Planning Lead
Posted 5 days ago by Hays
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Reading, England, United Kingdom
Summary: As a Planning Lead, you will oversee the planning and coordination of the Consumer division’s product roadmap, managing annual and quarterly planning cycles and ensuring alignment between strategy, budget, and capacity. The role requires strong organizational skills and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders. You will also maintain oversight of progress against planned outcomes. This position offers a hybrid working environment in Reading or Paddington on a 12-week contract basis.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the planning and coordination of the Consumer division’s product roadmap.
- Manage and align annual and quarterly planning cycles.
- Support prioritization decisions and ensure alignment between strategy, budget, and capacity.
- Maintain oversight of progress against planned outcomes.
Key Skills:
- Experience in strategic planning, PMO, or delivery operations.
- Strong coordination and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiarity with governance processes, planning cycles, and road mapping tools.
- Analytical and data-savvy, with the ability to present clear insights to senior audiences.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Reading
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
About the role
As a Planning Lead, you will be responsible for driving the planning and coordination of the Consumer division’s product roadmap. This includes managing and aligning annual and quarterly planning cycles, supporting priotisation decisions, ensuring alignment between strategy, budget, capacity and maintaining oversight of progress against planned outcomes.
Tell me more, tell me more… Our client is currently looking for a new recruit in joining their team, please read on! You can also ask our friendly recruitment team any questions you may have about the role, between 8:30am-5:00pm Monday to Friday.
Shifts: Monday – Friday (37.5 hours per week)
The must haves:
- Experience in strategic planning, PMO or delivery operations
- Strong coordination and organisational skills with high attention to detail
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiarity with governance processes, planning cycles and road mapping tools.
- Analytical and data-savvy, with the ability to present clear sights to senior audiences.
What’s in it for you? – Our client loves to reward their people for doing a great job. This is on a contract is 12 weeks. A day rate, inside IR35. Competitive pay rate. This role provides a Hybrid working environment in Reading or Paddington.
Next Steps
Once you’ve applied, one of our friendly recruitment consultants will give you a call and talk you through the screening process. If your application is successful, you’ll be involved in a live virtual interview with one of our client’s hiring managers to get to know you better. We look forward to speaking to you!