Business Systems Analyst - Portfolio Management

Seattle Children's; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Seattle Children's in Downtown Seattle is seeking an IT Portfolio Management Analyst to bridge data and governance, delivering executive visibility into IT investments, risk, and strategic alignment.

You will synthesize project health and financial variance into dashboards using Power BI, Excel, Visio, and other PPM tools, support governance reviews, and help refine intake, prioritization, and tracking workflows for portfolio management excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education/experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years business analysis or systems analysis experience.
• Experience with clinical, hospital and/or financial applications and/or systems.
• Experience with IT Project and Portfolio Management tools (Planview, ServiceNow).

Responsibilities

• Synthesize project health, financial variance, and capacity into executive dashboards.
• Produce decision-support packages for governance reviews.
• Monitor portfolio risk exposure and improve intake, prioritization, and tracking workflows.
• Support IT portfolio management practices and executive communications.

Skills

Business analysis

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Planview

ServiceNow

Workday

Power BI

Excel

Visio

PPM tools

Job description

Work Location

Downtown Seattle (Hybrid - 3 days/week on-site)

This role connects Portfolio Management practices with analytical rigor to deliver actionable, executive-level visibility into IT investments, risk exposure, and strategic alignment for IT leadership and executive governance bodies. Acting as a vital bridge between data and portfolio oversight, this role synthesizes complex project health, financial variance, and resource capacity metrics into dynamic executive dashboards. Additionally, the analyst produces decision-support packages for governance reviews, monitors portfolio risk exposure, and contributes to the continuous improvement of intake, prioritization, and tracking workflows to enable effective IT portfolio management practices.

Software & Tools Expertise

Experience with IT Project and Portfolio Management tools, preferably Planview and ServiceNow platforms.

Enterprise Systems

Practical experience with Workday and ServiceNow.

Financial Acumen

Knowledge of budgets management, project budgeting, and accounting concepts.

Analytics & Visualization

Proficiency in constructing dynamic executive portfolio dashboards, scorecards, and templates using Power BI, Excel, Visio, or PPM tools.

Methodologies

Strong understanding of project and portfolio management frameworks, including Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies. Experience with portfolio practices highly desirable.

PPM System Administration

Experience acting as a super-user, providing operational support, system configuration updates, and conduct necessary training.

Required Education And Experience

Bachelor's Degree in related field, OR equivalent combination of education/experience that demonstrates technical competency. Minimum of three (3) years business analysis or systems analysis experience. Demonstrated experience using and applying standard principles, theories and concepts related to technical discipline. Experience with clinical, hospital and/or financial applications and/or systems.

Required Credentials

None.

Preferred

At least three (3) years experience and knowledge of project management tools and methodologies. Experience with clinical research, hospital, and/or financial applications and/or systems. Background with Clinical Research processes, regulations and reliable methods. Background with basic testing and validation of applications.

Compensation Range

$91,010.00 - $136,514.00 per year

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.

Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants

This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.

Benefits Information

Seattle Children's offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org/careers/benefits.

About Us

Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children's - to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many, and touches the hearts of all? #HOPECARECURE

Our founding promise to the community is over a century old: we will care for all children in our region, regardless of the families' ability to pay. Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent, academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho - the largest region of any children's hospital in the country.

U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Children's among the nation’s best children’s hospitals. For more than a decade, Seattle Children's has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas. We are honored to be one of the nation’s very best places to care for children and the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

As a Magnet designated institution, we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Equity and Innovation. Whether it’s delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner, practicing the highest standards of quality and safety, or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases, these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.

Our Commitment

Seattle Children's welcomes people of all experiences, backgrounds, and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our patients and families. Our organization recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

The people who work at Seattle Children's are members of a community that seeks to respect and celebrate all the qualities that make each of us unique. Each of us is empowered to be ourselves.

Seattle Children's is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace and affirmative action employer.