Senior Resource Planner & Capacity Lead

xdesign; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid/Remote options

Office hubs: Edinburgh, Leeds, London,

Job summary

CreateFuture is a forward-thinking, AI-native consulting partner delivering high-value digital products and services. This role focuses on optimising workforce utilisation across consulting, engineering, product, design, delivery, data, and AI teams.

You will act as the bridge between sales, delivery, practice leadership, and talent teams to ensure the right people are assigned to the right client opportunities and projects at the right time.

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.
• Excellent planning and prioritisation abilities.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Experience using resource planning tools and reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Resource Planning & Allocation: Manage consultant allocation across client projects.
• Capacity Management: Track upcoming project starts, extensions, and roll-offs; identify capacity gaps.
• Stakeholder Management: Liaise with Delivery Directors, Practice Leads, Account Directors, and Sales teams.
• Commercial Performance: Drive utilisation targets, minimise bench time, support revenue forecasting.
• Workforce Analytics: Produce utilisation reports, analyse workforce trends, and provide leadership with recommendations.

Skills

Resource management

Workforce planning

Staffing

PMO

Operations

Consulting environments

Tools

Resource planning tools

Job description

CreateFuture is a forward-thinking, AI-native consulting partner delivering high-value digital products and services. This role focuses on optimising workforce utilisation across consulting, engineering, product, design, delivery, data, and AI teams.

You will act as the bridge between sales, delivery, practice leadership, and talent teams to ensure the right people are assigned to the right client opportunities and projects at the right time.