Lean Portfolio Associate
Role Description:
About Us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
Our brand new FinTech business unit – with teams in Amsterdam, Bangalore, London and Shanghai – develops new products and drives innovation to help us continue removing financial friction from the travel process. That makes buying and selling travel-related products and services simpler for both travelers and partners.
Role Description:
As a Lean Portfolio Associate you will support the entire portfolio of the department’s initiatives by ensuring strategic alignment and efficient flow across all stages in their life cycle including initiation, demand management and successful delivery.As part of the Portfolio Management team, you will foster collaboration across the whole organization. Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships is critical as this position will work with various international teams every day.
You maintain the portfolio overview and ensure that the organization and leadership are advised - using the right tools and templates. You will provide standardized quality-assured information that enable data-driven decisions to optimally own the portfolio of initiatives.You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment. This means working with high-level pivotal initiatives, but also roll up your sleeves, dig in and help lead change on a day-to-day basis.
The position requires a hands-on professional with good analytical skills and a high level of energy and flexibility to get things done and thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented product development environment.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:
Portfolio Demand Management and Roadmap- Support the department’s demand of initiatives by facilitating alignment around strategic objectives, value based prioritization and enabling optimal flow across the portfolio funnel
- Support the annual- and quarterly planning cycles of the department portfolio in line with the defined capacity planning process
- Support in maintaining a consolidated initiative roadmap for the department
- Support adoption and utilization of the defined Governance model and its respective artifacts
- Provide insights (dashboards/reports) around portfolio metrics focused on optimizing the flow of value within the portfolio of the department
- Research and build insights for the information needs of various stakeholders - e.g. portfolio status reports
- Independently use quantitative and qualitative data to support portfolio decision-making as well as tell a clear story with the data/ insights
- Support the continuous improvement of Portfolio Management practices by evaluating the impact of data-driven portfolio decisions
- Prepare and when applicable conduct regular meetings and reviews with product teams, executives, business stakeholders and relevant teams to understand, define value, assess impact and prioritize demand of the department’s initiatives
- Support the preparation of regular meetings (Portfolio Sync, Quarterly and Annual planning sessions) with the senior executive bodies to make decisions and/or inform about progress on portfolio initiatives
- Support the Initiative Owners and relevant stakeholders with extracting the most value out of the portfolio processes and ways of working
- Build and maintain connections with diverse teams, across the organization and outside
- Support the introduction of changes, new portfolio processes as well as continuous improvements of the Lean Portfolio Management capability
Qualifications & Skills:
- Experienced professional with 5+ years in similar positions (within Portfolio - or Lean Portfolio Management, Agile coaching, Agile or Hybrid Project/Program Management, RTE or Senior Scrum Master) preferably within fast-paced technology organizations
- Experience in an online/ecommerce, payments processing, and/or financial systems is preferred
- Proven working experience within an international environment - preferably with both Agile- and Classic/Waterfall methodologies/ways of working
- Experience in working with (lean) portfolio management is a plus - e.g. supporting demands through their selection, prioritization and planning; portfolio roadmapping; creation of portfolio dashboards and reporting based on portfolio metrics; ability to interpret portfolio performance data
- Experience in (enterprise) agile coaching is a plus
- Agile- (e.g. Scaled Agile Framework - Lean Portfolio Management) and/or Project Management certifications are a plus
- Knowledge in the Atlassian suite is preferred (e.g. Jira and its portfolio management plugins, e.g. Jira Align, Jira Advanced Roadmaps, Confluence)
- Ability to communicate effectively to business and technical stakeholders and facilitate effective discussions
Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance:
Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:
- Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
- Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
- Industry leading product discounts
- up to 1400 per year
- for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.
Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”
We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Application Process:
- Let’s go places together: How we Hire
- This role does not come with relocation assistance.
We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.