JIRA Align Manager

JIRA Align Manager (Consultant)

This critical engagement is at the nexus of our agile transformation and financial governance. You will leverage your deep expertise in Jira Align and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) to engineer and manage the tooling ecosystem that provides financial transparency and decision-support for our strategic portfolios. This is a high-impact consulting position dedicated to optimizing how we align our Product Operating Model with our financial and strategic objectives.

What You ll Do

• Enterprise Jira Align tooling solutions, collaborating with Portfolio and Enterprise operations teams to unlock new levels of data transparency using tools like Enterprise Insights and Focus.
• Drive the adoption and strategic implementation of Jira Align, ensuring they are seamlessly woven into our Product Operating Model (POM) and agile methodologies.
• Partner with the Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE), Portfolio Ops Managers, and Portfolio Managers to utilize Jira Align that are the engine for our Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) framework.
• Spearhead the customization and adoption of Jira Align, designing innovative solutions that assist the portfolios achieve their business objectives..
• Command the full administrative lifecycle of Jira Align, from managing data integrity and synchronization with Jira to overseeing user permissions and providing expert-level support.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights by developing comprehensive user documentation and partnering with reporting teams to build powerful, decision-driving dashboards.
• Champion Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and LPM principles, guiding the organization's adherence to best practices and co-authoring the Jira Align adoption roadmap.

What You ll Bring

• Deep technical mastery with 3+ years experience administering and implementation of Jira Align.
• Executive-level influence and leadership, demonstrating a passion for value-driven outcomes and the ability to confidently present complex solutions and manage stakeholders up to the C-suite.
• Deep business acumen with the proven ability to analyze the complex business requirements of a portfolio and translate them into effective Jira Align configurations and strategic workflows.
• A consultative mindset built on superior communication, negotiation, and facilitation skills, paired with a relentless customer-service orientation.
• Proven expertise leading complex, cross-organizational implementations of Jira Align, guiding stakeholders from initial discovery and design through to full rollout and adoption.
• Fluency in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and, most critically, Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) principles and practices.
• A Bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent advanced analytical experience), with a strong preference for experience in the financial services or trading industry.
• A significant plus: Experience with enterprise portfolio and financial tools such as Apptio Cost Transparency, Looker, Alfabet, Jira or financial modeling applications.