Lean Portfolio Associate (For independent contractors)

Lean Portfolio Associate for the BusOps Portfolio Management team in the FinTech department. The team is comprised of 3 people: 1 BusOps Portfolio Manager and 2 Lean Portfolio Associates, which support the two sub-departments within FinTech.

Role & responsibilities:

• Support the ongoing Jira Adoption (incl. Jira, Jira Plans, Jira Structure, Confluence, OBoard)

  
  

• Building Jira Plans (advanced level - e.g. visualizing the work of various departments contributing to the same initiative)

  
  

• Building templates for Confluence reports

  
  

• Introducing new ideas for improvements of Jira

  
  

• Creation of instruction/knowledge documents (slides, sheets)

  
  

• Supporting various levels of stakeholders with their questions/requests/issues related to the Jira Adoption, building custom visualization/reporting solutions to meet their needs

  
  

• Support the Financial Systems and overall FinTech department with Quarterly Planning and Quarterly Business Review in Jira

  
  

• Creation of a Quarterly Planning checklist

  
  

• Supporting the update of the quarterly Objectives and Key Results in Jira

  
  

• Support with the introduction of new Portfolio Management improvements (e.g. Portfolio demand process)

  
  

• Preparing meetings and workshops with various stakeholders, presenting and facilitating when needed, taking meeting minutes and following up on actions according to the agreed timelines

Requirements:

• Proven working experience within an international environment - preferably with both Agile- and Classic/Waterfall methodologies/ways of working

  
  

• Proven working experience as a Lean Portfolio Associate and/or Project/Program Manager and/or Process Analyst and/or Agile coach

  
  

• Strong practical experience with Jira, Jira Plans/Advanced Roadmaps, Confluence; experience/knowledge of Jira Structure and OBoard is preferred

  
  

• Strong practical experience in building Google slides and sheets

  
  

• Experience in working with (lean) portfolio management is a plus - e.g. supporting demands through their selection, prioritization and planning; portfolio roadmapping; creation of portfolio dashboards and reporting based on portfolio metrics; ability to interpret portfolio performance data

  
  

• Experience in leveraging AI

Soft skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively to business and technical stakeholders and facilitate effective discussions

  
  

• Strong organizational skills

  
  

• Quick learner, growth mindset

  
  

• Pragmatic solution thinker

  
  

• Adaptive to a fast pace of change