Technology Planning Analyst
Position Summary
The Technology Planning Analyst role is responsible for coordinating and executing conference room lifecycle initiatives across the enterprise. This includes managing conference room requests from initial intake through completion.
This role serves as the central point of coordination for conference room activity, ensuring cross-functional teams remain aligned and work progresses efficiently. The position also supports the design and ongoing management of the tools and processes used to track room lifecycle, cost, and status data, enabling accurate forecasting, planning, and reporting across the portfolio.
The role will play a key part in maturing the organization’s approach to managing the conference room portfolio by helping establish scalable processes, improving visibility into lifecycle activity, and ensuring data is structured and reliable for long-term planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and execute conference room lifecycle initiativesManage all conference room requests from intake through completion, ensuring each request progresses through defined steps, approvals, and handoffs while maintaining visibility into overall status and outcomes.
- Drive adoption of standardized conference room processesProactively engage with teams across the organization to ensure conference room requests are consistently funneled through defined workflows, improving visibility, consistency, and data accuracy.
- Maintain visibility across the conference room portfolioProvide a consolidated view of in-flight and planned work, ensuring alignment to timelines and organizational priorities.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver work seamlesslyAlign Workplace Support, Facilities, TPAs, vendors, and procurement partners to ensure consistent delivery, supporting activities such as vendor engagement, quoting, and proposal review.
- Identify and manage risks and dependenciesProactively track risks, dependencies, and conflicts and drive resolution to keep initiatives on track.
- Manage both large-scale initiatives and individual requestsOversee portfolio programs (e.g., refresh cycles, construction projects) while managing day-to-day requests with the same level of structure and accountability.
- Track project status using designated planning toolsMaintain accurate tracking in tools such as Jira or Clarity, ensuring visibility into progress, timelines, and milestones.
- Own financial tracking and execution supportManage PR/PO submission and track spend against plan, ensuring alignment with budget expectations and timelines.
- Support prioritization of incoming workAlign requests with business priorities, capacity, and budget considerations.
- Provide regular status updates and reporting to stakeholdersCommunicate progress, risks, milestones, and financial updates to maintain transparency and alignment.
- Help shape and improve processes and toolsRefine how conference room lifecycle activity is tracked and managed to support scalability and long-term planning.
- Ensure accurate data capture and reporting readinessMaintain consistent tracking of room status, project progress, and cost data to support forecasting and decision-making.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or relevant experience
Qualifications & Skills
- Experience coordinating or managing complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage a high volume of concurrent work
- Proven ability to operate independently and drive work forward with limited direction
- Experience working with data, reporting, or tracking systems
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with financial awareness
- Effective communication skills to align multiple stakeholders
- Experience working in enterprise IT or infrastructure environments preferred
- Experience supporting large-scale programs preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent experience preferred
Additional Requirements
- Ability to travel up to 10%.
- This role follows a hybrid work model with four days in the office and one day remote per week.
About Southern Company
Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .
Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.
Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Job Identification: 19514
Job Category: Information Technology
Job Schedule: Full time
Company: Southern Company Services
