IT Strategic Portfolio Analyst Job Mississauga area,Ontario Canada,Business

Description

Role: IT Strategic Portfolio Analyst

Job Summary:

The IT Strategic Portfolio Analyst will be responsible for supporting IT demand management by ensuring incoming business and technology requests are consistently evaluated, aligned with organizational priorities, and advanced through established governance processes.

The successful candidate will collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams, and subject matter experts to assess business value, scope, complexity, risk, resource requirements, and implementation considerations.

This includes developing business cases, Scope of Work (SOW) documents, and decision-ready recommendations to support effective prioritization, resource allocation, and strategic portfolio management.

Compensation: $85,000 - $95,000

Benefits

Health Insurance (includes Virtual Health, and HCSA)

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Long-term Disability

Short-term Disability

RRSP Match

Paid Vacation

Floating Days

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Engagement Events

Awards and Recognition

Tuition reimbursement

Service Awards

Employee Perks & Discounts

Job Responsibilities

Analyze incoming business and technology requests in collaboration with subject matter experts to determine the appropriate implementation model, including operational support, enhancements, projects, programs, or strategic initiatives.

Evaluate requests based on business value, scope, complexity, risk, resource requirements, and strategic alignment.

Collaborate with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to define desired outcomes, business objectives, requirements, and success criteria.

Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions and stakeholder workshops with business leaders, technical teams, and subject matter experts.

Develop comprehensive Scope of Work (SOW) and Business Case documents outlining objectives, scope, business rationale, expected benefits, risks, dependencies, assumptions, and implementation considerations.

Ensure business and technology requests are sufficiently defined, documented, and evaluated before progressing through governance and approval processes.

Collaborate with technical teams and subject matter experts to develop high-level effort, resource, timeline, and cost estimates.

Prepare business cases, scope documentation, prioritization assessments, and decision-ready recommendations to support portfolio intake and governance decisions.

Assist in prioritizing initiatives based on business value, strategic alignment, implementation risk, resource availability, and organizational capacity.

Ensure supporting documentation complies with established organizational governance and portfolio management standards.

Coordinate ongoing follow-up with business stakeholders, approvers, and governance committees to facilitate timely reviews and decisions.

Build and maintain strong working relationships with business leaders, project managers, architects, technical teams, and delivery stakeholders.

Communicate portfolio decisions, initiative priorities, approval outcomes, and next steps to relevant stakeholders.

Identify and support continuous improvement opportunities related to IT demand management, portfolio governance, and intake processes.

Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field.

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in portfolio management, project management, business analysis, demand management, or a related discipline.

Demonstrated experience developing Business Cases, Scope of Work (SOW) documents, project charters, investment proposals, or equivalent decision-support documentation.

Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to evaluate business and technology opportunities based on value, complexity, risk, cost, and strategic alignment.

Proven experience facilitating requirements-gathering sessions and stakeholder workshops.

Ability to develop high-level project estimates in collaboration with technical and business teams.

Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies, IT governance frameworks, demand management, and portfolio management practices.

Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple requests, competing priorities, and deadlines simultaneously.

Proficiency with portfolio and project management tools such as Service Now, PPM Pro, Microsoft…