Integrated Planning & Change Lead - SC Cleared - Outside IR35

Integrated Planning & Change Lead - SC Cleared - Outside IR35

Posted Today by Involved Solutions

£500 Per day
Outside
Remote
London, UK

Summary: The Integrated Planning & Change Lead role involves designing and managing integrated portfolio planning for a complex, multi-supplier transformation programme within a secure government organization. The position requires ownership of the master plan, dependency management, and change control in a large-scale delivery environment. Candidates must have significant experience in portfolio planning and active SC clearance. The role is primarily remote with occasional visits to London.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own and maintain a master plan across 7+ workstreams
  • Manage critical path, milestones and delivery interdependencies
  • Identify and resolve planning/resource conflicts early
  • Lead monthly re-baselining with delivery partners
  • Maintain dependency register across ~18 suppliers
  • Run dependency reviews with delivery stakeholders
  • Escalate risks into RAID and report to senior leadership
  • Own end-to-end change pipeline and impact assessment
  • Produce governance-ready change documentation
  • Maintain traceability to the integrated plan
  • Support quarterly planning cycles and governance forums
  • Engage in showcases, retrospectives and planning events
  • Monitor high-level delivery health and velocity across suppliers

Key Skills:

  • 8+ years' portfolio or multi-programme planning experience
  • Strong track record in multi-supplier delivery environments (eg Home Office, FCDO, MOD)
  • Experience building planning frameworks from scratch
  • Advanced critical path and dependency mapping (3+ workstreams)
  • Proven change control in complex governance settings
  • Active SC clearance (used within last 12 months)
  • UK national or dual national (one British nationality required)

Salary (Rate): £500 per day

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Integrated Planning & Change Lead - SC Cleared - Outside IR35

Rate: £450-£500 per day

Duration: 12 months (multi-year likely)

Location: Remote with occasional London visits

The role:

A Secure Government organisation is seeking an Integrated Planning & Change Lead to design and run integrated portfolio planning across a complex, multi-supplier transformation programme. You will own the master plan, dependency management and change control across a large-scale delivery environment.

Required experience:

  • 8+ years' portfolio or multi-programme planning experience
  • Strong track record in multi-supplier delivery environments (eg Home Office, FCDO, MOD)
  • Experience building planning frameworks from scratch
  • Advanced critical path and dependency mapping (3+ workstreams)
  • Proven change control in complex governance settings
  • Active SC clearance (used within last 12 months)
  • UK national or dual national (one British nationality required)

Responsibilities:

Integrated portfolio planning

  • Own and maintain a master plan across 7+ workstreams
  • Manage critical path, milestones and delivery interdependencies
  • Identify and resolve planning/resource conflicts early
  • Lead monthly re-baselining with delivery partners

Cross-supplier dependency management

  • Maintain dependency register across ~18 suppliers
  • Run dependency reviews with delivery stakeholders
  • Escalate risks into RAID and report to senior leadership

Change control

  • Own end-to-end change pipeline and impact assessment
  • Produce governance-ready change documentation
  • Maintain traceability to the integrated plan

Quarterly alignment

  • Support quarterly planning cycles and governance forums
  • Engage in showcases, retrospectives and planning events
  • Monitor high-level delivery health and velocity across suppliers

If you are interested in discussing the position further, please apply in the first instance and we will arrange a time to discuss.