Senior Lean Portfolio & Agile Analyst

Selective Insurance Company of America; Short Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 101,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Selective Insurance Company is seeking a Senior Associate Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) Analyst to support product transformation efforts across multiple workstreams, including product strategy, agile planning, governance, and tool adoption. You will advocate for the transformation mindset and play a key role in agile practices.

You will collaborate with portfolio leaders, drive objectives and roadmaps, and help mature agile capabilities.

Qualifications

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Working knowledge of software development life cycles
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships
• Experience with Agile project management software especially Microsoft Azure DevOps and Target Process
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems and make sound decisions
• Insurance industry knowledge a plus
• Self starter, proactively seeks help when stuck or clarification is needed

Responsibilities

• Accountabilities for an assigned portfolio
• Champions product and agile principles, practices, and competencies
• Supports governance including financial, benefit realization measures, and reporting
• Supports creation of objectives and key results, product roadmaps, and solution roadmaps
• Builds content for and co-facilitates tailored workshops to advance product maturity
• Provides support for monthly portfolio governance reviews to ensure alignment across business and IT
• Participates in transforming financial reporting practices toward product funding concepts
• Contributes to adoption of agile work management tools (AzureDevOps, TargetProcess, ApptioOne, SharePoint, templates, excel workbooks)
• May play the role of scrum master or product owner on a dedicated agile team
• Independently own/drive special projects (e.g. customer journey mapping)

Skills

Communication

Agile methodologies

SDLC

Collaboration

Azure DevOps

TargetProcess

Problem solving

Insurance domain knowledge

Self starter

Education

College degree preferred

2-3 years BA/PM experience

1+ years Agile Scrum or Kanban

Tools

Microsoft Azure DevOps

TargetProcess

Job description

Selective Insurance Company is seeking a Senior Associate Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) Analyst to support product transformation efforts across multiple workstreams, including product strategy, agile planning, governance, and tool adoption. You will advocate for the transformation mindset and play a key role in agile practices.

You will collaborate with portfolio leaders, drive objectives and roadmaps, and help mature agile capabilities.