Senior Unified Planning & WAPITI Deployment Lead

Capgemini Engineering; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Unified Planning & WAPITI Deployment Lead to drive scheduling, cost management and project management best practices across UK programs. You will train, coach and support WPMs and PMO teams while advancing Unified Planning and WAPITI adoption.

You will lead workshops with project teams and senior stakeholders, travel to Stevenage and Portsmouth as needed, and coordinate with Capgemini’s global practice.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Project Controls, PMO, Planning, Scheduling, or Program Management environments.
• Proven track record delivering training courses, workshops, and coaching sessions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience supporting deployment of project management processes, methodologies, and tools.
• Strong understanding of scheduling, planning, and cost management principles.
• Ability to operate independently and engage confidently with senior stakeholders.
• Fluent spoken and written English is essential.
• Excellent presentation, facilitation, and training delivery skills.
• Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training workshops for Work Package Managers and PMO teams on Unified Planning and WAPITI.
• Provide expert support on project scheduling, planning, and cost management activities.
• Support the deployment and adoption of Unified Planning and WAPITI across the organisation.
• Conduct Schedule Maturity Assessments and identify improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder meetings, and project reviews.
• Create and maintain training materials, user guides, and 'How Do I' documentation.
• Support users with scheduling, cost management, process, and tool‑related queries.
• Capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support validation of tool releases and first‑level tool customisation activities.

Skills

Project Controls

PMO

Planning & Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Training delivery

Coaching

English fluency

Problem solving

Tools

Planisware

Job description

Capgemini Engineering in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Unified Planning & WAPITI Deployment Lead to drive scheduling, cost management and project management best practices across UK programs. You will train, coach and support WPMs and PMO teams while advancing Unified Planning and WAPITI adoption.

You will lead workshops with project teams and senior stakeholders, travel to Stevenage and Portsmouth as needed, and coordinate with Capgemini’s global practice.