LPM Analyst III

Safety National•Saint Louis, MO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an LPM Analyst III, you will play a pivotal role in connecting IT strategy, portfolio performance, financial insights, and business priorities to help drive informed decision-making across the enterprise. You’ll lead the creation, management, and communication of IT-specific KPIs and metrics, working with stakeholders to ensure performance measures are actionable, clearly understood, and directly connected to business value. In this role, you’ll leverage agile tooling, NICUS, Power BI, and portfolio data to develop dashboards and visualizations that provide real-time visibility into IT performance, costs, risks, and outcomes. You’ll help manage and monitor IT budget processes, partner with Finance and leadership to forecast spending and track costs, and integrate financial metrics into portfolio reporting to support effective resource allocation and identify opportunities for savings. You’ll also put Lean Portfolio Management principles into practice by translating IT and business strategies into actionable portfolios and initiatives. Working across teams, you’ll prioritize initiatives, monitor portfolio performance, proactively address risks and dependencies, and partner with Value Stream Owners and business architecture teams to integrate IT value streams into enterprise roadmaps. You’ll help optimize agile tooling, promote consistent best practices, facilitate strategic conversations with IT and business leaders, and continuously improve LPM processes. If you thrive at the intersection of analytics, technology, financial stewardship, and strategic portfolio management, this role gives you an opportunity to influence how value is delivered across the organization.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred.
5 or more years of experience in Lean Portfolio Management, project management, or related fields
Expert knowledge of Lean Portfolio Management and SAFe principles
Experience with Power BI or another reporting tool
Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future

Nice To Haves

SAFe LPM certification
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Proven ability to collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
Proven ability to manage complex portfolios and prioritize initiatives
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Data analysis skills to track portfolio performance and identify areas for improvement

Responsibilities

Lead the creation, management, and communication of IT-specific KPIs and metrics.
Develop dashboards and visualizations using agile tooling, NICUS, and Power BI to provide real-time visibility into IT performance, costs, risks, and outcomes.
Manage and monitor IT budget processes, partner with Finance and leadership to forecast spending and track costs.
Integrate financial metrics into portfolio reporting to support effective resource allocation and identify opportunities for savings.
Translate IT and business strategies into actionable portfolios and initiatives using Lean Portfolio Management principles.
Prioritize initiatives, monitor portfolio performance, and proactively address risks and dependencies.
Partner with Value Stream Owners and business architecture teams to integrate IT value streams into enterprise roadmaps.
Optimize agile tooling and promote consistent best practices.
Facilitate strategic conversations with IT and business leaders.
Continuously improve LPM processes.
Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and technology assets against unauthorized disclosure, destruction and/or alteration, in accordance with Safety National policies, standards, and procedures.