Our partner is a global leader in intralogistics solutions and material handling equipment. The company has set up a business services center that unites professionals from Romania across a wide variety of technology and operations roles.

We are looking for a Portfolio Operations Specialist who will play a key role in managing and optimizing the flow of initiatives across the IT portfolio, supporting decision-making, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that portfolio initiatives are aligned with overarching business objectives and strategic priorities;

• Establish, manage, and continuously improve a portfolio-level Kanban board to visualize work, dependencies, and flow;

• Identify bottlenecks, risks and improvement opportunities to increase throughput and value delivery;

• Promote transparency across the portfolio regarding initiative status, progress, and outcomes;

• Collaborate closely with business owners, architects, and leadership to align priorities and sequencing of initiatives;

• Facilitate regular portfolio syncs, reviews, and strategic alignment discussions;

• Support collaborative, data-driven decision-making based on business impact and measurable outcomes;

• Track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) and business outcomes to assess portfolio effectiveness;

• Contribute to the creation of lean business cases for strategic initiatives;

• Foster a culture focused on continuous value delivery, learning, and outcome measurement;

• Support the adoption and maturity of agile principles at the portfolio level;

• Ensure governance, risk, and compliance requirements are respected within agile decision-making frameworks;

• Coach and empower teams and leaders to operate effectively within an agile portfolio context.

To thrive in this role, you’ll have:

• Strategic thinking - ability to see the big picture and align initiatived with business goals;

• Experience working in portfolio management, portfolio operations, or lean/agile environments;

• Experience using collaboration and documentation tools (e.g., Confluence, Jira, Miro, Microsoft 365);

• Additional certifications (SAFe Portfolio Management Certification, Lean Portfolio Management LPM, PMI-ACP Agile Certified Practitioner) are highly beneficial.

 

• Strong understanding of Kanban principles, flow-based work management, and value delivery;

• Stakeholder management and facilitation skills, driving strategic level conversations and decision;

• Data-driven mindset, with experience tracking KPIs and using insights to support decisions;

• Familiarity with agile and lean frameworks at scale;

• Excellent command of English.

What’s in it for you:

• 13th salary;

• Meal & gift vouchers;

• Health insurance;

• Full remote work (Romania only), based on a Romanian employment contract (CIM).