Project Manager - World Travel Service

Job Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for new implementations, operational projects, program optimization projects, special projects, and technology product implementations.

Responsible for the utilization of established and proven project management methodology, tools, and processes (PMP, OPPM, Prince2, Six Sigma) to scope, plan, analyze, initiate, execute, monitor and control projects. The Project Manager is responsible as the primary role in delivering projects with low and medium to high complexity, risk, and visibility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions

• Must be able to come to work promptly and regularly.
• Must be able to take direction and work well with others.
• Must be able to work under the stress of and meet deadlines.
• Must be able to concentrate and perform accurately while meeting applicable productivity measures.
• Must be able to change productively and to handle other tasks as assigned

Education/Knowledge/Experience

Essential:

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Project management software (Smartsheet, Excel or other).
• Personnel management experience.
• Professional, concise, and mature written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to facilitate and resolve show-stoppers.
• Basic to intermediate conflict resolutions skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Travel industry experience preferred.
• Minimum 3 years in a qualified project management role. (May include project management position/responsibilities with other depts. in the company)
• Ability to travel.

Preferred:

• Strong technical skills in Abacus, Amadeus, Apollo, Galileo, Sabre, Worldspan or another local GDS.
• Six Sigma Yellow or Green belt, PMP or other project management certification preferred

Physical and Mental Requirements

The requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical:

• Requires an adequate range of body motion and mobility to enable the individual to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Requires ability to remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time throughout the workday.
• Requires ability to move about to access file cabinets, office equipment, etc.
• Requires ability to operate a computer, telecommunication devices and other office equipment for prolonged periods of time throughout the workday.
• Requires ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word. Talking is important for those activities in which the employee must impart oral information to other employees, clients, and customers, in person or via telephone, and in those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions and information to others accurately, clearly and quickly.
• Requires the ability to perceive the nature of sounds. Hearing is important for those activities that require the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, in person or via telephone, and to make fine discriminations in sound.
• Requires clarity of near vision. This factor is important when special and or minute accuracy is demanded and defective near acuity would adversely affect job performance and/or safety of self and others.
• Requires ability to work other shifts and weekends and in excess of 40 hours/week, as necessary.

Mental:

• Requires the ability to work and cooperate with other employees and clients at all levels and from diverse backgrounds to exchange ideas, information, and opinions to facilitate the task at hand.

Travel: (for designated positions)

• Requires ability to travel by car, plane, and train for prolonged periods of time domestically and internationally and to move and transport personal luggage.