Planning Team Lead

Job Description:

Location: Little Island, Cork

Department: IT

Employment Type: Permanent

Reporting to: Planning & Product Delivery Manager

Closing Date: 30th July

Join laya healthcare as a Planning Team Lead

Are you an experienced delivery leader with a passion for driving high-performing teams, fostering collaboration, and delivering business value? We are seeking a Planning Team Lead to provide leadership and operational oversight to our Solution Delivery Planning team within the IT function.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the successful planning, governance, and delivery of projects and agile initiatives that support laya healthcare's strategic objectives.

About the Role

As Planning Team Lead, you will provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and support to the Planning and Delivery team. You will champion delivery excellence, promote continuous improvement, and ensure effective governance across a diverse portfolio of projects and product initiatives.

Working closely with the Planning & Product Delivery Manager and key stakeholders across the business, you will help create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation while ensuring alignment with organisational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage the Planning and Delivery team, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities, and priorities.

Provide operational oversight for project and product delivery activities, ensuring compliance with governance standards and delivery methodologies.

Coach, mentor, and develop team members, fostering capability growth and career development.

Monitor delivery performance, proactively identifying risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating where necessary.

Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

Champion continuous improvement initiatives, promoting best practices, tools, and techniques.

Support portfolio reporting through meaningful metrics, OKRs, and dashboards that demonstrate delivery performance and business impact.

Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Information Security standards across all delivery activities.

What We're Looking For

Essential Skills & Competencies

Strong leadership and team management skills, demonstrating a fair and inclusive approach.

Excellent planning and organisational abilities, ensuring delivery through a grounded and practical mindset.

Effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills, fostering a caring and customer-focused culture.

Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with an innovative approach to continuous improvement.

Excellent communication and influencing skills, consistently reflecting the values of being fair, caring, innovative, and grounded.

Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related discipline.

Professional Project Management certification (PMP or PRINCE2 preferred).

Agile delivery accreditation (PSM, SAFe, PMI-ACP, or equivalent) is essential.

Minimum of 7 years' experience leading complex, enterprise-scale projects and product delivery initiatives.

Proven track record of delivering projects on time, within budget, and aligned to strategic objectives.

Deep understanding of SDLC methodologies, including Agile, DevOps, and Waterfall.

Strong financial management skills, including project budgeting and cost control.

Experience influencing and engaging stakeholders at all levels of an organisation.

Proficiency in JIRA, MS Project, Excel, and PowerPoint. Experience with Power BI is an advantage.

Ability to drive innovation, continuous improvement, and organisational change in a dynamic environment.

Why Join Us?

At laya healthcare, we are committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive. We value individuals who embody our core values of being Fair, Caring, Innovative, and Grounded, and who are passionate about making a real impact through technology and delivery excellence.

If you're ready to lead a talented team and help shape the future of delivery within a growing organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and take the next step in your leadership career.

Closing Date : 30th July