Resource Planning Lead – Change & Capacity (Hybrid)

Unum; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Cash Plan

Defined Contribution pension scheme

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Remote GP

27 days annual leave plus bank holiday

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Free shuttle bus

Wellbeing and career growth

Job summary

Unum UK is seeking a Resource Planning Manager to ensure the allocation, utilisation and forecasting of resources across the organisation’s change portfolio. You will act as the central coordination point between business functions, technology teams, programme delivery teams and senior leaders to balance demand for change initiatives against resource capacity.

The role exists to improve delivery certainty, reduce resource conflicts, optimise utilisation of scarce specialist skills and provide

Qualifications

• Experience in a Transformation Office, PMO, Portfolio Office or Change function.
• Proven experience managing resources across multiple programmes and projects.
• Strong capacity planning, forecasting, modelling and data-analysis skills.
• Experience producing resource forecasts, utilisation reporting and management information.
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders in a matrix environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point for resource requests across change programmes and projects.
• Partner with Programme Managers, Delivery Managers, Portfolio Leads and functional leaders to understand current and future requirements.
• Create and maintain rolling 3, 6 and 12-month capacity plans, identifying constraints, skills gaps and recruitment needs.
• Align resources to agreed business priorities and support the resolution of competing demands.
• Monitor utilisation and recommend changes where teams or individuals are under or over-allocated.
• Provide resource impact assessments for new initiatives and changes in priority.
• Produce clear dashboards, forecasts and management information for senior stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate portfolio resource data and develop meaningful measures of efficiency and delivery performance.
• Establish consistent resource management standards, processes and ways of working.
• Drive continuous improvement and the adoption of effective planning tools and methodologies.

Skills

Transformation Office

PMO

Portfolio Office

Change function

Forecasting

Data analysis

Stakeholder influence

Delivery lifecycle

Governance

Communication

Job description

Unum UK is seeking a Resource Planning Manager to ensure the allocation, utilisation and forecasting of resources across the organisation’s change portfolio. You will act as the central coordination point between business functions, technology teams, programme delivery teams and senior leaders to balance demand for change initiatives against resource capacity.

The role exists to improve delivery certainty, reduce resource conflicts, optimise utilisation of scarce specialist skills and provide