Senior Resource & Capacity Planner

CreateFuture; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days leave

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Pension match 5%

40 hours learning & development

Job summary

CreateFuture, an AI-native consulting partner, is hiring for a Resource Planning & Allocation role in the UK. You will optimise consultant allocation across projects, balancing skills and availability with commercial needs while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

You’ll track capacity, identify staffing risks, partner with recruitment, and support revenue forecasting. Flexible hybrid/remote options available across multiple offices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in resource management, workforce planning, staffing, PMO, operations, or consulting environments.
• Experience staffing technology, digital, or consulting projects.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage consultant allocation across client projects.
• Match skills, experience, availability, location, and commercial requirements to project demand.
• Ensure optimal utilisation across practices.
• Balance client requirements with employee development goals.
• Track upcoming project starts, extensions and roll-offs.
• Identify capacity gaps and staffing risks.
• Partner with recruitment teams on hiring needs.
• Work closely with Delivery Directors, Practice Leads, Account Directors, and Sales teams.
• Facilitate staffing discussions and resource reviews.
• Escalate resource conflicts and capacity issues.
• Drive utilisation targets and minimise bench time.
• Support revenue forecasting.
• Monitor project staffing costs and margins.
• Produce utilisation and capacity reports.
• Analyse workforce trends and future skills requirements.
• Provide recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Planning & prioritisation

Commercial awareness

Resource management

Tools

Resource planning tools

Job description

CreateFuture, an AI-native consulting partner, is hiring for a Resource Planning & Allocation role in the UK. You will optimise consultant allocation across projects, balancing skills and availability with commercial needs while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

You’ll track capacity, identify staffing risks, partner with recruitment, and support revenue forecasting. Flexible hybrid/remote options available across multiple offices.