Location - We operate a flexible, hybrid working model with the candidate required to travel to either our Winchester or London office up to twice a week.
We offer
* Up to £80,000 base salary
* 10% bonus
* 5% pension contribution
* Private Medical
* 25 days annual leave
* Access to our comprehensive flexible benefits including discounts on big brands, wellness and employee assistance programmes, gymflex, buy and sell annual leave, travel and dental insurance
* Work. Life. Smarter. Our commitment to a flexible and hybrid working culture
Overview
Manages and oversees the strategic planning and capacity management processes to ensure alignment between long-term goals and business capacity. Owns the creation of Technology-wide long-range progress updates to ExCo, and recommends allocation of resource to optimise limited availability, identifying capacity constraints and facilitating informed decision-making to support demand management.
The role
* Owns long term (3 months onwards) resource planning onto product and project teams
* Collaborates with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to understand requirements and gather inputs for long-range resource planning
* Communicates long range resource, capacity, needs and gaps, as well as overall product portfolio progress updates to ExCo
* Facilitates the process for demand and backlog management, and deploys resources as necessary
* Develops, audits, and enables process governance for cross-functional teams as required
* Owns detailed tracking, performance measurement, updating ‘plan of plans’, and communicating with ExCo
* Owns the creation and collation of a CTO-wide progress report, with inputs from Product and Programme Managers
The person
* Proficiency in capacity planning methodologies, tools, and techniques to forecast resource needs, identify bottlenecks, and optimise resource allocation
* Understanding of resource management principles and practices to allocate resources effectively, balance workload, and prioritise initiatives based on strategic objectives
* Strong analytical skills to analyse capacity and demand data, identify trends, and derive insights to inform resource planning decisions
* PPM tool experience, e.g., ServiceNow PPM, Project Online, Project Server, or Clarity.
* Expertise in PMO leadership with extensive knowledge of Executive Reporting, Project Delivery Methodologies, Risk & Issues Management, Quality Assurance, and Financial Management
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to gather and summarise progress across Technology
* Certified in either Project, Programme Management or PMO methodologies, such as PRINCE2, PMI, APM, MSP
* Knowledge of agile principles and frameworks to integrate capacity planning into agile delivery models
* Previous experience in transformation to product-led, cross-functional ways of working
* Proven Portfolio/Programme Management Office experience, including PMO Management of large programmes
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