Vice President Portfolio Office - Jira Lead

T D Newton & Associates


Date: 4 hours ago
City: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Contract type: Full time

Join us as a "Portfolio Office - Jira Lead", where you'll lead the optimisation, configuration and continuous improvement of our Jira environment to help teams plan, track and deliver work more effectively. You will bring deep expertise in Jira functionality and administration, using the platform’s full feature set to design practical, scalable solutions that improve visibility, governance, workflow efficiency, data quality and user experience across the organisation. The role will also be accountable for strengthening quality assurance and governance across Jira data, ensuring consistent standards, reliable reporting, effective controls and greater confidence in how the platform supports planning and delivery decisions.


You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with Jira configuration, workflow and field design, permission models, dashboards, reporting, automation, data quality assurance and platform governance, as well as job-specific skillsets.

To be successful as a "Portfolio Office - Jira Lead", you should have experience with:

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

  • Configuring Jira to support business and delivery processes, including workflows, issue types, screens, fields, schemes, permissions, filters, boards, dashboards and automation, while ensuring configuration choices support strong governance and high-quality data capture.
  • Deep knowledge of Jira features and functionality, with the ability to apply the right configuration options to meet user, team and governance needs without unnecessary complexity.
  • Leading platform standards, quality assurance and governance across Jira data, including data quality controls, access controls, reporting integrity and adoption activities, with the ability to translate business requirements into clear Jira designs, guidance and sustainable operating practices.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

  • Experience configuring automation, reporting and dashboard views that improve transparency, decision-making and control for delivery and leadership teams.
  • Experience working with Jira in enterprise environments, including change management, user support, training, release readiness and continuous improvement.
  • Good understanding of how Jira integrates with wider planning, governance and delivery processes, with the confidence to advise stakeholders on best use of the platform.

This role will be based out of Chennai.

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