IT PROJECT MANAGER — SHIPPING SYSTEMS
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The Ideal candidate must have experience working for shipping Vessel companies ROLE PURPOSE Plans, governs, and delivers IT projects across Civitas Partners' shipping operations.
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Overview
The Ideal candidate must have experience working for shipping Vessel companies
Role Purpose
Plans, governs, and delivers IT projects across Civitas Partners' shipping operations.
Bridges technical development and operational management — leading cross-functional teams, managing vendors, and driving implementation of proprietary and commercial shipping systems.
Expected to be technically hands-on with the credibility to engage developers, system integrators, and operational stakeholders at all levels
.
S Project Management & Delive
- ry
- End-to-end project ownership: plans, budgets, risk registers, and stakeholder reportin
- g.
- Lead steering committee governance and vendor/contract management including SLA
- s.
- Coordinate delivery across internal development teams and third-party shipping system provider
- s.
Systems Development Oversi
- ght
- Technical direction for development, integration, and customization of shipping management syste
- ms.
- Review technical specifications, solution architecture, and API/integration deliverabl
- es.
- Remain hands-on in solution design where project complexity demands
- it.
Ai & Digital Transformat
- ion
- Lead AI and automation integration projects across Shipping, Bunkering, HR & Fina
- nce.
- Champion digital transformation; manage change, adoption, and training across si
- tes.
Infrastructure & Contin
- uity
- Oversee system resilience, security, and UAT/cutover planning across the G
- roup.
- Manage user access and infrastructure projects in multi-site, low-connectivity environm
- ents.
- Implement company own secure services with emphasis on cybe sec
- urity
- Overlook and drive implementation of group wide IT infrastruc
- ture.
Rience Ess
- ential
- Degree in Computer Science, Information S
- ystems,Engineering, or related
- field.
- Formal PM qualification (PMP, PRIN
- CE2, orequivalent) preferred; demonstrated PM exp
- erienceman
- datory.
- Minimum 3 years hands-on software develo
- pment —must be able to review technical outputs and
- engagecredibly with deve
- lopers.
- Minimum 3 years direct shipping industry exper
- ience —candidates without shipping experience will
- not becons
- idered.
- Working knowledge of shipping line oper
- ationalsystems: vessel scheduling, port oper
- ations,cargo/container management, and agency wor
- kflows.
- Proven experience with customer-facing s
- hippingsystems: booking portals, freight rate manageme
- nt, B/Lissuance, cargo tracking, and client reporting
- tools.
- Experience managing implementation or custom
- isationof commercial shipping pla
- tforms.
- Demonstrated AI, automation, or data inte
- grationproject de
- livery.
Advan
- tageous
- Sub-Saharan Africa / Indian Ocean market experience.
- Multi-currency / USD-denominated system e
- xposure.
Petencies
- Project ownership — accountable for outcomes, not just ac
- tivities.
- Technical credibility — engages developers and vendors with a
- uthority.
- Stakeholder communication — clear and effective at al
- l levels.
- Commercial awareness — links technology decisions to operationa
- l impact.
- Resilience — delivers in resource-constrained, multi site envi
- ronments.
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