Strategic Business Systems Analyst — Remote Portfolio Leader

Eliassen Group; San Juan (PR); Remote; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a proactive Business Systems Analyst (BSA) to support senior leadership and cross-functional teams with strategic planning, portfolio operations, communications, and organizational execution. This is a strategic generalist role, not a traditional technical BSA or PM position.

The successful candidate will help create structure around priorities, connect initiatives across a portfolio, and transform ideas into actionable plans, dashboards, and executive artifacts for

Qualifications

• Strong experience in business analysis, strategy and operations, portfolio or product operations, or Chief of Staff-style roles.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Executive storytelling and presentation skills.
• Ability to create structure and actionable next steps from ambiguous ideas.
• Strong organization with the ability to manage multiple priorities across a broad portfolio.
• Comfort working with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing executive presentations, dashboards, planning materials, and communications.
• Instincts for product or capability marketing and translating work into a compelling business and customer story.
• Comfort using modern AI and collaboration tools such as Claude, Figma, and Dragonboat.
• Sufficient technical aptitude to communicate effectively with technical teams.
• 6+ years in relevant roles, with experience supporting Director, VP, or executive-level leaders preferred, and experience in technology, product, engineering, or digital organizations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support planning activities across leadership meetings, staff meetings, offsites, and strategic planning sessions.
• Maintain visibility across the portfolio and help leadership understand priorities, progress, dependencies, and areas requiring attention.
• Partner closely with the TPM to fill operational and coordination gaps without duplicating traditional project management responsibilities.
• Translate leadership ideas and priorities into actionable plans, artifacts, communications, and follow-up activities.
• Support ad hoc strategic initiatives and special projects from senior leadership.
• Maintain and manage portfolio priorities, dashboards, trackers, and planning artifacts.
• Drive updates within Dragonboat, ensuring teams update priorities, milestones, and status.
• Proactively follow up with stakeholders to keep information accurate and initiatives moving forward.
• Create an operating rhythm around staff meetings, portfolio reviews, planning sessions, and leadership updates.
• Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or missing information and take initiative to resolve them.
• Develop clear, concise executive communications explaining priorities, initiatives, progress, and outcomes.
• Turn complex information into executive-ready presentations, dashboards, summaries, and artifacts.
• Partner with teams to articulate launches, the problems they solve, benefits, rationale, and go-to-market or communication plans.
• Use AI tools such as Claude to accelerate research, planning, communications, synthesis, and artifact development.
• Collaborate in Figma on concepts, designs, and presentation materials.
• Convert rough ideas into polished, usable artifacts and seek opportunities to apply AI to improve speed and quality.

Skills

Business analysis

Strategy & operations

Portfolio operations

Executive storytelling

Communication skills

Leadership collaboration

AI tooling

Executive communications

Portfolio planning

Strategic thinking

Tools

Claude

Figma

Dragonboat

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a proactive Business Systems Analyst (BSA) to support senior leadership and cross-functional teams with strategic planning, portfolio operations, communications, and organizational execution. This is a strategic generalist role, not a traditional technical BSA or PM position.

The successful candidate will help create structure around priorities, connect initiatives across a portfolio, and transform ideas into actionable plans, dashboards, and executive artifacts for