Programme Planner
7 days ago
Havant
Job Title: Programme PlannerLocation: HavantDuration:6 monthsWork Model: 2-3 days onsiteDescription: Key Responsibilities Planning & Scheduling • Develop, own, and maintain the integrated master schedule covering incumbent supplier exit plans, new contract supplier transition plans, and client's internal readiness activities., • Break down complex multi supplier scope into clear work packages, milestones, and dependencies., • Map cross party obligations, commercial dependencies, contractual triggers, and regulatory constraints., • Maintain schedule baselines and track any variance, slippage, or critical path shifts., • Support scenario planning (e.g., staged vs. fixed commercial switchover dates, alternative transition routes)., • Collaborate with incumbent and new suppliers to validate activity durations, resource expectations, and sequencing., • Work with Client technical and operational teams to confirm internal dependencies, readiness criteria, and hand-offs., • Facilitate multi-stakeholder planning workshops to align timelines, identify potential conflicts, and confirm ownership., • Support cutover planning, contingency planning, fall-back strategies, and readiness reviews., • Manage daily schedule updates, ensuring accuracy of progress, actuals, and forecast impacts across all parties., • Perform critical path analysis, highlight broken or at-risk dependencies, and escalate impacts early., • Produce regular dashboards, timelines, and exception reports for programme leadership and senior stakeholders., • Provide clear insight and challenge where supplier or internal slippage threatens key commercial or regulatory dates., • Ensure all schedules comply with Compass PMO standards, reporting cycles, audit requirements, and governance forums., • Document planning assumptions, constraints, and supplier obligations., • Support commercial checkpoints, stage-gates, assurance reviews, and transition readiness assessments., • Work closely with Group IT Services, the seven business units, incumbent suppliers, new supplier teams, service transition, and operations., • Communicate timelines, impacts, and risks clearly across both technical and senior stakeholder groups., • Manage competing priorities across multiple delivery organisations, ensuring alignment and transparency., • Coordinate cross-team dependencies, particularly where exit and transition plans interact with internal readiness activities. Essential • Proven experience as a Project Planner/Scheduler in large scale IT transformation or multi supplier transition programmes., • Strong proficiency with planning tools such as MS Project, Project Online, or Primavera P6., • Experience managing schedules across multiple suppliers, including exit and transition planning., • Strong understanding of service transition, cutover planning, dependency mapping, and readiness gating., • Ability to interpret complex technical and commercial information and translate it into actionable plans., • Excellent communication and stakeholder management, including senior leaders., • Ability to work proactively in fast-moving, high pressure environments with competing priorities., • Experience in regulated industries (energy, utilities, financial services)., • Familiarity with IT outsource contracts, service models, or commercial transition triggers., • Exposure to ITIL, service transition, SIAM, or large-scale multi-supplier operating models., • Understanding of Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.