Senior Portfolio Planning & Analytics Lead

Canada Life; London; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Health & wellness benefits

Time off and volunteer day

Financial security and pension

Rewards and recognition

Community and ERGs

Job summary

Canada Life is seeking a Senior Portfolio Planning Specialist to manage intake requests and support capacity planning across the organization. You will facilitate prioritization, assess alignment, and deliver executive dashboards to inform decisions.

Key capabilities include strong analytical and stakeholder-management skills, experience with Power BI and Clarity PPM, and knowledge of budgeting and forecasting. This is a permanent full-time role within Canadian Operations Enablement.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in project, program, or portfolio management.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills with dashboards.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Familiarity with resource capacity planning and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Manage centralized intake process and stakeholder clarity.
• Assess requests for completeness, feasibility, and impact.
• Facilitate intake meetings and communications.
• Apply scoring and prioritization for objective decisions.
• Lead reviews to assess resource needs and constraints.
• Collaborate with BPMO & COBE leaders to prioritize work.
• Monitor and report on resource allocation across BPMO & COBE.
• Develop and maintain Portfolio Dashboard and dashboards.
• Provide insights to leadership to support decisions.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication

Portfolio governance

Prioritization

Education

University degree in Business/Technology or related field

Tools

Power BI

Clarity PPM

Power Apps

Job description

Canada Life is seeking a Senior Portfolio Planning Specialist to manage intake requests and support capacity planning across the organization. You will facilitate prioritization, assess alignment, and deliver executive dashboards to inform decisions.

Key capabilities include strong analytical and stakeholder-management skills, experience with Power BI and Clarity PPM, and knowledge of budgeting and forecasting. This is a permanent full-time role within Canadian Operations Enablement.