Portfolio Project Manager

About the role

Awarded World’s Best Small Ship Cruise line, Windstar Cruises is known for intimate yacht style experience and unique voyages to the world’s best small ports and hidden harbors. Our mission is to imagine and deliver personalized and immersive experiences 180 degrees from ordinary. We enrich people’s perspective through inspired travel. We are currently seeking a process-focused and methodical Portfolio Project Manager who will be responsible for overseeing a diverse portfolio of initiatives from initial concept through project completion, ensuring alignment with Windstar’s organizational priorities and strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle and portfolio of projects across Windstar Cruises.
• Provide oversight and facilitation of the project intake process, guiding initiatives from Idea to Execution.
• Organize and facilitate weekly project team meetings, including agendas, follow-ups, action items, and documentation of key decisions.
• Ensure approved projects have appropriate resources assigned and that project management methodologies and standards are consistently applied.
• Maintain a comprehensive, up-to-date portfolio of all active projects across the organization.
• Facilitate the project prioritization process in partnership with key stakeholders and leadership.
• Ensure canceled, deferred, and on-hold projects are properly documented, tracked, and communicated.
• Ensure projects follow defined close-out processes, including completion documentation and payback/benefits realization activities.
• Coordinate and manage communications across multiple departments regarding project disposition, including approvals, denials, status changes, and completions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of project management experience with a broad base of PM tools, methodologies and knowledge; confidence in assessing when to implement those resources
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-changing environments with minimal structure; able to apply the right level of formality and governance as needed.
• Strong judgment in selecting and applying appropriate project management techniques based on project complexity, risk, and organizational needs.
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.
• Prior consulting experience strongly preferred.