Tooling & Traceability Lead

Location: Almont

Description:
Remote

The Tooling & Traceability Lead will implement system configurations, traceability structures, and performance instrumentation to make portfolio governance visible and sustainable. The role aligns Jira and Azure Dev Ops to the operating model, establishes data standards for reliable reporting, and produces executive-ready dashboards tied to governance cadence. The lead partners with portfolio and product leaders to translate governance requirements into practical configurations and measurable reporting discipline.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $90.00 to $100.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:
Responsibilities

• Design an end-to-end outcome and output hierarchy that supports portfolio-to-team traceability.
• Configure Jira and/or Azure Dev Ops to reflect the portfolio operating model and governance needs.
• Ensure funded initiatives visibly connect to ART and team-level work for accurate alignment.
• Eliminate inconsistent or redundant artifact structures across tools and teams.
• Define governance-aligned performance metrics that inform decision-making.
• Standardize metric definitions and calculation logic to ensure consistent reporting.
• Build executive-ready dashboards tied to governance and review cadence.
• Validate data accuracy prior to governance forums and executive reviews.
• Establish required fields and artifact standards across Jira and Azure Dev Ops.
• Align workflow states to governance expectations and portfolio checkpoints.
• Identify and correct data quality issues that impact reporting and visibility.
• Reduce variation across ARTs that affects transparency and comparability.
• Rationalize multi-tool environments and eliminate duplication of effort.
• Guide migration toward simplified, governance-aligned tooling ecosystems.
• Transition configuration ownership to internal administrators for sustainability.

Experience Requirements:
Experience Requirements

• Hands-on configuration experience with Jira and/or Azure Dev Ops aligned to portfolio operating models.
• Proven ability to design portfolio-to-team traceability from outcomes to team-level work items.
• Experience defining and standardizing performance metrics and calculation logic.
• Track record building executive-ready dashboards and reports tied to governance cadence.
• Experience establishing data standards, required fields, and artifact structures across tools.
• Ability to align workflow states to governance expectations and checkpoints.
• Experience identifying and remediating data quality issues impacting reporting.
• Background rationalizing multi-tool environments and leading tool simplification or migration.
• Ability to partner with portfolio, product, and change leaders to operationalize governance.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (, ) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position.

All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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