Project Manager (Airline, Travel)

Requirements

• Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling digital transformation projects.
• 12+ total years of experience
• 7+ years as a IT project management experience
• Domain: Airline, Travel
• Execution of Fixed Price Projects is a plus
• Preferred to have experience on other execution models like T & M, Outcome-based.
• Comfortable with technical discussions NOT in-depth technology discussions, but at a high level for Scope/CR discussions, Progress, Blockers, Architecture, and Testing approach)
• Ability to deliver as per the milestones in SOW ( Statement of Work)
• Effective resource utilization and ensuring seamless planning and execution of the project.
• Have good exposure to status reporting, reports, risks, and dependencies.
• Ability to drive the meeting with Customer for the status and Risk Management.
• Must have a clear understanding of project management frameworks like Agile, Waterfall & Hybrid.
• Coordinating cross-project and inter-departmental activities. Handling projects of team sizes of 30+ FTEs.
• Strong knowledge of Change, Risk, and Quality management is required.
• Thorough understanding of project management techniques and methods from initiation to closure.
• Working knowledge of project management tools for reporting project progress using JIRA, Basecamp, MS Project, Smartsheet, etc. is a must.
• Excellent communication skills and clarity of thought.
• Meets objectives by forecasting requirements/challenges; analyzing variances; and initiating corrective actions.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Managing the dependencies and the interfaces between projects & various teams or departments.
• Identify and create successors.
• Monitor project progress continuously and make detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.
  

Behavioral Competencies Required

• Honour commitments
• Responsible communication
• Team Leadership & Delegation
• Nurture individual potential
• Ownership/Accountability
• Go-getter attitude.