We are looking for a Senior Portfolio Analyst who will play a critical role in driving strategic alignment, performance visibility, and operational excellence across a Technology portfolio. Operating within a lean governance framework, this role collaborates closely with Product, Engineering, and Data leadership to translate strategic objectives into measurable outcomes—ensuring the portfolio delivers maximum value in line with company OKRs.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Alignment
* Partner with Product and Data leaders to manage Technology backlogs, ensuring initiatives are well-defined, strategically aligned, and prioritised according to business value and OKR impact.
* Collaborate with the Portfolio Manager and Data team to provide transparent insights into portfolio performance and progress against strategic goals.
* Support quarterly and annual planning cycles, ensuring initiatives are reviewed, prioritised, and aligned with business strategy and company OKRs.
* Assist in administering the central Change Board, evaluating and prioritising new requests to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
Governance
* Maintain dashboards, reports, and insights to track progress against OKRs, key metrics, and overall portfolio health.
* Facilitate impact assessments for new demand, validating business benefits, dependencies, and resource implications.
* Support financial oversight, risk and issue management, and the definition of portfolio KPIs and performance indicators.
Stakeholder Management & Communication
* Promote transparency through clear, data-driven communication of portfolio performance to stakeholders.
* Build trusted relationships across teams to facilitate effective decision-making and alignment.
Skills & Experience
* Proven experience translating strategic goals and OKRs into measurable portfolio outcomes and performance metrics.
* Experience supporting quarterly and annual planning cycles, prioritisation processes, and governance within a technology or product environment.
* 3+ years in a project or portfolio support role, including financial management responsibilities.
* 2+ years of experience using project/portfolio management tools such as Asana or Jira.
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including:
* Strong written and verbal communication abilities
* A proactive, organised, and detail-oriented approach with sound judgement and credibility
* Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills (including negotiation and assertiveness).
* Ability to interpret data, identify risks or opportunities, and present insights to support informed decision-making.
* Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
* Proficiency in Asana.
* Strong data literacy—comfortable working with KPIs, OKRs, financial data, and delivery metrics.
* Excellent planning and multitasking abilities.
* Strong knowledge of Google Workspace and Miro.