Senior Enterprise Portfolio Analyst

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks.  And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together. 

Job Description

Your Career  

We are hiring an Senior Enterprise Portfolio Analyst who will partner closely with the enterprise portfolio manager to define and operate our enterprise portfolio, develop and execute tools and frameworks to enable execution and delivery of our core priorities.
This position will report to Director, IT PMO & Portfolio

Your Impact 

• Develop, and launch enterprise portfolio management standards and best practices 
• Collaborate in developing and implementing tools, templates, processes and reporting to support the enterprise portfolio programs
• Partner with program/product managers to drive training and adoption on portfolio management tools and capabilities 
• Develop and maintain dashboards used to effectively communicate company portfolio updates and support portfolio execution 
• Support/maintain data in the resource planning tools to ensure up-to-date and accurate forecasts for the creation of shift patterns and schedules, capacity planning and actual to planned resource information
• Report and analyze progress of projects (budget, scope and schedule) through the various stages of project(s)
• Identify cross functional dependencies, and facilitate conversations with other teams to prioritize and ensure alignment on time and delivery of the program 
• Create detailed delivery plans that can be executed by program teams 
• Identify and Manage risk across the program throughout development life cycle to ensure on time delivery 

Qualifications

Your Experience  

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, MBA a plus or equivalent military experience required
• 3+ years of professional related work experience and hands on project and operational experience desired
• Strong Excel, Tableau, and other data analysis and financial modeling skills
• Experience in setting up agile tools and processes for large scale, global, cross functional programs
• An Analytical mindset and experience in building reports and dashboards 
• Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments with minimal supervision posing a growth mindset
• Extensive knowledge and experience in  project management methodologies 
• Expertise in the Enterprise technology industry is a must, knowledge of cybersecurity industry is a plus but not required
• Great teammate, willing to passionately roll up their sleeves and work cross-functionally to get things done

Additional Information

The Team  

This is not a traditional IT department !! We continuously challenge the status quo and build solutions to make IT services better. We also partner closely with our security, engineering and product teams, to secure our state of the art cyber security solutions.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliati