Strategic IT Portfolio Analyst

IKO Industries; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance (includes Virtual)

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

Job summary

IKO Industries Ltd. is seeking an IT Strategic Portfolio Analyst to join our Canada-based team in Mississauga. You will support IT demand management by evaluating business and technology requests and aligning them with organizational priorities within our governance framework.

You will collaborate with business leaders, technical teams, and SMEs to develop business cases, SOWs, and decision-ready recommendations, enabling effective prioritization and resource planning across portfolios.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least 3 years in portfolio or project management.
• Experience creating 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.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyze incoming business and technology requests with SMEs to determine the appropriate implementation model (operational support, enhancements, projects, programs, or strategic initiatives).
• Evaluate requests based on business value, scope, complexity, risk, resource requirements, and strategic alignment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define outcomes, objectives, requirements, and success criteria.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions and stakeholder workshops with business leaders, technical teams, and SMEs.
• Develop comprehensive Scope of Work (SOW) and Business Case documents outlining objectives, scope, rationale, benefits, risks, dependencies, assumptions, and implementation considerations.
• Ensure requests are defined, documented, and evaluated before governance progression.
• Collaborate with technical teams to develop high-level estimates of effort, timeline, and cost.
• Prepare business cases, scope documentation, prioritization assessments, and decision-ready recommendations.
• Assist in prioritizing initiatives based on business value, alignment, risk, and capacity.
• Ensure documentation complies with governance and portfolio management standards.
• Coordinate follow-up with stakeholders to facilitate timely reviews and decisions.
• Build relationships with leaders, PMs, architects, and delivery teams to communicate decisions.

Skills

Portfolio management

Business analysis

Demand management

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

ServiceNow

PPM Pro

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

Excel

Job description

IKO Industries Ltd. is seeking an IT Strategic Portfolio Analyst to join our Canada-based team in Mississauga. You will support IT demand management by evaluating business and technology requests and aligning them with organizational priorities within our governance framework.

You will collaborate with business leaders, technical teams, and SMEs to develop business cases, SOWs, and decision-ready recommendations, enabling effective prioritization and resource planning across portfolios.