Integrated Planning Manager

Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies.  Today, Harbour is producing between 475,000 and 485,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa. Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices. 

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

Purpose of Role:

• The Integrated Planning Manager is a strategic management role responsible for orchestrating the integrated planning, governance, and value optimization of two major development projects within the Business Unit. This position ensures both projects operate cohesively as part of a broader portfolio, maximizing synergies, reducing inefficiencies, and enabling senior leaders to make informed, data-driven decisions.
• The role works at the intersection of strategic planning, business case validation, project execution oversight, and corporate governance. Through structured integration, the Integrated Planning Manager acts as a critical enabler for the Project Owner and BU leadership—ensuring that the development portfolio delivers optimal value, aligns with corporate objectives, and adapts effectively to evolving business requirements.

Critical Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that all activities are carried out in a safe manner complying with all regulatory requirements, legislation and Harbour Energy HSES Procedures

Ethics and Compliance Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all activities and behaviours are carried out in accordance with Harbour Energy’s Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures, and to complete any compulsory compliance training as required

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

Strategic Integration & Portfolio Alignment

• Lead the integration of project plans, schedules, risks, and value drivers across two major projects to create a unified, enterprise-level development roadmap.
• Ensure alignment of project assumptions, scenarios, dependencies, and long-range forecasts across disciplines (technical, commercial, operations, finance).
• Maintain a consolidated, strategic view of the BU development pipeline, highlighting key value levers, constraints, and interdependencies.
• Monitor evolving project interfaces and ensure integrated planning reflects changes in scope, execution strategy, or market conditions.

Business Case & Value Optimization

• Partner with Project Owners and functional leads to refine business cases, validate assumptions, and strengthen economic justification.
• Maintain integrated economic models, and sensitivity analyses to support optimization and trade-off decisions.
• Identify synergies between the two major projects and drive cross-project alignment to capture value.
• Conduct scenario planning and option evaluation to support portfolio-level strategy and investment decisions.

Governance, Reporting & Decision Support

• • Consolidate portfolio data for annual business planning, investment governance, and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR).
  • Provides functional leadership for all planning focal points across the two projects.
  • Lead structured reporting to ensure visibility of risks, schedule performance, forecasts, milestones, and KPIs.
  • Prepare executive-quality materials for the VP Integration, SVP Development, and senior leadership forums.
  • Ensure planning frameworks and reporting processes align with corporate governance standards.

Project Planning Systems, Tools & Data Management

• • Develop and maintain project planning dashboards, schedules, risk registers, and portfolio databases.
  • Ensure traceability and reliability of multi-source project data.
  • Promote the use of project planning tools, including analytics and visualization platforms.
  • Drive continuous improvement and standardization of project planning practices.

Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• • Serve as the integration hub between project teams, finance, operations, commercial, HSE, and strategy.
  • Facilitate alignment workshops, planning sessions, and decision-making meetings.
  • Manage complex stakeholder environments with proactive communication and transparency.
  • Support the Project Owner by ensuring work reflects integrated impacts and strategic priorities

Core Competency

• • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Planning & Prioritization
  • Document Control & Quality Assurance
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Professional Communication
  • Risk Awareness & Mitigation

Critical Skills, Qualifications, Experience, etc. :

Technical Skills

• Strong financial acumen and ability to support business case development.
• Proficiency with planning and analytics tools (Primavera, Power BI, Excel, etc.).

Non-Technical Skills

• Exceptional communication, analytical thinking, and cross-functional influence skills

Professional Experience

• 15+ years of experience with 7 years in portfolio planning, business planning, or major capital project management.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree is a plus

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Harbour principles & values

Strong alignment with and commitment to the core values and behaviours of Harbour Energy.

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.

For further information or support on any of these points, please reach out to us at careers@harbourenergy.com