Senior Planning & Performance Manager

Reed; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed in Liverpool is seeking a hands-on Senior Resource Planning & Performance Manager to lead resource planning for a major transformation. The role blends strategic oversight with practical tooling build, using Azure DevOps and/or Microsoft Planner to create demand, capacity, usage and delivery reporting.

You will partner with Finance, Programme Management and Delivery teams to automate portfolio reporting, establish consistent planning practices, and train teams to use the new tooling

Qualifications

• Hands-on resource planning and capacity management experience.
• Experience building tooling, processes and reporting for demand, capacity and delivery priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build and embed resource management capability using ADO and Planner.
• Automate portfolio reporting and establish consistent planning practices.
• Train teams to use tooling and processes effectively and turn portfolio data into insights.

Skills

Resource planning

Capacity planning

Resource forecasting

Demand management

Portfolio reporting

Stakeholder collaboration

Training & coaching

Data-to-insight

Senior decision support

Change management

Tools

Azure DevOps (ADO)

Microsoft Planner

Power BI

Job description

Senior Resource Planning & Performance Manager

Liverpool / Hybrid (One day per week on site)

£695 per day (Inside IR35)

We're looking for a hands-on Senior Resource Planning & Performance Manager to support a major transformation programme within a complex public sector organisation. This is not purely a strategic PMO role. We need someone who can personally build and embed resource management and capacity planning capability using Azure DevOps (ADO) and/or Microsoft Planner, creating the tooling, processes and reporting needed to provide a clear view of demand, capacity, resource utilisation and delivery priorities.

You'll work closely with Finance, Programme Management and Delivery teams to establish consistent planning and performance practices, automate portfolio reporting, and train teams to use the tooling and processes effectively.

We're looking for experience in:

• Hands-on Azure DevOps (ADO) and/or Microsoft Planner
• Building resource and capacity management solutions
• Resource forecasting, demand management and utilisation
• Creating portfolio planning and reporting capability from scratch
• Power BI dashboards and reporting automation
• Dependency management, governance and portfolio controls
• Training and coaching users on new tools and processes
• Turning complex portfolio data into meaningful insight for senior decision-makers

Please ensure your CV clearly demonstrates practical examples of resource management using Azure DevOps and/or Microsoft Planner, particularly tooling or solutions you have personally built, configured and implemented.