Head of Portfolio Resource Planning

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Location London or Manchester, United Kingdom
Category Energy
Job Type Permanent
Salary £100K-£113K + Car Allowace + Bonus + Benefits

Description

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Head of Portfolio Resource Planning to work with an innovative energy technology company in Central London.
The business is on a significant growth trajectory, and the Head of Portfolio Resource Planning will play a critical role in enabling the company to achieve its strategic ambitions.
With an ever-increasing pace and evolving customer needs, the business needs to ensure that its product and change portfolio is delivered effectively and efficiently.
As a result, a new Enterprise Portfolio Management capability is being established to plan, monitor, report on and assure the delivery of all initiatives across the business.
A business is only ever as good as its people it is critical that the company has a forward-looking resourcing plan that ensures all initiatives, regardless of scale and complexity, will be delivered effectively and efficiently, hence the need to recruit a Head of Portfolio Resource Planning.

The Role
The Head of Portfolio Resource Planning role is a senior strategic position whose role is to address capability within the business and will regularly engage with senior stakeholders and members of the executive board.
Responsibilities will include:

Development of the project, programme/initiative, and resourcing strategy for the organisation.
Design, develop and embed the mechanisms by which resource demand and supply will be balanced.
Define resource requirements for product service & transformation/change initiatives.
Work closely and collaboratively with Functional Directors, Resource Managers and the HR Team to determine how best to bridge resource gaps at any point in time.
Identify cross capability and any pressure points and proactively engage relevant departments to help implement plans.
Establish resource utilisation KPIs to identify areas requiring. Resource performance focus
Help ensure that the business is adopting efficient and appropriate recruitment strategies to secure top talent promptly.
Work with a range of internal Directors to identify capability risks and also engage with specialist external recruitment agencies.


Experience Required

Suitable candidates will be educated to a Degree level and will be able to demonstrate significant experience in leading a Resource and Capability Planning Service across a fast-paced technology change environment.
The Portfolio Resource Planning Manager will be an expert in designing and implementing robust resource management processes and tools that enable data-driven decision-making, ideally within a product-driven environment.
The successful candidate will be an expert in Change Management and be a first-class communicator with a high level of gravitas and a strong sense of initiative and drive.
Experience working in a regulated environment with a range of internal and external stakeholder groups is highly desirable.

For further information on this opportunity, please get in touch with Intersect Global today.
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