JMAN Group is a fast-growing data engineering & data science consultancy. We work primarily with Private Equity Funds and their Portfolio Companies to create commercial value using Data & Artificial Intelligence. In addition, we also work with growth businesses, large corporates, multinationals, and charities.
We are headquartered in London with Offices in New York, London and Chennai. Our team of over 550 people is a unique blend of individuals with skills across commercial consulting, data science and software engineering.
We were founded by cousins Anush Newman (Co-founder & CEO) and Leo Valan (Co-founder & CTO) and have grown rapidly since 2019. In May 2023 we took a minority investment from Baird Capital and in January 2024 we opened an office in New York with the ambition of growing our US business to be as large as, if not bigger than, our European business by 2027.
This is an exciting time to join a high-growth organisation.
Reporting into the Head of Delivery Governance, the Head of Resource Management is responsible for leading JMAN’s global resource management capability, ensuring the effective alignment of client demand, delivery capacity, and workforce capability.
The role sits at the centre of the delivery organisation, partnering closely with Cluster Leads, CoE’s, Delivery, Finance, and HR to ensure projects are staffed effectively, delivery commitments are achievable, and utilisation is optimised without compromising quality or people development.
This is both a strategic and operational leadership role, responsible for building a mature resource management function that enables the business to scale efficiently while maintaining high delivery standards.
Partner closely with the Head of Delivery Governance to provide demand–capacity visibility supporting portfolio sequencing, mobilisation readiness, extension impact awareness, and cross-cluster prioritisation decisions.
Whilst based in our London office, the role has a global remit, and there will be periodic travel to UK, US, and India.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and lead the implementation and evolution of JMAN’s global resource management operating model, aligned with Delivery Governance priorities
- Establish a scalable RM operating model aligned to business growth
- Define RM processes covering demand intake, project staffing, prioritisation, capacity planning, utilisation, and monitoring
- Implement governance frameworks for resourcing decisions across clusters and CoEs
- Support the implementation of governance frameworks for resourcing decisions across clusters and CoEs
- Lead the continued development of a Resource Management playbook and standards
Demand & Capacity Planning
- Provide forward-looking visibility of demand versus capacity across the JMAN portfolio
- Collaborate with Delivery Governance, Cluster Leads and CoEs to surface early resource demand signals (extensions, ramp-ups, delays, and roll-offs) through established governance cadence
- Translate commercial pipeline and confirmed delivery commitments into forward resource forecasts
- Identify emerging capacity risks, skills shortages, and utilisation pressure across regions and capability areas
- Support leadership decision-making on hiring priorities, contractor usage, cross-cluster deployment, sequencing, and prioritisation of delivery commitments when demand exceeds available capacity
Project Staffing & Delivery Support
- Jointly with the Head of Delivery Governance, ensure scope, milestones, delivery model and skill requirements are sufficiently defined before resourcing decisions are confirmed
- Ensure staffing decisions reflect delivery feasibility, portfolio priorities and mobilisation readiness across client engagements
- Oversee allocation processes and ensure alignment between skills, availability, development goals and delivery priorities
- Support resolution of cross-cluster resourcing conflicts through established governance and escalation pathways
- Ensure resourcing decisions support delivery commitments while maintaining workforce sustainability
- Monitor utilisation, capacity pressure and delivery allocation trends
- Partner with Finance, PMO, and Delivery leadership to ensure sustainable utilisation levels
- Provide insight into utilisation drivers, bench levels, and deployment effectiveness
- Develop reporting that links resourcing decisions to revenue, margin and delivery performance
Workforce & Skills Planning
- Partner with Cluster Leads, CoE Heads, Talent, and practice leadership to align hiring plans with demand forecasts
- Support development of a skills-based view of the workforce
- Identify emerging capability gaps and inform recruitment priorities
- Support internal mobility and career development through effective deployment
- Lead the development and adoption of resource management systems and tooling
- Ensure accurate capture of resource allocation and utilisation data
- Work with Finance, PMO, HR, and IT to integrate RM systems with PSA / project systems, CRM pipeline data, and HR systems
- Support the development of executive dashboards providing visibility of demand, capacity, utilisation, and delivery risk
- Lead and develop an existing global RM team of three across the UK and India, strengthening capability as the function continues to mature and scale in line with business growth
- Establish clear roles, responsibilities and operating rhythms for RM
- Develop RM capability through training and best practice sharing
- Act as the senior point of escalation for complex resourcing issues
Key Stakeholder Relationships
- Head of Delivery Governance
- Delivery
- Finance
- HR / Talent
- Technology / Systems teams
Key Measures of Success
- Projects staffed on time and with appropriate capability
- Improved visibility of demand and capacity across the business
- Reduced delivery risk caused by resourcing constraints
- Alignment between hiring plans and demand pipeline
- Increased transparency in resource allocation decisions
About you
- Current right to work in the UK
- Significant experience in resource management within consulting or professional services
- Experience leading a central RM or workforce planning function
- Strong understanding of consulting delivery models and utilisation economics
- Experience operating in fast-growing or scaling organisations
- Strong stakeholder management across senior delivery and commercial leaders
- Analytical mindset with ability to interpret demand, capacity, and utilisation data
- Experience implementing or optimising PSA / RM systems
- Experience working across multi-region delivery teams
- Experience building RM functions or operating models from early-stage maturity
Leadership Attributes
- Commercially minded with strong understanding of consulting economics
- Able to balance operational detail with strategic thinking
- Credible partner to delivery and commercial leadership
- Pragmatic and solutions-focused
- Strong communicator able to influence senior stakeholders
What we offer
- Hybrid working - minimum of 3 days in the office (EC3N)
- Discretionary bonus – based on personal and company performance
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Pension with a company contribution up to 8%
- Health Insurance from day 1
- Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
- Market-leading parental leave policy
- Salary Sacrifice Nursery Scheme through YellowNest
- Salary Sacrifice EV Scheme with Octopus Vehicles
- Additional Health Cash Plan with MediCash
- Cycle to work scheme
- Referral bonus for bringing in new JMAN hires
- Extensive training and coaching opportunities
- Regular company socials and retreats
JMAN is committed to equal employment opportunities. We are a diverse, high performing team and base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.
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