Chief Specialist, Integrated planning

Role purpose

Integrated planning and portfolio alignment

• Embed a planning framework connecting priorities, demand, roadmaps, resources, dependencies, and expected outcomes.
• Translate strategic priorities into annual, quarterly, and rolling plans with sequencing, milestones, ownership, and decision points.
• Integrate technology demand and transformation priorities into an enterprise planning view.
• Analyze prioritization, capacity, and dependencies to inform trade-offs and delivery commitments.
• Align roadmaps across business, technology, Finance, Procurement, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Data, and operational stakeholders.

Governance and decision support

• Establish planning governance and provide leadership visibility of progress, risks, constraints, dependencies, and decisions required.
• Create executive dashboards, scorecards, and decision insights; define planning standards, measures, and escalation criteria.
• Develop scenarios, recommendations, and decision options for the VP Technology Enablement and leadership team.
• Anticipate execution risks and advise on portfolio adjustments, resource trade-offs, and sequencing.

Stakeholder integration

• Facilitate planning and prioritization forums that establish decisions, ownership, and follow-through.
• Build alignment across functions and improve planning practices through continuous improvement, knowledge transfer, and lessons learned.

Minimum qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Technology Management, Information Systems, Strategic Planning, Project Management, or a related discipline.

Experience

• 10–12 years of relevant experience in integrated or strategic planning, portfolio management, program governance, business performance, technology planning, or transformation.
• Experience leading complex planning cycles, portfolio reviews, roadmap integration, prioritization, and governance.
• Experience preparing executive reporting, performance insights, decision papers, and planning scenarios for senior leaders.
• Experience in technology enablement, digital transformation, enterprise PMO, shared services, mining, industrial operations, or large-scale transformation environments is advantageous.

Skills

• Integrated planning and strategic roadmap development.
• Portfolio, demand, and capacity management; prioritization, sequencing, and dependency management.
• Portfolio governance, performance management, scenario analysis, and executive decision support.
• Technology and transformation planning; risk, issue, and escalation management.
• Executive communication, stakeholder influence, cross-functional facilitation, and planning capability building.

Success measures