Senior Project Portfolio Analyst
About the role
We are a dynamic, industry-leading enterprise seeking a highly analytical and strategic Senior Project Portfolio Analyst to join our Project Management Office (PMO). In this role, you will play a critical part in supporting enterprise portfolio governance, resource capacity planning, and financial tracking. You will partner directly with cross-functional teams, PMO leadership, and executives to drive data-driven decision-making, optimize resource allocation, and ensure the successful delivery of our multi-project portfolios.
Responsibilities
- Support and enhance portfolio governance processes to improve transparency, decision-making, and change readiness.
- Support portfolio planning, prioritization, and investment discussions.
- Maintain the accuracy of portfolio data across schedules, risks, financials, and dependencies.
- Support PMO leadership in advancing portfolio outcomes, governance maturity, and change readiness.
- Support standardization and continuous improvement of portfolio reporting processes.
- Develop and deliver executive portfolio reporting, dashboards, and presentation materials.
- Develop and maintain reporting dashboards (using Power BI and Excel) to provide portfolio visibility.
- Analyze portfolio data to identify trends and support data-driven decision-making.
- Track portfolio KPIs, metrics, and performance indicators.
- Assist in improving data quality and automation of reporting workflows.
- Maintain enterprise PPM tools and ensure data integrity and accuracy.
- Contribute to enterprise resource planning processes through in-depth analysis and reporting.
- Monitor resource allocation to identify capacity risks and optimization opportunities.
- Facilitate coordination between project and resource managers to resolve constraints.
- Perform scenario planning and capacity modeling to support prioritization decisions.
- Partner with Finance to support business cases, financial models, and performance tracking.
- Communicate risks, issues, and portfolio insights effectively to stakeholders and leadership.
- Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and leadership.
- Create compelling presentations and materials that communicate insights and actionable recommendations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Systems, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- 5-7 years of relevant experience in project coordination, PMO support, portfolio reporting, or consulting roles.
- Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise PMO environments or managing multi-project portfolios is highly preferred.
- Proven track record in resource management, financial tracking, and executive-level reporting.
Skills
- Portfolio Management (PPM) and Governance
- Resource Capacity Planning
- Financial Analysis & Modeling
- Process Improvement & Standardization
- Risk & Change Management
- Exceptional stakeholder communication and executive presentation development
- Advanced Data Analysis and Visualization
- Hands-on experience with Planview, Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, Power BI, Power Automate, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Data integrity
- Business cases
- Data-driven decision-making
- Automation
- Portfolio reporting
- Dashboards
- Enterprise resource planning
- Financial models
- Governance
- Metrics
- Portfolio planning
- Resource allocation
- Scenario planning
- Standardization
- Workflow management
Pay
$100,000 - 110,000 per year
Schedule
9am to 5pm
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).