Associate Project Manager

Role overview

Project delivery and coordination

• Manage project changes and risks, track delivery against schedules, and take corrective action when needed.
• Communicate project progress regularly with team members, management, stakeholders, and customers.
• Work with customers and their teams to meet project goals and address their needs and expectations.

Administration, governance, and finances

• Prepare communication strategies, resource and project plans, status and variance reports, change requests, risk and issue tracking, Steering Committee reports, and lessons learned.
• Use SITA’s project management tool and maintain accurate project information, documents, and reports in line with governance.
• Drive project profitability and manage project P&L with the Project Financial Controller in accordance with the business case.

Sustainability

• Consider long-term impacts when planning projects and promote sustainable team behaviors through goals and metrics.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of project management experience and a track record managing multiple complex commercial projects with varied budgets and deliverables.
• Experience working with executives and senior management.
• A university degree and strong command of Arabic and English.
• Formal project management training and certification; PMP is preferred.
• Experience with IT solutions in travel and transportation is desirable.

Travel and work arrangements

• Domestic travel is required more than 75% of the time.
• The employer describes flexible work arrangements, including working from home up to two days per week depending on team needs and up to 30 days per year from another location.

Benefits

• The employer mentions employee wellbeing support, professional development resources, and competitive benefits.