United Kingdom onlyAs 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.
You will also play a key role in defining, assuring, and continuously improving planning standards and best practice across the PMO profession.
Job title:
Lead Programme PlannerJob Description:
Key responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and assure programme and portfolio‑level plans and schedules across complex delivery environments
- Collate, analyse, and challenge schedules at multiple levels to provide a clear, consolidated ‘helicopter view’ of delivery status
- Produce high‑quality executive reporting, including progress tracking against agreed schedules and milestones
- Identify, capture, and track dependencies across plans, schedules, and delivery reporting
- Facilitate programme and planning workshops with senior internal and external stakeholders
- Coach and support colleagues in effective planning techniques and best practice
- Act as a subject‑matter expert for MS Project, promoting appropriate, consistent, and effective use of the tool
- Contribute to the definition, improvement, and embedding of planning and scheduling standards across Capita
This role requires enhanced security clearance, the details of which are contained in the following link. One of the main factors is a minimum 5 years UK residency - please only apply if you have the minimum residence.
Skills, knowledge and experience
- Extensive experience of planning and scheduling within complex, multi‑stream delivery environments
- Advanced proficiency in MS Project, with experience coaching and supporting others in its effective use
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to tailor communication and outputs to different audiences and levels of seniority
- Demonstrated experience in defining, maintaining, and improving planning and scheduling best practice
- Ability to analyse, assure, and challenge plans and schedules to support informed decision‑making
- Comfortable working collaboratively across programmes, portfolios, and delivery teams
About Capita Pension Solutions
Capita Pension Solutions is one of the UK’s leading pension providers, supporting over 450 schemes and more than 7 million members. We deliver end-to-end pension solutions across administration, data remediation, software, actuarial services, investments, scheme management, and member communications—combining expertise with technology to meet our clients’ evolving needs.
What’s in it for you?
- 💻 Remote working – work from wherever you’re happiest in the UK
- 💰 Competitive salary
- 🌴 23 days’ holiday, rising to 27 (pro rata) – plus the option to buy more after qualifying period
- ❤️ Paid volunteering day with a charity of your choice
- 🍼 Generous family leave policies – including 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- 🚴♀️ Cycle2Work scheme, pension, life assurance, and more
🤝 Customer first, always🧑💻 Fearless innovation✅ Achieve together💙 Everyone is valued
What we hope you’ll do next
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We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.
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