Analyst, Office of the CIO

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is seeking an Analyst to support the Office of the CIO across strategic portfolio management, organizational change management, and M&A initiatives.

You'll provide analysis, governance, and coordination to ensure technology investments deliver measurable value. Working with IT leaders and project teams, you will develop dashboards, generate executive materials, and drive stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2–3 years of relevant experience or equivalent capability.
• Strong analytical foundation and data translation into clear business insights.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement with IT leadership.
• Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and independent progress in ambiguity.
• Excel and PowerPoint used for executive materials and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate strategic portfolio management activities including demand management and risk monitoring.
• Develop portfolio dashboards and executive reporting materials for visibility into initiatives.
• Perform data analysis to derive actionable insights and recommendations.
• Drive stakeholder follow-through and action tracking to completion.
• Coordinate organizational change management activities and adoption measurement.
• Establish OCM processes and tools for governance and communications.
• Deliver analysis and reporting for M&A integration efforts across IT workstreams.
• Identify process gaps and propose solutions for improvement.
• Support OCIO leadership with ad hoc analyses and planning activities.

Skills

Strategic portfolio management

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Governance reporting

Change management

Problem solving

Communication

Organization & detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent demonstrated capability

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Smartsheet

Planview

Clarity

ServiceNow SPM

Job description

Position Summary

The Analyst will support the Office of the CIO (OCIO) across strategic portfolio management (SPM), organizational change management (OCM), and merger & acquisition (M&A) projects and initiatives. Working closely with the OCIO team, IT leaders, and project teams, this role provides analysis, reporting, governance, change management, and project coordination to help ensure technology investments, transformation programs, and change initiatives align with business objectives and deliver measurable value.

This role is well suited for a proactive, highly organized individual who takes ownership, anticipates needs, and is comfortable driving work forward in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment. The Analyst will be expected to identify gaps and opportunities, propose solutions, follow through on actions and decisions, and proactively engage stakeholders to obtain the information and inputs needed to keep initiatives moving.

Core Responsibilities

• Execute and coordinate strategic portfolio management activities, including demand management, portfolio reporting, risk monitoring, and value realization to help ensure technology investments deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards, executive reporting, governance and decision materials, and action and dependency tracking that provide visibility into strategic initiatives, portfolio performance, organizational priorities, risks, and decisions required.
• Perform data analysis and develop actionable insights and recommendations from project and portfolio data, identifying trends, risks, gaps, and opportunities for leadership.
• Drive stakeholder follow-through by gathering and validating inputs, tracking actions and decisions, following up on outstanding items, and helping ensure commitments and deadlines are brought through to completion.
• Coordinate and execute organizational change management activities, including stakeholder analysis, change planning, communications, change networks, training coordination, readiness activities, and adoption measurement.
• Establish and maintain OCM processes and tools, including stakeholder tracking, communication calendars, change impact assessments, feedback mechanisms, and adoption reporting.
• Coordinate and deliver analysis and reporting for M&A integration activities, including integration planning, cost tracking, status and KPI reporting, and coordination across IT and Information Security workstreams.
• Identify process gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement, proactively developing recommendations and potential solutions rather than solely escalating issues.
• Support OCIO leadership on ad hoc analyses, presentations, planning activities, and cross-functional initiatives, taking increasing ownership of workstreams as experience and context grow.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 2–3 years of experience in management consulting, IT project/portfolio management, organizational change management, business analysis, or related disciplines, or equivalent demonstrated capability.
• Strong analytical foundation with experience in data analysis, structured problem solving, and translating data into clear business insights.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the confidence and judgment to engage productively with IT leaders and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated initiative and ownership, with the ability to anticipate needs, progress work independently where appropriate, and follow through on commitments.
• Strong follow-up and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to respectfully drive others for inputs, decisions, and deliverables while maintaining positive working relationships.
• Ability to identify problems and opportunities and bring forward thoughtful recommendations and potential solutions.
• Highly organized and self-motivated, with strong attention to detail and a bias toward action.
• High degree of intellectual curiosity, continuous learning and growth mindset, and eagerness to solve unfamiliar problems.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, with the ability to analyze data and develop clear, concise, and well-formatted business and executive materials.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and sensitive information, exercising sound judgment and discretion, managing multiple competing priorities, and adapting as priorities evolve in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM), PMO, or demand management processes.
• Familiarity with organizational change management methodologies and tools.
• Exposure to M&A integration, business transformation, or enterprise program management.
• Experience developing dashboards, KPIs, and management reporting using Power BI or similar data visualization tools.
• Experience with Smartsheet, Power BI, ServiceNow SPM, Planview, Clarity, or similar portfolio and project management tools.

Key Competencies

• Ownership & Initiative
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Proactive Communication
• Stakeholder Management & Follow-Through
• Judgment & Discretion
• Strategic Thinking
• Portfolio Reporting & Analytics
• Change Management
• Project Coordination
• Business Process Improvement
• Data Visualization & Storytelling
• Organizational Agility

Success Measures

• Timely, accurate, and insightful executive reporting and portfolio analytics.

• Effective execution and coordination of governance, planning, and portfolio management processes.

• Consistent follow-through on actions, decisions, dependencies, and stakeholder commitments.

• Successful coordination and execution of organizational change and adoption activities.

• Improved visibility into project and portfolio performance, risks, dependencies, and opportunities.

• Effective coordination and reporting of M&A planning and integration activities.

• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify needs, solve problems, and move initiatives forward.

• Positive stakeholder feedback on responsiveness, communication, quality, ownership, judgment, and collaboration.