Senior PMO & Resource Planning Analyst

2047 Senior PMO & Resource Planning Analyst

(Portfolio Resource & Capacity Management)

NO THIRD PARTIES

• Hybrid in Dallas
• GCH or US Citizens

• 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.