Technology Portfolio Intelligence Lead

Company:

Marsh

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our ITBMO team at Marsh People & Investments Technology as ‘ Technology Portfolio Intelligence Lead.

This is a newly created role to establish Application Portfolio Management (APM) as a core capability within the ITBMO function. APM is the discipline that will give us a trusted understanding of our application estate — what we have, who owns it, what business capabilities it supports, what it costs, its technology and risk posture, and what we intend to do with it. This position will provide the portfolio intelligence needed to make better technology decisions. This role is located in Cluj Napoca. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

We will count on you to:

• Own the APM framework, operating model, governance and maturity roadmap.
• Establish and govern the authoritative application inventory and minimum data standards.
• Define roles and accountabilities across Portfolio Owners, Application Owners, Tech Leads, Architecture, Finance, Procurement, Cyber and Risk.
• Establish application ownership, lifecycle and certification processes, so that ownership, lifecycle and regulatory/control information can be demonstrated consistently across the estate.
• Build portfolio health and executive reporting covering business value, technical health, risk, cost, lifecycle and strategic disposition, pinpointing where cost, technical debt and risk are most concentrated.
• Establish a consistent rationalization approach — e.g. Invest, Tolerate, Migrate and Eliminate — to surface duplication and opportunities to simplify the estate, and translate findings into owned actions.
• Connect applications to business capabilities, roadmaps and target-state architecture, confirming that roadmaps stay aligned to business priorities and target architecture.
• Establish visibility into application Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), contracts, renewals and software licensing in partnership with Finance, Procurement and SAM/ITAM capabilities, tracking upcoming vendor and license commitments and whether they are delivering value.
• Integrate regulatory and control information so that APM provides a portfolio view of areas such as resilience, EOL/EOS and NYDFS obligations, without duplicating authoritative risk systems.
• Define authoritative data sources and progressively automate data acquisition and reconciliation.
• Lead quarterly portfolio reviews and certification cycles.
• Identify rationalization, modernization, risk reduction and cost optimization opportunities, holding owners accountable for executing them through to realization.
• Define requirements for APM tooling and integrations once the operating model is established.
• Build the longer-term Portfolio Intelligence capability within the ITBMO.

What you need to have:

• Experience in Application Portfolio Management, enterprise architecture, technology portfolio management or IT strategy.
• Strong financial and commercial understanding, with the ability to connect technology decisions to cost and value.
• Experience with application rationalization and lifecycle management.
• The ability to operate comfortably with CIO-level questions while also building the underlying discipline, data and processes that support them.

What makes you stand out:

• Familiarity with platforms such as LeanIX, ServiceNow APM/EA, Ardoq, Bizzdesign or similar.
• A track record of influencing Application Owners, Architects, business leaders and technology leadership without relying on organizational authority.
• The ability to turn portfolio data into insight, decisions and action — more than a data-management or tooling mindset.

What can you expect:

• The opportunity to build a new capability from the ground up, with direct executive visibility and sponsorship.
• A federated operating model where you set the discipline, standards and governance while partnering closely with Portfolio Owners, Application Owners, Architecture, Finance, Procurement, Cyber, Risk and other functions.
• A clear mandate: help the organization decide where to invest, modernize, consolidate or retire across the application estate.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact for colleagues, clients, and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

• A yearly budget and the opportunity to build your flexible benefits package (up to 20% of your annual salary).

• 30+ days off, including legal days, birthday, public holiday replacements, and benefits options.

• Performance bonus scheme.

• Matching charity contributions, charity days off, and the Pay it Forward charity challenge.

• Core benefits: Pension, Life and Medical Insurance, Meal Vouchers, Travel Insurance.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.Marsh is committed to providing an inclusive work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best, most qualified people and value colleagues of all backgrounds, without regard to age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.