Analyst, Office of the CIO

Sony Pictures Entertainment•Culver City, CA

1d•$84,800 - $106,000

About The Position

The Analyst supports the Office of the CIO (OCIO) across strategic portfolio management (SPM), organizational change management (OCM), and merger and acquisition (M&A) initiatives. Working with the OCIO team, IT leaders, and project teams, the role provides analysis, reporting, governance, change management, and project coordination to help align technology investments and transformation programs with business objectives and measurable value. This role is suited to a proactive, highly organized individual who takes ownership, anticipates needs, and can move work forward in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment. The Analyst identifies gaps and opportunities, proposes solutions, follows through on actions and decisions, and engages stakeholders to gather the information and inputs needed to advance initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 2–3 years of experience in management consulting, IT project or portfolio management, organizational change management, business analysis, or related disciplines, or equivalent demonstrated capability.
Strong analytical foundation, including experience with data analysis, structured problem solving, and translating data into clear business insights.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the confidence and judgment to engage productively with IT leaders and senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated initiative and ownership, including the ability to anticipate needs, progress work independently where appropriate, and follow through on commitments.
Strong follow-up and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to respectfully drive others for inputs, decisions, and deliverables while maintaining positive working relationships.
Ability to identify problems and opportunities and bring forward thoughtful recommendations and potential solutions.
Highly organized and self-motivated, with strong attention to detail and a bias toward action.
Intellectual curiosity, a continuous learning and growth mindset, and eagerness to solve unfamiliar problems.
Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, including the ability to analyze data and develop clear, concise, well-formatted business and executive materials.
Comfort navigating ambiguity and sensitive information, exercising sound judgment and discretion, managing competing priorities, and adapting as priorities evolve in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM), PMO, or demand management processes.
Familiarity with organizational change management methodologies and tools.
Exposure to M&A integration, business transformation, or enterprise program management.
Experience developing dashboards, KPIs, and management reporting using Power BI or similar data visualization tools.
Experience with Smartsheet, Power BI, ServiceNow SPM, Planview, Clarity, or similar portfolio and project management tools.

Responsibilities

Execute and coordinate strategic portfolio management activities, including demand management, portfolio reporting, risk monitoring, and value realization.
Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards, executive reporting, governance and decision materials, and action and dependency tracking.
Analyze project and portfolio data and develop actionable insights and recommendations for leadership, identifying trends, risks, gaps, and opportunities.
Gather and validate stakeholder inputs, track actions and decisions, follow up on outstanding items, and help ensure commitments and deadlines are completed.
Coordinate and execute organizational change management activities, including stakeholder analysis, change planning, communications, change networks, training coordination, readiness activities, and adoption measurement.
Establish and maintain OCM processes and tools, including stakeholder tracking, communication calendars, change impact assessments, feedback mechanisms, and adoption reporting.
Coordinate and deliver analysis and reporting for M&A integration activities, including integration planning, cost tracking, status and KPI reporting, and coordination across IT and Information Security workstreams.
Identify process gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities, and proactively develop recommendations and potential solutions.
Support OCIO leadership with ad hoc analyses, presentations, planning activities, and cross-functional initiatives, taking increasing ownership of workstreams as experience and context grow.