Senior Resource Management and Planning Manager

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Employer pension match up to 14%

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London Group is seeking a Senior Resource Management and Planning Manager to shape and lead the resource planning capability across the COO, with a focus on technology and change initiatives.

The role requires strategic leadership, deep workforce planning expertise, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable strategies for senior stakeholders. The position offers a hybrid working model and opportunities to enhance the existing framework within Royal London.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading strategic workforce planning in tech/change environments.
• Ability to translate workforce data into strategy and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Experience working with third-party suppliers, contingent workforce models and MSPs.
• Strong stakeholder management and financial awareness, with budgeting understanding.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of strategic workforce plans across the COO, focusing on technology and change.
• Build understanding of workforce demand and supply across permanent colleagues, contingent workers, MSPs and outsourced partners.
• Lead a team to conduct complex analytical activity, providing clear direction and support.
• Develop long-term workforce and recruitment strategies that respond to changing business priorities.
• Present robust, data-driven workforce plans and recommendations to senior leaders and the C-suite.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Resource management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Business intelligence tools

Change environments experience

Financial awareness

Job description

Senior Resource Management and Planning Manager

“It feels good to have a career with real purpose.”

Hours Per Week: 35 Contract Type: Full Time

Contract type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 20th November 2026

We’re looking for an experienced Strategic Workforce Planning leader to shape and lead our resource planning capability across Royal London’s Chief Operating Office (COO).

This is a senior, strategic role requiring deep workforce planning expertise, ideally gained within technology and change environments. You’ll take a broad view of our workforce, spanning permanent colleagues, contingent resource, managed service providers and outsourced partners, using detailed workforce data to understand future demand and develop clear, evidence-based plans.

This isn’t a traditional operational or real-time workforce planning role. We’re looking for someone who can combine technical workforce planning expertise with strategic leadership, getting into the detail behind complex workforce plans and translating that information into a compelling strategy and direction for senior stakeholders.

You’ll inherit an established framework and operating rhythm, but there is significant opportunity to develop and improve the capability further. You’ll need to be comfortable operating through uncertainty and change, building workforce plans against an evolving organisational landscape and confidently setting direction.

About the role

• Lead the development and implementation of strategic workforce plans across the COO, with a particular focus on technology and change.
• Build a holistic understanding of workforce demand and supply across permanent colleagues, contingent workers, MSPs and outsourced partners.
• You will lead a team of people to conduct complex analytical activity, providing clear direction, advice and support.
• Develop long-term workforce and recruitment strategies that respond to changing business priorities.
• Provide strategic workforce planning expertise to senior leaders and support annual planning and budgeting activity.
• Lead, develop and provide technical direction to a team of Resource Management and Planning professionals.
• Build strong partnerships with senior leaders, Recruitment, Finance, suppliers and other key stakeholders.
• Develop the existing workforce planning framework and operating rhythm, driving greater consistency and effectiveness across the COO.
• Produce and present robust, data-driven workforce plans and recommendations to senior and C-suite stakeholders.
• Partner effectively with external suppliers and ensure the right balance of internal and external capability.
• Ensure appropriate governance, controls and risk management are embedded within workforce planning activity.

About you

• Proven experience leading strategic workforce planning and resource management, ideally within complex technology and change environments.
• Strong technical understanding of workforce planning, including different workforce models and the use of permanent, contingent, managed service and outsourced resource.
• Experience developing workforce plans using detailed and complex data, with the ability to move confidently between granular analysis and strategic decision‑making.
• The ability to translate workforce data into a clear strategy, vision and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Experience leading, developing and providing technical direction to experienced workforce planning professionals.
• Confidence operating in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments, adapting workforce plans as organisational priorities evolve.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills, with the credibility to constructively challenge and set direction with senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness, including an understanding of operating models, workforce costs and budgeting.
• Experience working with third‑party suppliers, contingent workforce models and/or managed service providers.
• Strong capability in workforce planning, data analysis, reporting and business intelligence tools.
• Experience driving improvements to workforce planning frameworks, processes and ways of working.
• An understanding of governance, risk and controls within a complex organisation.

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long‑term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.

Only candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK or Ireland can undertake this role.
Unfortunately, Royal London is unable to provide visa or work permit sponsorship.