Chief Specialist, Integrated planning

About the Role The Chief Specialist, Integrated Planning creates a single, integrated view of priorities, demand, resources, dependencies, and delivery across Technology Enablement. This role connects strategy with execution, allowing leadership to focus investment and capacity on key initiatives for the organization. By turning complex portfolio information into clear priorities, scenarios, and trade-offs, this position enhances decision quality. Responsibilities include integrating technology roadmaps, business demand, delivery milestones, resource requirements, and performance insights to ensure initiatives are realistically sequenced, execution-ready, and aligned with business needs. Through disciplined planning, governance, and performance insight, the role improves portfolio visibility, anticipates constraints, and enables earlier intervention and stronger accountability for more predictable execution across Technology Enablement. What You Will Deliver Integrated Planning & Strategy Execution - Shape and embed an integrated planning framework that connects Technology Enablement priorities, demand, roadmaps, resources, dependencies, and expected outcomes. - Translate strategic priorities into actionable annual, quarterly, and rolling plans with clear sequencing, milestones, ownership, and decision points. - Strengthen execution readiness by ensuring plans are realistic, aligned to business needs, and supported by appropriate governance. Portfolio Prioritization & Alignment - Integrate technology demand, portfolio initiatives, and transformation priorities into a consolidated enterprise planning view. - Drive prioritization, capacity, and dependency analysis that enables informed trade-offs on sequencing, resources, and delivery commitments. - Align roadmaps across business, technology, Finance, Procurement, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Data, and operational stakeholders. Performance & Planning Governance - Establish consistent planning and portfolio governance that provides leadership with timely visibility of progress, risks, dependencies, constraints, and required decisions. - Create executive-level dashboards, scorecards, and decision insights that strengthen portfolio performance management and corrective action. - Define common planning standards, performance measures, and escalation criteria that improve consistency and accountability across Technology Enablement. Strategic Insight & Decision Support - Translate complex portfolio and planning information into clear scenarios, recommendations, and decision options for the VP Technology Enablement and leadership team. - Anticipate execution risks, constraints, and cross-portfolio dependencies, enabling intervention before they materially affect delivery. - Advise on portfolio adjustments, resource trade-offs, and sequencing decisions to protect strategic outcomes and execution priorities. Stakeholder Integration & Planning Capability - Create alignment across business functions, technology domains, and enabling functions to resolve competing priorities and critical planning dependencies. - Facilitate enterprise planning and prioritization forums that lead to clear decisions, ownership, and follow-through. - Strengthen planning capability, tools, and practices through continuous improvement, knowledge transfer, and lessons learned. What Success Looks Like - Technology Enablement operates from an integrated and current view of priorities, demand, capacity, dependencies, milestones, and expected outcomes. - Portfolio and resource decisions are supported by clear priorities, evidence-based trade-offs, and transparent planning insights. - Critical dependencies, capacity constraints, and execution risks are identified and escalated early enough to enable effective intervention. - Leadership has timely, consistent, and decision-ready visibility of portfolio health, performance, and areas requiring action. - Technology roadmaps and delivery plans remain aligned across business and enabling functions, reducing conflicting priorities and fragmented execution. - Planning standards, governance, and capability mature over time, improving accountability and execution predictability. Minimum Qualifications - 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. - Demonstrated experience leading complex planning cycles, portfolio reviews, roadmap integration, prioritization, and governance. - Experience developing executive reporting, performance insights, decision papers, and planning scenarios for senior leadership. - Experience in technology enablement, digital transformation, enterprise PMO, shared services, mining, industrial operations, or large-scale transformation environments is advantageous. Skills That Matter - Integrated planning and strategic roadmap development - Portfolio, demand, and capacity management - Prioritization, sequencing, and dependency management - Portfolio governance and performance management - Scenario analysis and executive decision support - Technology and transformation planning - Risk, issue, and escalation management - Executive communication and stakeholder influence - Cross-functional facilitation and alignment - Continuous improvement and planning capability building