Project Manager for Jeppesen – A Boeing Company

Requirements

• At least 3 years of Project Management experience 
• 3 years of customer facing experience 
• Proven Agile project management experience 
• Experience managing complex technical software implementation projects 
• Strong business acumen and relationship skills needed to build partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and direct reports 
• Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or the equivalent combination of education and experience 
• Fluency in English  

Would be a plus:

• PMP certification 
• Aviation industry expertise 
• Experience in the area of crew management solutions 

Personal Profile

• Strong communication and people skills 
• Strong leadership skills 
• Problem-solving experience 

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Apply extensive project management and customer experience while learning and adapting to Jeppesen’s best practices framework to deliver project goals
• Schedule Management: Create and maintain a project schedule for each project by identifying and monitoring: overall project timeline, project milestones, tasks, deliverables, customer requirements, task dependencies, and critical paths
• Cross Functional Leadership: Provide leadership, direction and integrate activities with other departments, Boeing and Jeppesen vendors and partners to ensure successful implementation and support
• Issue / Risk Management: Anticipate and identify Risks and Issues that may impact implementation and develop and implement mitigation and corrective actions
• Scope: Ensure the project remains focused on key objectives and goals. Develop and manage project expectations ensuring all applicable functional areas in Jeppesen are engaged on the project
  
• Communication Management: Using a variety of media, clearly convey information and ideas to internal and external individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message
• Change Management: Ensure proper change management procedures are followed to ensure scope is managed and additional work is captured and appropriately billed to customer
• Mindset: Discover new opportunities and solutions for problems by looking beyond current practices and using innovative thinking. Try different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities