Resource Planning Lead

Method is a global design and engineering consultancy founded in 1999. We believe that innovation should be meaningful, beautiful and human. We craft practical, powerful digital experiences that improve lives and transform businesses. Our teams [based in New York, Charlotte, Atlanta, London, Bengaluru, and remote] work with a wide range of organizations in many industries, including Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Automotive, Aviation, and Professional Services.

Method is part of GlobalLogic, a digital product engineering company. GlobalLogic integrates experience design and complex engineering to help our clients imagine what’s possible and accelerate their transition into tomorrow’s digital businesses. GlobalLogic is a Hitachi Group Company.

We’re hiring a Resource Planning Lead to take ownership of project staffing at Method. This is a high-activity, internal-facing role responsible for ensuring our client projects are staffed effectively, our forecasting data is accurate, and our resourcing communication processes are running smoothly. This role would be a Band 2 role reporting to Mark Flowers on the Services Operations team.

What this role is:

• A central hub for matching talent supply and demand across our delivery teams (approximately 300 people).
• A driver of utilization and margin by helping us avoid both unnecessary bench time and costly project delays.
• A communicator and negotiator who helps delivery teams, recruiting, sales, and leadership align on timelines and trade-offs when resources are constrained.
• An information steward who ensures we can trust the staffing data used to forecast hiring needs and revenue planning.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Own project staffing: ensure all roles are filled or have a plan with a clear timeline.
• Maintain accurate project assignment data to enable reliable forecasting and planning.
• Own and manage the communications process for staffing: notify recruiting when to hire and notify delivery when to staff.
• Manage resourcing calendars and help resolve conflicts before they impact delivery.
• Forecast future needs based on sales pipeline and project plans.
• Model different staffing and hiring scenarios to help us make better decisions.
• Partner with recruiting to effectively time hiring plans.
• Collaborate with account managers and discipline leads to understand project needs.
• Communicate resource constraints and trade-offs clearly and credibly to leadership.
  
  

Requirements

Must-haves:

• Ability to work EST hours (earlier is fine, later is not).
• Experience in consultancy or agency environments with fluctuating staffing needs.
• Experience managing staffing across multiple projects at once.
• Experience dealing with prioritization of competing business goals of utilization, project priorities, and urgent needs.
• Comfort with ambiguity, trade-offs, and saying “no” constructively.
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills—this role often makes suboptimal decisions for optimal outcomes.
  
  

Nice-to-haves (but teachable):

• Familiarity with tools like Runn, Float, Forecast, or similar.
• Familiarity with advanced Google Sheets (or Excel), Google Apps Scripts, and/or Google Gemini / ChatGPT
• Experience refining resource allocation processes
• Experience with BI reporting and Dashboards (ideally Looker Studio).
• Understanding of how product, design, and engineering roles intersect.
• Comfort with scenario planning and forecasting methods.
• Data fluency to support decision-making and trend identification.
• Experience defining a proactive hiring list based on forecast needs.
• Experience aligning growth and retention goals with business needs through staffing.

Why Method?

We look for individuals who are smart, kind and brave. Curious people with a natural ability to think on their feet, learn fast, and develop points-of-view for a constantly changing world find Method an exciting place to work. Our employees are excited to collaborate with dispersed and diverse teams that bring together the best in thinking and making. We champion the ability to listen, and believe that critique and dissonance lead to better outcomes. We believe everyone has the capacity to lead and look for proactive individuals who can take and give direction, lead by example, enjoy the making as much as they do the thinking, especially at senior and leadership levels.

We believe in work/life balance. Seriously. We offer a ton of competitive perks, including:

• Continuing education opportunities 
• Flexible PTO and work-from-home policies 
• 401K matching
• Health, Dental and Vision benefits, starting on day 1
• Company lunches, company outings, along with a lot of snacks 
• Health and wellness programs 
• Other location specific perks (just ask!)

Next Steps

If Method sounds like the place for you, please submit an application.

 

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Colorado Applicants (Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act Disclosure):  The starting salary range for this role to be performed in Colorado is estimated to be between  $100,000 to $135,000 annually.  This salary range is specific to Colorado residents only, and provided as a general estimate.  The amount offered may be higher or lower. Method  takes many factors into making an offer, including candidate qualifications, work experience, operational needs, travel and onsite requirements, internal peer equity, prevailing wage, responsibilities, and other market and business considerations. 

New York City Applicants (New York City Local Law 32;  Pay Transparency Law):  The starting salary range for this role to be performed in New York City is from $100,000 to $135,000. This salary range is specific to New York City residents only, and provided as a general, good faith estimate. The amount offered may be higher or lower. Method takes many factors into making an offer, including candidate qualifications, work experience, operational needs, travel and onsite requirements, internal peer equity, prevailing wage, responsibilities, and other market and business considerations.