Project Manager

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Royal Caribbean Group’s IT Shipboard Newbuild Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Project Manager reporting to the Senior Program Manager.

Position Summary

The New Build Infrastructure Project Manager reports to Newbuild Senior Program Manager. The New Build Infrastructure Project Manager proactively plans, coordinates, and drives projects so they are accomplished within the prescribed timeframe and budget, while meeting all Brand guidelines. Liaises with IT Product Owners, Brand Start-up teams, and Brand / Shipyard Site offices to align deployment Milestones.  The New Build Infrastructure Project Manager will lead the Newbuild Infrastructure Team members, to ensure all Infrastructure components are deployed and online within the specified timeframe.

Although this office is located in Miramar, Florida, work will take place in warehouses, shipyards, offices, and onboard marine ships.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Confers with matrixed department representatives and vendors to outline Milestones, establish Work Plans, responsibilities, scope and tracking routines.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules and resource allocations.  Project plans are detailed documentation using varied systems to ensure all steps, timelines, resources, hardware, documentation, risks, testing plans, or other details of the project hardware are defined to ensure successful completion on time and on budget. The role is accountable for being informed, making decisions, and executing actions.
• Receive and inventory all the hardware that has been purchased for the project.  Work with Logistics and Warehouse teams to ensure hardware is received and prepped for transport onboard the vessel from the Shipyard warehouse.  Escalate and track all missing or delayed hardware.
• Coordinate with team members to meet project deadlines, ensure all documentation, hardware, software, or other necessary details are provided to be successful.  Provide reporting on team member activities to ensure any escalations, risks or other challenges are resolved in a timely manner.
• Manage Infrastructure vendors, ensuring they meet our time, budget, safety and Brand guidelines.
• Participate in meetings to provide updates and status on Infrastructure deployment progress while highlighting risks and determining mitigation actions
• Communicate Project plan status on a regular basis to Project team and Project stakeholders.  Ensure adherence to Project Management methodologies and Quality standards.
• Participate in Project reviews to evaluate outcomes for continuous improvement.

This role requires travel. Travel includes 6 to 8 months dedicated travel during the yard execution phase of the project. The candidate will need to be in possession of a fully valid passport and have no restrictions for travel in any country.  Also, the candidate must be able to successfully apply for work visas or other foreign requirements like Tax IDs when required.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in information technology or equivalent specialty area from an accredited university.
• 5-7 years of experience supporting and managing projects, technology projects, shipbuilding, or ship revitalization projects.
• PMP Certification preferred.
• One or more years of experience with Project Management tools like Jira and MS Project is preferred.
• Must have or can obtain a valid passport and visas when necessary.
• Shipboard and / or crew experience preferred.
• Strong leadership skills with proven experience, engaging with people and managing travel for two or more years.
• Software proficiency of 2+ years with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint required.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills.  Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.  Ability to use various communication methods include email and chat software including Teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.  Ability to communicate in a multicultural environment with all levels of employees and management.
• Detail oriented with excellent analytical, financial, and spreadsheet modeling skills. 
• Ability to multi-task in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.

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