Portfolio Analyst (2x onsite)

The IT Operations & Foundation (ITOF) Portfolio Analyst is assigned to one or more ITOF product lines/subdepartments: Cloud & HPC, Digital Platform Operations, Network, Operational Technology, SMAPE, Workforce Enablement, IT Asset Operations or Cyber. The analyst takes work direction from the ITOF Portfolio Manager and works closely with the team of ITOF portfolio analysts to apply one consistent portfolio practice. Working alongside the RTE, the analyst takes on the EPMO and portfolio-data work that currently lands on RTEs, including portfolio data assembly, governance reporting, ADO hygiene and SPR preparation, so RTEs can stay focused on flow, ceremonies and coaching.

The analyst learns the product line's domain, boards and epics in depth and feeds that knowledge back through the central portfolio team, so that one standard is applied consistently across ITOF. The goal is ITOF ADO portfolio data that is current, accurate and decision-ready.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Data Quality & ADO Hygiene

• Run recurring data quality reviews and resolve issues hands-on (epic/feature dates, states, ownership, duplicates)
• Keep a data quality scorecard that shows the trend over time, not just one-time fixes
• Make sure in-scope epics meet ITOF ADO Standards, working toward the >90% epic and feature hygiene target
• Administer tools and align process governance with EPMO (ADO and Portfolio Hub hygiene, taxonomy, standards)
• Flag and help resolve data issues across systems; the originating teams own the source data

Portfolio Planning, Governance & Intake

• Support portfolio planning, quarterly SPR preparation and annual Business Plan (BP) initiative inputs
• Triage intake and demand for Portfolio Hub and epic-level entries, routing each to the right product line
• Support prioritization discussions with data
• Help communicate and execute EPMO requests into product line

Analytics, Dashboards & Reporting

• Define dashboard requirements and maintain and automate portfolio dashboards and reports (ADO dashboards; Power BI where applicable)
• Prepare material for the bi-monthly CIO PMO deep dives and the quarterly SPR
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and leadership-ready insights on portfolio health, throughput, risks and trends

Stakeholder Engagement & Change

• Treat the RTE as the primary stakeholder and work in partnership with them on the product line
• Act as liaison to Epic Owners, with recurring syncs and an escalation path
• Communicate changes to RTEs and Epic Owners when portfolio processes or standards shift
• Over the longer term, help run a community of practice and office hours for portfolio tooling and reporting
• Join product line and RTE forums to learn the domain, boards and epics
• For APAC-based analysts, act as an Asia-Pacific liaison, building relationships with regional RTEs and surfacing operational needs that may not be visible from North America

Qualifications

Non-Negotiable Skills

Required on day one. The role does not include hands-on tool training or onboarding.

• Hands-on Azure DevOps (ADO)
• 3+ years of hands-on ADO experience, used recently. Covers Boards, the work item hierarchy (epic/feature/story), queries, area/iteration paths, and data hygiene at portfolio scale
• Strong communication skills. Clear, confident verbal and written English with US-based and global stakeholders. Must be able to lead portfolio discussions , ask probing questions that bring challenges, barriers and dependencies to the surface, and turn complex data into concise insights for technical and non-technical leaders. This must be shown in portfolio ceremonies and engagements
• Data management and data quality. Validating, reconciling and cleaning data across multiple platforms (e.g., ADO, spreadsheet)

Relevant experience

• 7–10 years of relevant experience in roles such as Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer (RTE), Product Owner or Agile Program Manager , and/or portfolio management, PMO reporting and data/analytics.
• Independent, global working. Works independently with minimal day-to-day guidance in a globally dispersed team, across time zones (including early-morning US overlap)

Transferable Experiences

These experiences count toward the role when combined with the non-negotiable skills above.

• Other enterprise agile/portfolio tools (e.g., Rally, TargetProcess, Planview, ServiceNow SPM ): useful background for portfolio governance, but does not replace the 3+ years of hands-on ADO requirement
• PMO, portfolio governance or demand management in other industries (e.g., telecom, energy, financial services )
• Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer (RTE), Product Owner or Agile Program Manager experience in a SAFe/Agile environment (PI planning, ARTs), with an understanding of flow and hygiene metrics
• Intake/demand triage, governance process design or standards rollout
• Change communications, training, or running communities of practice/office hours
• Regional or global liaison roles (e.g., APAC coordination with North America leadership)

Not a substitute: project management of individual projects, or experience limited to basic data tools, does not by itself meet the portfolio-analyst profile. Jira / Jira Align experience is not considered transferable for the ADO requirement.

Preferred / Nice to Have

Portfolio-level governance Portfolio-level (not single-project) governance experience, ideally supporting IT portfolios of $50M+

Power BI Power BI building skills: data models, measures, dashboards and executive reports

Power Automate Power Automate building skills: workflow and reporting automation

Education Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, Data Analytics or a related field

Certifications SAFe certification (e.g., SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), SAFe RTE, Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist) or PMP

Measurement & reporting Experience with performance measurement frameworks and executive reporting

SAFe PI planning Familiarity PI planning cycles

Pay: Php120,000.00 - Php150,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Paid training

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Makati