting frameworks
• Support the transition to centralised planning tools and methods
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure accurate and actionable plans
• Provide regular reporting and insights on performance vs forecast
• Drive continuous improvement and process standardisation

You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in planning, resource management or PMO functions
• Familiarity with planning systems and portfolio/project management tools
• Excellent communication, analytical and influencing skills
• Confidence working across multiple business units and with senior stakeholders

This is a chance to join a values-led organisation that puts people and progress at the heart of everything it does.