Senior IT Portfolio Analyst

The Senior IT Portfolio Analyst is responsible for coordinating portfolio activities across multiple Digital Technology (DT) initiatives in support of various business groups.

This role is responsible for working with business stakeholders, the architecture community (EA / DA / SA), and DT delivery team leadership while performing portfolio management activities.

This role is responsible for enabling business and DT leadership to make data-informed decisions regarding prioritization and capacity planning.

This individual will navigate cross-functionally in pursuit of adhering to Global Transformation Office intake and governance processes.

This role will provide inputs to Enterprise Product Delivery leaders to enable informed decision making within Global Transformation Office intake and governance, as well as decentralized intake and governance.

• Build knowledge and maintain awareness of technical acquisition and Global Transformation Office standards for enterprise intake, prioritization and governance processes
• Support advancement of requests in decentralized governance by conducting discovery efforts that provide clarity in target outcomes, business needs and shape the overall business case proposal in collaboration with business leaders, DT Leaders and Architects
• Analyze data and provide key inputs to enable business and DT leaders to make informed prioritization decisions within decentralized governance
• Partner with Enterprise Product Delivery team leaders to perform capacity planning on a defined cadence
• Provide business and DT leaders regular reporting that forecasts capacity and provides a summary of actual capacity allocation across defined key categories of work
• Utilize enterprise standard tools (ServiceNow, Planview, Jira, etc.) to support portfolio related processes
• Serve as a subject matter expert to peers and DT leaders for use of ServiceNow, Planview and Jira for capacity planning, and portfolio management activities
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Connected Toolset team to provide recommended system enhancements to support portfolio related processes
• Collaborate with DT leaders to provide status and health reporting for in-progress initiatives within the assigned portfolio, and provide reporting to executive leadership
• Collaborate with DT leaders and business leaders to evaluate, measure and report outcomes and business results achieved via technology initiatives within the assigned portfolio, and provide reporting to executive leadership
• Manage key metrics to evaluate portfolio performance and propose enhancements to portfolio management practices

Formal Education : Required :

Required :

Bachelor's Degree (or foreign equivalent) or in lieu of a degree, at least 7 years in experience in the field of Information Technology or Business (work experience or a combination of education and work experience in the field of Information Technology or Business).

Knowledge and Experience :

Required :

• 5+ years IT and / or Business experience
• 4+ years of experience in IT project / program management or experience in leading, coordinating, or delivering large scale processes with multiple resources in a cross-functional environment
• 2+ years experience in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies and knowledge of industry best practices
• Experience with multiple large-scale programs / projects, financial planning, capacity planning and forecasting
• Experience creating dashboarding and reporting
• Knowledge of business processes, including IT, vendor management, and software development lifecycle
• Experience in managing stakeholders, collaborating with internal / external product development teams and working in a complex, cross-functional environment
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities for collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

Preferred :

• Experience utilizing ServiceNow, Planview and / or Jira as tools for managing flow of work
• Experience utilizing Lean principles and practices
• Experience leading process optimization efforts, driving simplification and standardization

Technical / Skill Requirements :

Required :

• Business Requirement Gathering & Documentation
• Software Development Lifecyle (SDLC) Methodology
• Project Management Tools
• Project Management Methodology
• Project Data Analysis & Insights
• Demand & Capacity Management and Planning
• Reporting Tools

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H-1B visa.

This position is eligible to work in the office three days a week and has the option to work remotely two days a week.