Who we are
You know those big cities that still feel like small towns? Where everyone’s friendly and helps each other out? That’s like Doane Grant Thornton. Except here we’re all professionals and there isn’t a mayor or a general store. What we’re trying to say is that we’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. We employ about 3000 people across Canada, and we truly care about our colleagues, our clients and the communities where we work and live. That’s what’s most important to us. We’re building a thriving organization that’s purpose driven and still want to remember what your favourite milkshake flavour is.
Role Summary: Manager, Resource Planning
Leads the resource planning function across the firm, ensuring high-quality, forward-looking plans and strong team performance.
A people leader responsible for guiding Coordinators and Senior Coordinators, overseeing planning execution, and ensuring alignment with business needs. Provides direction on complex planning decisions, manages escalations, and partners with stakeholders to support effective workforce planning and delivery outcomes.
As a Manager, Resource Planning your responsibilities will include:
Forward-Looking Planning
- Owns the development and oversight of forward-looking resource plans across the portfolio, ensuring alignment with business priorities and forecasted demand
- Ensures appropriate balance of capacity, skill mix, and timing across engagement teams
Planning Quality & Risk Management
- Accountable for overall planning quality, consistency, and integrity across teams
- Identifies systemic capacity constraints, skill gaps, and timeline risks across engagements
Judgment & Decision-Making
- Provides guidance on complex planning trade-offs, balancing competing priorities across teams and business units
- Acts as the escalation point for high-impact or ambiguous resource planning decisions
- Applies strong business and operational judgment to optimize resource utilization and delivery outcomes
- Supports and develops team decision-making capability through coaching and timely feedback
Partnership & Influence
- Serves as the primary Planning leader for assigned Business Units
- Builds strong partnerships with senior stakeholders to align resource strategies with business objectives
- Influences workforce planning decisions through data-driven insights and recommendations
Team Leadership, Enablement & Process Improvement
- Leads, coaches, and develops a team of Coordinators and Senior Coordinators
- Sets direction, priorities, and workload distribution across the team
- Builds team capability in planning logic, judgment, and stakeholder management
- Oversees and evolves the skills matrix to ensure accuracy, usability, and alignment with business needs
- Drives continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning effectiveness, efficiency, and scalability
- Champions adoption of tools, processes, and best practices across the planning function
Doane Grant Thornton
If you’re a bit like us, you’re driven to connect with how others are feeling and thinking. Here we walk in others shoes before taking action. Just imagine being part of a team that puts “we before me”, where flexAbility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back. At Doane Grant Thornton, you’ll work with inspiring leaders who support your development, both personally and professionally. This is a place where your insatiable curiosity enables you to think, see and hear from a variety of perspectives, a place where every day is different and having the courage to grow is part of who you are. And when all this comes together, well that’s when the magic happens!
Want to learn more about who we are and how we live our purple every day? Read our colleagues’ stories at www.discoveryourpurple.ca
Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Manager, Resource Planning? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:
- Post secondary education.
- Minimum 3+ years working experience managing a team in an office environment, ideally in professional services
- Experience in Resource Management
- Experience using Dynamics 365 considered an asset
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 (Planner, Excel, Teams)
- Organized, eye for detail, quick study, curiosity to learn, high integrity in work quality, excellence in service, ability to teach, team player.
- Ability to motivate, and influence colleagues
At Doane Grant Thornton we’re focused on making a difference in the lives of our clients, our colleagues and our communities. That’s our purpose. Or, as we like to say, living our purple.
What's in it for you?
Profit sharing, Flex days, RRSP contributions, Firmwide holiday closure, Wellness benefits, Concierge-like benefits, Work from anywhere in Canada in the summer for 4 weeks, and more!
At Doane Grant Thornton, we believe compensation should reflect more than just market data—it should reflect you. We’re serious about compensation. We benchmark regularly across a wide spectrum of roles, industries, sectors, and levels to ensure our ranges are both competitive and current. But we don’t stop there. We also consider the unique strengths, experiences, and impact each individual brings to the table. Our salary ranges are reviewed annually, and where you land within the range depends on a mix of factors—your background, your skills, and how your contributions align with internal equity. To help start the conversation, the current salary range for this role is $83,400–$104,200 in Vancouver. If the role is available in other locations, the range may differ to reflect local market factors.
Our special culture shines through when we have the opportunity to connect in person. That’s why we’re working in a model where teams are required to be together in the office 4 days per week.
Are you ready to Discover Your Purple?
