Navitaire - Software Development Project Manager

Job description

If you could change one thing about travel, what would it be? At Amadeus, you can make that happen!

Travel makes the world a better place and we are fully dedicated to improving it and making it even more rewarding. We are one of the world’s top 15 software companies: we provide technology solutions and services within the travel industry.

Do you have ideas on how to improve travel for everyone? Do you find the idea of working in a diverse, multicultural environment exciting? Are you ready to make an impact across the world? Great, then join us! Let’s shape the future of travel together. #shapethefutureoftravel@Amadeus

Work with agile teams of technical and business domain experts to develop airline consumer facing websites, mobile apps or backend integration solutions that help our airline customers maximize the potential of their digital platforms. The Navitaire Digital Services organization provides customized technical and business solutions built specifically for our travel and transportation clients; these unique solutions are primarily custom extensions to Navitaire core products.

Key Responsibilities

· Collaborate with Product Owner(s) to ensure a groomed backlog of user stories is prepared for the team to execute against.
· Use the team’s estimated velocity against the initial backlog to predict project duration, and identify potential release milestones; Re-plan frequently as actual velocity is identified and backlog is re-prioritized.
· Regular communication of project status to internal and external stakeholders.
· Influence and keep team focused on progress toward project goals & drive continuous improvement initiatives.
· Schedule and facilitate iteration planning, review, and retrospective events.
· Track and manage project controls (risks, impediments and dependencies).
· Track and report on User Story and Feature completion in accordance with Definition of Done.
· Influence and keep team focused on progress toward project goals.
· Effectively apply the Amadeus project management methodology and facilitate project standards.
· Ensure that the project is managed to budget, time and quality; that it delivers the benefits anticipated in the business case.
· Work on multiple priorities and/or projects simultaneously without impact to quality of work.
· Generate and publish project metrics regularly.
· Assist in preparation of work orders for potential projects.
· Manage the team’s document repository.

Qualifications

· Must possess a University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar discipline.
· Minimum of 4 years of experience in the Technology industry
· Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Project Manager managing and implementing Customer-facing software projects in a software development environment with multi-function teams.
· Prior experience with Scrum framework
· Proficient in Microsoft Project, Visio and all Office tools.
· Familiarity with Project Management/ALM tools such as Azure DevOps (aka VSTS), Jira, Rally, VersionOne.
· Strong interpersonal skills including collaborating and team building.
· Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demand.
· Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence.
· Proven ability to lead software development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met.
· Excellent oral and written communications skills especially related to customer management up to the executive level.
· Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as proficient knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.
· Experience overseeing multi-function projects with at least 3 to 5 team members including Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Engineers.
· Sufficient level of technical background to effectively collaborate with development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.

Preferred Skills

· Airline or travel industry background
· PMP or Scrum-related certification
· Prior experience in managing web app and/or mobile app projects

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