Project Portfolio Analyst

Sorenson Communications•Salt Lake City, UT

About The Position

Come be a part of our mission and make a meaningful and positive impact with the industry leading provider of language services for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing! The Project Portfolio Analyst will be responsible for supporting and ensuring compliance to processes to enable consistent and repeatable Technology investment decision making, with a focus on balancing project portfolio demands with resource supply based on strategy and prioritization. The Project Portfolio Analyst will be responsible for tracking the overall project portfolio roadmap by monitoring resource capacity, allocation, and demand, working with technical program managers and technical team owners to identify resourcing constraints and assisting in the development of trade-off delivery options to be presented to technology leadership. The Project Portfolio Analyst will support portfolio reporting, metrics and dashboard for various stakeholders and leaders. This position requires a strong grasp of project and portfolio financial analysis, the ability to assist with planning, scheduling, identifying cost, and staffing requirements for prioritized projects in a portfolio, working in a rapidly changing team environment, and meeting business expectations by providing analysis, documentation, communication, and/or presentations throughout the portfolio process to confirm acceptance and satisfaction.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 years of experience acting as a portfolio analyst or experience in a similar role.
Ability to manage change control, understand the impact of changes to the overall portfolio and clearly articulate risks/issues to manage expectations
Collaboration and relationship management skills
Organizational, time-management and analytical skills
Competencies in metric development and data analysis (KPIs)
Experience in report creation and reporting tools, portfolio scoring models and prioritization
Self-starter with passion for learning and applying past best practices
Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills
Advanced MS Office usage skills in Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Professional attitude and team player able to work across company departments
Minimum of a 4 Year / Bachelors Degree In a related field or equivalent experience and/or education.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing the current and future state project portfolio, including scheduling, staffing recommendations, assignment of work and review of individual project efforts.
Work with resource managers to effectively align resources across projects based on resource capacity & forecast analysis.
Support and maintain project and program selection through objective prioritization of investments.
Update existing portfolio roadmap based on impact of in-flight project change requests, updated portfolio prioritization and potential new project requests.
Assist in the creation and delivery of presentations that focus on key strategies, tactics, deliverables and financial projections.
Communicate, and enforce project portfolio governance policies and procedures around project lifecycle management.
Identify, develop, implement, and enhance project portfolio metrics, reporting, and dashboards capturing weekly, monthly, and accumulative trending.
Consolidate reports to manage expectations.
Create portfolio communication plans/reporting methods/dashboards.
Assist with ad hoc analysis requests from Technology, Finance, Audit, or business around project portfolio, project budgets, and resource management.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Full time
Benefits
Paid Vacation Time and Paid Sick Time and Paid Holidays
401k 6% match with immediate vesting
Nationwide Medical Insurance plans and coverage (Medical, Dental/Orthodontia, Vision)
TeleDoc
HSA company match
3 Medical plan options including a Low Deductible PPO Medical Plan Offering
Employee Assistance Program
Engaged Employee Resource Groups
Outstanding Learning and Career Development Opportunities