IT Strategy & Planning Senior Analyst

Job overview and responsibilities

Join us at Syensqo, where our IT team is gearing up to enhance its capabilities. We play a crucial role in the group's transformation—accelerating growth, reshaping progress, and creating sustainable shared value. The IT team is making operational adjustments to supercharge value across the entire organization.

Here at Syensqo, we're one strong team! Our commitment to accountability drives us as we work hard to deliver value for our customers and stakeholders. In our dynamic and collaborative work environment, we add a touch of enjoyment while staying true to our motto: reinvent progress.

Join us, and be part of our transformation journey, and contribute to the change as a future team member.

We are seeking an IT Strategy and Planning Senior Analyst to join our dynamic team. This role is pivotal in supporting the portfolio manager & IT Business performance partner in alignment with business objectives, strategic goals, quality improvement & continuous improvement. The role will work closely with key stakeholders to drive impactful product development & operations.

Essential Duties:

• Continuously improve the IT governance and planning capability by integrating
• optimal ways of planning and organizing
• Supporting in monitoring IT (solutions) performance & services
• Build trusted and effective relationships working with project managers to ensure they
• deliver on-time, on-budget, on benefit, and on-quality (and intervening to resolve issues as
• required)
• Participate in discussions and activities regarding IT project funding, resourcing, and
• prioritization
• Navigate processes for funding and execution of IT programs and projects
• Conduct portfolio balancing activities by evaluating areas where we are over-investing and under-investing.
• Understand, evaluate, and manage risks to the portfolio
• Work with the team to meet division goals
• Maintain and challenge the resource planning in IT

Education and experience

• Master’s degree or equivalent level in a relevant course of studies
• At least 5-7 years of experience in a related field is recommended.
• Proven experience in managing resource allocation and optimizing team performance.
• Strong understanding of portfolio management and alignment with business goals.
• Result orientation, influence & impact
• Empowerment & accountability
• Team spirit, building relationships, and collective accountability

Skills and behavioral competencies

• Result-oriented
• Good at communication
• Pragmatic
• Flexible and open to change
• Team spirit, building relationships, and collective accountability
• Strong leadership capability, executing as appropriate in the areas of responsibility
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technology solutions in business terms, establish rapport, and persuade others

Language skills

• English

What’s in it for the candidate

• Be part of and contribute to a once-in-a-lifetime change journey
• Join a dynamic team that is going to tackle big bets
• Have fun and work at a high pace