Sr. Analyst, Program Management

Senior Analyst, Program Management  (PMO)

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Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our New Build team. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world. 

POSITION SUMMARY

Within RCG's Mission Control department, the function of the Senior Associate Program is to provide analytical advises and strong support to the innovation center & site office project management team of Newbuild projects. The role is to give mission-driven project management assistance, supporting the project management in their work through issue identification, analysis and communications. Consults with internal clients in various departments (shoreside and shipboard) and with external partners (shipyard, suppliers, technical and design consultancies) to independently gather, analyze, and report data for recommended courses of action.
Projects assigned are typically top priority, high profile, and multi-departmental initiatives for the organization and thus require continuous communication and interaction with the project management, onsite technical and design teams, shipyard, Miami based Program Management Office, other internal and external partners. Manage all aspects of project planning, tracking, and status reporting.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Project coordination and support for development, tracking/monitoring and reporting of several large size projects from inception to completion, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of project outputs.
• Acting as project management's analytical advisor through support in form of issue identification, objective analysis and communication of project areas and subsystems
• Iterative development of follow-up tools based on critical areas defined by project management or lessons learned from previous projects
• Adapting the work approach according to changing project priorities
• Conducting standardized, analytical and frequent reporting on newbuilding projects and developing required processing methods for communicating and visualizing project status to extended teams and executive management.
• Identification and proactive search of data sources, together with shipyard/ suppliers. Consults with Project Director of Newbuilding as well as Brand operations to ascertain and define
  need or problem to obtain data required for solution.
• Developing tools to help shipyard/ suppliers in forward-looking planning
• Tracking total remaining work and project progress against milestone plan and timely completion Building simulations (projecting actual progress on the future)
• Establishing, driving, and leading regular meetings between involved parties (attendees, agenda, and official minutes) and drafting communications of project status based on pre-defined
  templates.
• Best practice definition and proactive sharing to other newbuilding projects and throughout the corporation
• Analyzes data to determine solution such as implementation of alternate methods and procedures or changes in processing methods and practices.
• Performs vendor consultations/facilitations to monitor progress and ascertain and define any needs or problem areas and obtain solutions.
• Supports project teams in collection of quantitative/qualitative statistics, performs basic numerical analysis (financial, statistical).
• Able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with little to no guidance.
• Performs other duties as required. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform in this role, we consider applicants with a Bachelor degree (Bac+3) or above (Master) with a concentration in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, or a closely related discipline (Management Science, Industrial Engineering).

A successful experience of 5 years in business development, analytics, professional services, technology or finance.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

•  Solid, clear and precise written and verbal communication at all levels of the organization essential.
• Excellent problem solving skills & strong analytical mindset and drive for solving complex challenges.
•  Ability to learn quickly and understand technical systems.
•  Ability to developing new analytical approaches independently, identify key issues, collect and analyze data, and develop recommendations to create impact and support decision-making.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strength in communicating, collaborating, and influencing in a
  multicultural environment
•  Excellent administrative, organizational, presentation and data visualization skills.
•  Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret contracts, technical specifications, financial reports, legal documents, and government regulations.
•  Ability to give and receive instructions in written and verbal forms and to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, co-workers, customers, vendors, shoreside and shipboard employees.
• Software: Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project required. Familiarity with email, internet applications and AutoCAD system considered as an advantage
• Flexibility and ability to work for and travel to the multiple Newbuild projects.
• Fluent English and other languages considered as an advantage.
• Technical studies considered as an advantage.

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, colour, 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. 
 
Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon! 

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