Integrated Planning & Change Lead - SC Cleared - Outside IR35

Integrated Planning & Change Lead - SC Cleared - Outside IR35

Rate: £450-£500 per day

Duration: 12 months (multi-year likely)

Location: Remote with occasional London visits

The role: A Secure Government organisation is seeking an Integrated Planning & Change Lead to design and run integrated portfolio planning across a complex, multi-supplier transformation programme. You will own the master plan, dependency management and change control across a large-scale delivery environment.

Required experience:

• 8+ years' portfolio or multi-programme planning experience
• Strong track record in multi-supplier delivery environments (e.g. Home Office, FCDO, MOD)
• Experience building planning frameworks from scratch
• Advanced critical path and dependency mapping (3+ workstreams)
• Proven change control in complex governance settings
• Active SC clearance (used within last 12 months)
• UK national or dual national (one British nationality required)

Responsibilities Integrated portfolio planning

• Own and maintain a master plan across 7+ workstreams
• Manage critical path, milestones and delivery interdependencies
• Identify and resolve planning/resource conflicts early
• Lead monthly re-baselining with delivery partners

Cross-supplier dependency management

• Maintain dependency register across 18 suppliers
• Run dependency reviews with delivery stakeholders
• Escalate risks into RAID and report to senior leadership

Change control

• Own end-to-end change pipeline and impact assessment
• Produce governance-ready change documentation
• Maintain traceability to the integrated plan

Quarterly alignment

• Support quarterly planning cycles and governance forums
• Engage in showcases, retrospectives and planning events
• Monitor high-level delivery health and velocity across suppliers