Resource Manager

LifeWave Careers • Draper, UT

15h • Onsite

About The Position

The Resource Manager is a critical role within the Enterprise PMO’s Resource Management Office (RMO), responsible for providing enterprise-wide visibility into resource capacity, utilization, and demand across projects and operational work. This role enables data-driven decision-making by modeling capacity, forecasting demand, and identifying risks related to over-allocation, delivery constraints, and competing priorities. The Resource Manager partners closely with Functional Leaders, Project Managers, and Executive stakeholders to ensure that work is aligned to available capacity, supporting predictable delivery and protecting the organization from overcommitment. This position operates within a federated model, where people management remains with Functional Leaders, while the RMO provides centralized insight, forecasting, and decision support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Project Management, Operations, or related field (required)
• 5–8+ years of experience in Project/Program Management, PMO, or Resource Management
• Experience working in a matrixed or federated organization
• Proven experience with capacity planning
• Proven experience with resource forecasting
• Proven experience with portfolio management
• Experience supporting executive-level decision-making
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
• Ability to translate complex data into clear business insights
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• High level of business acumen and strategic thinking
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and resource management tools (Smartsheet preferred)
• Ability to operate without direct authority and influence outcomes

Nice To Haves

• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain enterprise resource capacity models across functions, roles, and regions
• Track project vs. operational workload allocations (BAU vs. project delivery)
• Incorporate known constraints such as fixed commitments, planned absences, and non-project work
• Maintain planning-level accuracy to support decision-making without unnecessary administrative burden
• Ensure all projects include resource demand profiles (role-based and/or named resources)
• Consolidate demand across projects and operational work into a single enterprise view
• Analyze demand by time horizon, function, role, and priority
• Partner with PMs and Functional Leaders to validate demand assumptions
• Monitor and report on capacity vs. demand gaps, over-allocation risks, and resource constraints and bottlenecks
• Identify unsustainable workload patterns and potential delivery risks
• Provide early warning indicators to leadership
• Develop scenario models (e.g., “If X starts, Y is delayed”) to support prioritization decisions
• Provide data-driven recommendations to pause, defer, or re-sequence work, and re-balance resources across portfolios
• Support executive and portfolio governance forums with actionable insights
• Enable informed trade-off decisions without directly assigning resources
• Prepare and present inputs for Monthly Portfolio & Capacity Reviews and Quarterly Capacity Planning sessions
• Ensure alignment between approved work and available capacity
• Reinforce governance principle: work does not start without visible capacity
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting for capacity vs. demand, utilization rates, time-to-staff, and over-allocation risk
• Provide insights to leadership to improve predictability and delivery confidence
• Continuously improve reporting clarity and usability
• Configure and manage resource management tools (e.g., Smartsheet Resource Management)
• Maintain resource pools by function, role, and region
• Ensure alignment between tools, processes, and governance model
• Drive adoption through simplicity and value-based use
• Partner with Functional Leaders (capacity ownership), Functional Managers (allocation decisions), Project Managers (demand planning), and Executive leadership (priority and sequencing decisions)
• Promote transparency and shared accountability for capacity constraints
• Support phased rollout of RMO capabilities across the organization
• Identify opportunities to improve forecasting accuracy and planning maturity
• Drive adoption through education, data transparency, and demonstrated value
• Reinforce messaging that RMO protects delivery rather than controls teams

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level