Strategic Resource Planner for Change and Delivery

Unum Ireland; Dorking; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Cash Plan

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Private medical

Income protection

Remote GP access

Meal/fitness support

Mental health support

Leave allowance

EV salary sacrifice

Shuttle service

Wellbeing culture

Job summary

Unum UK is seeking a Resource Planning Manager to coordinate and forecast resources across our change portfolio. You will balance demand against capacity and act as a central point between business functions, technology teams, delivery teams and senior leaders.

The role demands strong planning, data-analysis and stakeholder management skills, with experience across transformation programmes. A focus on continuous improvement and adoption of planning tools is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Transformation Office, PMO, Portfolio Office or Change function.
• Proven experience managing resources across multiple programmes and projects.
• Strong capacity planning, forecasting, modelling and data-analysis skills.
• Experience producing resource forecasts, utilisation reporting and management information.
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders in a matrix environment.
• Understanding of portfolio, programme and project management lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point for resource requests across change programmes and projects.
• Partner with Programme Managers, Delivery Managers, Portfolio Leads and functional leaders to understand current and future requirements.
• Create and maintain rolling 3, 6 and 12-month capacity plans, identifying constraints, skills gaps and recruitment needs.
• Align resources to agreed business priorities and support the resolution of competing demands.
• Monitor utilisation and recommend changes where teams or individuals are under- or over-allocated.
• Provide resource impact assessments for new initiatives and changes in priority.
• Produce clear dashboards, forecasts and management information for senior stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate portfolio resource data and develop meaningful measures of efficiency and delivery performance.
• Establish consistent resource management standards, processes and ways of working.
• Drive continuous improvement and the adoption of effective planning tools and methodologies.

Skills

Resource planning

Forecasting

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Portfolio governance

Change delivery

Communication

Organisational skills

Job description

Unum UK is seeking a Resource Planning Manager to coordinate and forecast resources across our change portfolio. You will balance demand against capacity and act as a central point between business functions, technology teams, delivery teams and senior leaders.

The role demands strong planning, data-analysis and stakeholder management skills, with experience across transformation programmes. A focus on continuous improvement and adoption of planning tools is essential for success.