Senior PMO & Resource Planning Analyst

2047 Senior PMO & Resource Planning Analyst

Position Summary

We are seeking a senior PMO/Portfolio Management professional with hands-on experience in enterprise resource planning, demand forecasting, and capacity management. This is not a traditional Project Manager position; however, candidates with Project or Program Management backgrounds who have progressed into portfolio-level resource and capacity planning are strongly encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities

·  Help design, implement, and mature the organization''s Resource Capacity Management framework, operating model, and governance processes.

·  Develop and maintain short- and long-range resource demand and capacity forecasts across the technology and project portfolio.

·  Analyze project and portfolio demand against available resource capacity to identify current and future constraints.

·  Identify resource shortages, skill gaps, over-allocation, under-utilization, and competing resource demands.

·  Partner with Portfolio Governance and technology leaders to improve resource allocation and portfolio prioritization decisions.

·  Establish standardized processes for resource demand intake, capacity planning, allocation, forecasting, and utilization management.

·  Develop methodologies and governance standards for measuring and managing resource capacity across projects and strategic initiatives.

·  Perform scenario and what-if analysis to help leadership understand the resource impact of changes in priorities, timelines, funding, and demand.

·  Provide data-driven recommendations regarding resource allocation, workforce requirements, project sequencing, and capacity constraints.

·  Support workforce planning across employees, contractors, and external resources, as applicable.

·  Improve the quality, consistency, and visibility of resource and capacity data across the portfolio.

·  Drive continuous improvement of RCM processes, governance, tools, reporting, and performance measurement.

Executive Reporting & Analytics

·  Develop dashboards and executive-level reporting that provide visibility into resource demand, available capacity, utilization, allocation, capacity gaps, skill gaps, forecast accuracy, and portfolio resource risk.

·  Establish and track RCM KPIs, metrics, and performance measures to support fact-based decision-making.

·  Translate complex resource and portfolio data into clear insights, trends, risks, and recommendations for senior leadership.

·  Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand upcoming initiatives and convert future work into measurable resource demand.

Required Qualifications

·  Demonstrated experience in Resource Capacity Management, Resource Management, Demand & Capacity Planning, Portfolio Management, IT Workforce Planning, or a closely related discipline.

·  Experience working within a mature enterprise RCM, PMO, or Portfolio Governance environment.

·  Strong understanding of resource demand management, capacity planning, resource forecasting, resource allocation, utilization analysis, workforce planning, portfolio prioritization, governance, and performance measurement.

·  Experience analyzing resource demand and capacity across multiple projects, programs, or an enterprise portfolio rather than solely within an individual project.

·  Demonstrated ability to identify future resource constraints and translate data into actionable recommendations.

·  Experience developing or improving RCM processes, methodologies, governance standards, metrics, or operating models.

·  Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with complex resource, project, and portfolio data.

·  Experience developing dashboards, metrics, and reporting for executive and senior leadership audiences.

·  Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to partner across technology, Portfolio Governance, Finance, and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications

·  Experience with monday.com for portfolio, resource, capacity, or demand management.

·  Experience with enterprise PPM/resource-management platforms such as Planview, Clarity PPM, ServiceNow SPM, Jira/Advanced Roadmaps, Smartsheet Resource Management, or Microsoft Project/Project Online.

·  Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar reporting and analytics tools.

·  Experience supporting a large IT or technology portfolio.

·  Experience within financial services, automotive finance, banking, insurance, or another large enterprise environment.

·  Experience helping an organization build or significantly mature an RCM function.