Manager, IT Product Construction

Position Summary

The position is onsite and based in Miramar, Florida.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supports the intake process of projects through the governance process, inclusive of IT projects and broader Royal Caribbean Group initiatives.
• Manages capability requirements for each site’s business model and integration requirements with product owners for architecture and build out.
• Manages design and integration activities between IT and RCG’s internal and external partners.
• Create a collaborative partnership among portfolio stakeholders that enables resource demand planning, budget management, initiative strategic alignment, change management, and project pipeline planning decisions.
• Pairs with other business departments to engage and onboard needed resources in order to implement scope.
• Manages project and capability requirements, artifacts, decisions, communications, metrics, and reporting.
• Supports Subject Matter Leads, Program and Project Managers and Business/Project Analysts within portfolio with delivery and reviews to confirm adherence to Delivery Team methodology.
• Supports product integration within RCG sites and assets with insight contributions from within, and across, portfolio activities.
• Works closely with Product teams, Site Architects and Construction partners to develop and document delivery goals and execution strategies related to the project scope.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills

• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience working in the amusement park industry.
• Experience with technical, user, and business issues in a fast-paced hospitality organization.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication and project leadership skills, including an ability to communicate/influence at an executive level.
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop project business cases.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Skills and Abilities

• 3+ years of product management preferred.
• Ability to think strategically and drive ideas into action, with a positive outlook and willingness to take personal initiative.
• Experience with technical, user, and business issues in a fast-paced online organization.
• Experience working with project execution teams creating key requirement documentations and project artifacts.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication and project leadership skills, including an ability to communicate and influence at an executive level.
• Possesses analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop project deliverables.
• Proven ability to collaborate with and achieve results through others, plus the ability to build strong and balanced relationships, and the capability to interact within all levels of the organization.
• Comfortable working with international teams.
• Effectively provide overall leadership across multiple teams, while working collaboratively to delivery with quality on time.
• Knowledge of industry trends and best practices in IT project management.
• Experience in executing heavy IT infrastructure projects in a construction environment.

Preferred Certifications

• PMP, PRINCE2, or other relevant project management certifications are preferred.

Power Skills

• Action Oriented
• Collaborates Effectively
• Communicates Effectively
• Drives Results
• Situational Adaptability