Senior PI Planning & Capacity Manager

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior PI Planning & Capacity Manager to lead PI Planning across their Product & Technology teams. This role involves coaching participants at all levels, ensuring robust planning processes, and driving continuous improvement. You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate outcomes into JIRA roadmaps, enhancing transparency and efficiency. If you have a passion for agile methodologies and possess exceptional leadership and communication skills, this position offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proven PI Planning excellence in large organizations.
• Exceptional ability to coach people involved in PI Planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead PI Planning across Product & Technology teams.
• Build and own a capacity planning process with Delivery Leadership.

Skills

PI Planning Expertise

Agile Coaching Expertise

Leadership and Communication

Facilitation

Stakeholder Management

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Job Description

Senior PI Planning & Capacity Manager

£550 - £650 per day

London office – once per week

ASAP start

We are seeking an experienced Senior PI Planning & Capacity Manager to plays take the lead of the PI Planning (Quarterly Planning) across our client’s Product & Technology teams and their stakeholders. In this role, you will coach PI Planning participants on the process, across the whole organisation, from Developers to Exec level, look at the overall process roadmap and implement it.

Key Responsibilities:

• PI Planning: The Senior Planning Coordinator works in partnership with the wider operations team to ensure we have robust PI Planning process in place across Product & Technology and all our stakeholders. They are responsible for coordination the preparations, the planning event itself and consistent outcomes with over 1400 participants.
• Capacity Planning: Building, embedding and owning a capacity planning process with the Delivery Leadership team.
• Agile Coaching: They are responsible for coaching of participants of PI Planning on various levels of the organisation. Influencing other leaders to participate in the process, train-the-trainer sessions, understanding and driving how we educate and upskill the entire group on these new processes.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Gather feedback and refine planning processes based on lessons learned and performance metrics.
• Stay informed about industry best practices in capacity and agile planning.
• Identify and address inefficiencies or gaps in the current processes.
• Plans Transparency: Drives translating the PI Planning outcomes into JIRA roadmaps to ensure transparency on all plans across Product & Technology.

Required Skills and Experience:

• PI Planning Expertise: Proven PI Planning (Quarterly Planning) excellence in significantly large organisations / scaled Agile framework. Strong understanding of capacity planning methodologies and tools.
• Agile Coaching Expertise: Exceptional ability to coach people involved in PI Planning on various levels of the organisation (from Developers to Exec level).
• Leadership and Communication: The ability to inspire, motivate, and lead a large and diverse delivery organization. Exceptional communication skills are essential for clear direction and stakeholder management, including Exec level.
• Facilitation. Ability to lead planning sessions and workshops, driving alignment across diverse stakeholders. Proficiency in conflict resolution and managing competing priorities diplomatically.
• Stakeholder Management: The ability to forge great working relationships with all levels throughout the organization.

Please apply NOW for immediate consideration!