Lead Programme Planner

Capita

Home-Based, United Kingdom
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Develop, maintain, and assure programme and portfolio-level plans
Collate, analyse, and challenge schedules
Produce high-quality executive reporting
** Capita is seeking a Lead Programme Planner for its Pensions Solutions division, which focuses on providing a variety of services related to pensions. The role involves managing complex programs, ensuring effective planning and scheduling, and enhancing best practices within the PMO. **

Job Summary

  • As Lead Programme Planner, you will provide expert planning and scheduling support across complex programmes and portfolios.
  • You will operate at programme and portfolio level, creating robust, integrated plans that provide clear visibility of delivery progress, risks, and dependencies for senior internal and external stakeholders.
  • Capita Pension Solutions is one of the UK’s leading pension providers, supporting over 450 schemes and more than 7 million members.

Matching Summary

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** Capita is seeking a Lead Programme Planner for its Pensions Solutions division, which focuses on providing a variety of services related to pensions. The role involves managing complex programs, ensuring effective planning and scheduling, and enhancing best practices within the PMO. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Develop, maintain, and assure programme and portfolio-level plans
  • Collate, analyse, and challenge schedules
  • Produce high-quality executive reporting
  • Identify, capture, and track dependencies
  • Facilitate programme and planning workshops
  • Subject-matter expert for MS Project

Nice-to-have

  • Coach and support colleagues in effective planning techniques
  • Contribute to the definition, improvement, and embedding of planning standards

Key Requirements

  • Extensive experience in planning and scheduling within complex, multi-stream delivery environments
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Project
  • Strong stakeholder management skills
  • Demonstrated experience in defining, maintaining, and improving planning and scheduling best practice
  • Ability to analyse, assure, and challenge plans and schedules
  • Comfortable working collaboratively across programmes, portfolios, and delivery teams
  • Minimum 5 years UK residency

Work Rights

Enhanced security clearance required

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