Clarity PPM - Functional Consultant

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

Role:- Senior Business Analyst / Clarity PPM Subject Matter Expert (SME)
10+ Years Mandatory
Location:- Remote
Role Summary
We are seeking a senior‑level Clarity PPM Subject Matter Expert who deeply understands the platform and brings a strong point of view on efficient, sustainable usage. This role will partner with finance, delivery, and portfolio leaders to implement and operationalize Clarity PPM in a way that minimizes long‑term overhead, avoids unnecessary customization, and reduces ongoing maintenance costs.
* This individual will act as both a hands‑on analyst and a strategic advisor, ensuring Clarity is used as a standard, scalable system of record rather than a bespoke solution that increases complexity over time.
Key Responsibilities
Clarity PPM Implementation & Optimization
Serve as the functional SME for Clarity PPM, with deep expertise across project setup, financials, forecasting, capacity, and reporting.
Lead and advise on configuration decisions that favor out‑of‑the‑box capabilities and proven patterns over custom builds.
Partner with stakeholders to design simple, repeatable workflows that align financial and delivery data without adding tool overhead.
Actively challenge requirements that introduce long‑term maintenance risk or operational burden, offering simpler alternatives.
Business Analysis & Advisory
Translate business, finance, and portfolio requirements into clear Clarity usage patterns, not just technical configurations.
Provide a clear point of view on how Clarity should be used to drive consistency, adoption, and accuracy.
Identify opportunities to standardize forecasting, staffing, and financial inputs to reduce variance and manual reconciliation.
Enablement & Governance
* Define and document guardrails, standards, and best practices for Clarity usage.
Support governance forums and key decision discussions with fact‑based recommendations.
Coach analysts, project managers, and finance partners on efficient, disciplined use of the tool.
Partner with support and intake processes (e.g., ServiceNow) to ensure requests are handled in a controlled and scalable manner.
Collaborate with technical Clarity resources as needed, while remaining focused on functional outcomes and delivery efficiency.
Required Qualifications
8+ years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst, Product Analyst, or Portfolio Analyst.
4+ years of hands‑on Clarity PPM experience, including implementation and steady‑state operations.
Demonstrated experience reducing tool complexity, not increasing it.
Demonstrated ability to balance strategic guidance with hands‑on execution.
Experience supporting platforms in a steady‑state / run‑and‑improve model.
Strong understanding of financial forecasting, capitalization, resource planning, and portfolio management.
Proven ability to influence stakeholders and push back constructively when requirements increase cost or complexity.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting enterprise‑scale Clarity rollouts or migrations.
Background working closely with Finance, Accounting, and Technology leadership.
Experience defining operating models, governance, and standards for PPM tools.
Familiarity with managing Clarity requests and support via centralized intake processes.
Key Competencies
Functional expertise in Clarity PPM
Delivery and implementation best practices
Hands‑on operational ownership
Process orientation and standardization
Problem‑solving and issue resolution
Stakeholder partnership and influence
Ability to simplify and operationalize complex requirements
What Success Looks Like
Clarity is adopted as a single, trusted source of truth with minimal customization.
Ongoing support and maintenance costs are flat or reduced, not growing.
Stakeholders have clear standards and guidance, reducing rework and exceptions.
The organization gains faster, more confident insight into portfolio, financials, and capacity without adding process friction.