About this role
Job title: Planner - PMO
About the Role Ontic is seeking a Planner – PMO to join the Chatsworth, CA team. This role provides clear operational line of sight and ensures license projects are effectively planned, governed, and executed in alignment with PMO and site priorities. You will be the primary analytical interface with customers and licensors, translating complex operational data into structured insights and communicating project status, risks, and readiness to internal stakeholders.
What You'll Do
- Lead analytical support for product line transitions and license projects, ensuring alignment with contractual commitments, business objectives, and PMO governance standards.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze Line of Balance (LOB) reporting, providing clear visibility to project progress and proactively identifying risks and constraints.
- Serve as a key analytical interface with customers and licensors, communicating status, priorities, risks, and mitigation plans through data-driven insights.
- Participate in and support on-site licensor working sessions, including travel as required, to develop and validate detailed manufacturing cutover and transition plans.
- Support visibility and coordination of products and services delivered from licensors and suppliers, ensuring alignment to project demand and priorities.
- Provide oversight and analytical guidance for work order release and ERP-related planning activities, validating data accuracy, readiness, and sequencing in line with PMO processes (execution remains within designated operational roles).
- Provide Clear-To-Build (CTB) line of sight, working with IPTs and the stockroom to ensure prioritization, kitting readiness, and escalation of issues that may impact execution.