IT Portfolio Manager
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Job Summary
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Elevate Your Career with Zalaris
Zalaris is a rapidly expanding global leader in Tech HR and payroll solutions.
Were big enough for you to grow and be a part of an international environment but small enough for you to be visible and truly make a difference.
We foster open communication and short decision-making paths that encourage creative and innovative thinking.
Zalaris culture is rooted in values inspired by Nordic working ethos: everyone matters aiming high and team spirit. Were committed to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace where everyone brings their own uniqueness. Zalaris employees come from different backgrounds cultures and walks of life and we are proud of it.
About the Role
The IT Portfolio Manager is responsible for the strategic oversight and continuous development of the IT Operations portfolio. The role ensures that services platforms and operational capabilities deliver measurable value to the organization. This includes portfolio planning lifecycle ownership of operational services backlog and demand management and performance governance across the IT Operations landscape.
The position works closely with Product Owners Service Owners DevOps teams architects and business stakeholders to align business needs with technology strategy and drive operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Portfolio Strategy & Governance: Maintain and steer the IT Operations portfolio strategy ensuring alignment with business priorities architecture and technology roadmaps.
- Service & Platform Lifecycle Management: Oversee the full lifecycle of operational services and platforms to ensure reliability security compliance and costeffectiveness.
- Backlog & Demand Management: Consolidate and prioritize operational demands balancing new initiatives with maintenance stability and riskmitigation activities.
- Operational Excellence: Improve service performance and reliability by partnering with IT Operations teams to reduce incidents and drive automation and continuous improvement.
- Financial & Resource Planning: Manage budgets forecast resource needs and optimize investments across the IT Operations portfolio.
- Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary link between IT Operations and business stakeholders to ensure clear communication expectation management and value delivery.
- Metrics Reporting & Compliance: Define KPIs provide transparent reporting on portfolio and service performance and ensure security governance and compliance requirements are met.
- Change Leadership: Promote a productcentric and DevOpsaligned culture by encouraging adoption of modern tools processes and ways of working.
Skills & Experience
Technical & Operational
- Strong understanding of IT Operations DevOps SRE and ITIL/ITSM.
- Experience with service lifecycle management and platform operations.
- Ability to work with operational metrics (SLAs SLOs incident trends).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms automation CI/CD and monitoring tools.
Product & Portfolio Management
- Experience in product ownership backlog management and roadmap creation.
- Knowledge of SAFe Lean Portfolio Management or similar frameworks.
- Ability to balance strategic and tactical responsibilities.
Leadership & Communication
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and business groups.
- Ability to influence without authority and drive alignment among teams.
- Skilled in facilitating prioritization and decisionmaking.
- Systems thinking proactive problemsolving and a continuousimprovement mindset.
- High accountability ownership and adaptability in complex environments.
Business & Financial
- Understanding of budgeting cost models and value realization.
- Ability to articulate the business impact of operational decisions.
What we offer
- Salary starting at 2500 EUR gross for based on seniority technical and business experience and skills.
- Platinum level health insurance covering medical services sports and wellness dental care and additional premium benefits
- A contemporary city centre workspace with complimentary parking for employees
- Daily meal benefits including lunch compensation
- Additional time-off benefits featuring extra vacation days seniority-based leave additions paid medical appointment hours and flexible arrangements.
- A culture that prioritizes people through transparent communication strong collaboration and a commitment to collective success
- Opportunities for professional advancement supported by structured career paths international growth options and an annual salary review process
- Engaging team culture enriched by seasonal corporate events teambuilding initiatives and an active sports community participating in a variety of competitions
- An inclusive and supportive environment within a diverse international team shaped by Scandinavian values
Ready to become part of our team Join us at Zalaris and be a part of a vibrant collaborative community of Tech HR and payroll experts dedicated to grow and innovate. #team Zalaris
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Project / Program Management
- Project Portfolio Management
- Portfolio Management
- Credit Analysis
- Banking
- Pricing
- Analysis Skills
- Project Management
- Financial Analysis
- Budgeting
- Property Management
- Contracts
About Company
Zalaris helps organisations streamline HR and payroll processes across geographies, industries and technology platforms including SAP, Oracle, Workday and CornerStone.
