Data and Analytics Portfolio Analyst

MetLife; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking a Data & Analytics Portfolio Analyst to support portfolio planning and management. The role involves optimizing resources and managing relationships across the organization, contributing to the overarching goal of transforming customer insights into impactful solutions.

Benefits

Comprehensive health plan

401(k) with employer matching

Tuition assistance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Parental leave

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Portfolio Management, Coordinator, or related roles.
• Strong relationship management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead optimization identification for assigned domains.
• Manage and update Data & Analytics overall resource roster.
• Coordinate with regions on budget planning.

Skills

Portfolio Management

Relationship Management

Communications

Change Management

Data Simplification

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field

Job description

Requirements

Description and Requirements

The Team

On MetLife’s Data & Analytics Strategy, Planning, and Portfolio Management team, what you build here matters. We view our solutions through the eyes of the customers, striving to transform and simplify their experience. Whether your focus is keeping our customers’ and employees’ data and information safe, developing best-in-class digital and cloud solutions, or leveraging data and analytics to transform customer insights into customer-first solutions – you make an impact for the customers we serve. We each play an integral role in bringing MetLife’s purpose of building a more confident future to life. Sound like a team you’d like to work with? Join us!

The Opportunity

The Data & Analytics Portfolio Analyst supports portfolio planning and management for key stakeholders. Establishes, implements, maintains, and monitors portfolio and project management methodologies and governance to ensure alignment and standardization within the IT organization.

How you’ll help us build a confident future (Key Responsibilities)

1. Lead optimization identification and facilitation for assigned domain(s).
2. Collaborate and receive updates from Corporate, USB and enterprise managers.
3. Validate system updates align to projections and drive appropriate changes.
4. Manage and update Data & Analytics overall resource Roster.
5. Update and refine resource allocations for Agile teams and ARTs.
6. Align resource planning and forecasting with finance and vendor management.
7. Coordinate with regions on overall budget planning.
8. Enable Annual Planning, Vendor and Demand Planning activities.

Required Skills

• 3+ years of Portfolio Management, Portfolio Coordinator, Portfolio Financial Analyst, or related experience.
• Strong relationship management, communications, and change management experience.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and transparently and work as part of a team with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to simplify portfolio data for data-driven decision making.

Preferred Skills:

• 3+ years with BA, or 2+ years plus SAFe certifications, PMP, and/or PgMP.
• Understanding of portfolio, program, and project management and agile methodologies.
• Ability to execute effective change management and communications.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field.

Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces for 2024, as well as the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.