Head of Planning

3 months ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Flutter Entertainment Full time

**Your team**:
As our Head of Planning, you will report into the Planning Director but will work closely with the Cactus workstream leads, TMO and the programme managers across Project Cactus. This role will primarily be responsible for supporting the Planning Director in ensuring that the Project Cactus plan is defined and implemented in as effective way as possible.

This is an outstanding opportunity to be involved at the beginning of a major transformation programme that is pivotal to helping the businesses continued and future success.

**What you’ll do**:

- Support the Planning Director in the development, tracking and organisation of the Programme.
- Provide support to workstream leads and challenge when required
- on critical deliverables.
- Escalate issues early to ensure swift resolution and share / celebrate programme achievements.
- Act as a catalyst for effective alignment between groups: help expose needs, interdependencies, limitations and constraints as well as addressing any silo-d approaches.
- Ensure all workstreams within the programme are effectively represented in the plans, e.g. product, technology, commercial and people.
- Ensure all actions are detailed and delivered, with stakeholders at all levels.

**How you’ll do it**:

- As part of the Planning team, you’ll work with all areas of the programme to support with the development of the plan. Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across different teams are vital.
- You will be experienced in leading a matrix team of people to work towards a common goal, providing challenge and inspiring each other along the way to help the teams to build plans in line with the programme objectives.
- A skilled relationship manager, you’ll build strong, sustainable business relationships across the programme. You will support the Planning Director along with Cactus workstream leads / senior management in building programme plans.
- You’ll need to be adaptable and inclusive, not only supporting your own team but working at a senior level across the organisation to make sure that great plans turn into seamless delivery.
- Experience of project management processes and demonstrates strong organisation and influencing skills, also demonstrating commercial awareness.
- Leads cross-functional teams to ensure planning milestones are completed on time and to agreed standards across the programme.

**What’s on offer**:

- £/€1,000 learning fund
- Twice-yearly bonus (with part of it guaranteed)
- Unlimited Holiday
- Pension contribution scheme
- Private healthcare
- Hybrid Working
- Access to thousands of Udemy courses
- Invest via the Company Sharesave Scheme

**About Flutter UK & Ireland**:
Our division operates four of the most popular and trusted brands in the market: Sky Betting and Gaming, Tombola, Betfair and Paddy Power.

Together the Flutter UK&I brands offer market leading entertainment to millions of customers every single week Over the last couple of decades, they have all ridden the wave of digital betting with industry firsts like ‘cash-out’, ‘Request a Bet’, betting exchanges and free to play games like Soccer Saturday Super 6.

**Working here**:
Do you want to work somewhere extraordinary? From the people you spend your days with, to the ground-breaking projects, no two days will be the same.

We listen without judgement, encourage & support, and help build others up. Working at Flutter UK&I means you can be yourself, work how and where suits you best -and let your personality shine

**If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.


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