A great opportunity for a Project Manager with Leisure travel background to join a leading travel-tech provider in London. Working between office and home you will be responsible for the duties below.
Main Job Purpose
To manage the implementation of the company own software products.
To manage the project relationship between the software house and assigned Clients post-implementation.
To co-ordinate multiple project work-streams within a large implementation programme
Duties and Responsibilities
Co-ordinate project management activities with external clients including regular reporting and client meetings
Document, track and communicate project issues, risks, requirements and dependencies using company own methodology, toolkit
Manage the production of functional specifications for system change requests to meet client requirements, working closely with our Implementation Consultants and Business Analysts
Work closely with our Offshore Development team
Work closely with the Client Project Manager to resolve issues and ensure project tasks are completed to plan
Conduct Executive-level Steering Meetings with Client’s senior stakeholders
Manage the relationship with third parties regarding integration and associated software development activity
Ensure those test scenarios and test scripts are adequately designed and executed by both development teams and clients
Ensure that good quality user manuals and client specific documentation are produced with each development released to clients
Manage specific commercial aspects of projects including project billing milestones, development estimates, forecasts, staff timesheets, expenses
Potential to manage the team of Implementation Project Managers
Skills / Attributes Required
Experience of managing large software implementation projects, working with offshore development teams, third parties
Extensive experience of using project management tools and techniques
Results orientated with excellent verbal and written communication skills
Good interpersonal skills to communicate effectively at all levels of an organisation
Ability to work both in a team and independently
Knowledge of the Travel industry, and particularly of Tour Operations, preferable but not essential
Knowledge of external interfaces related to the travel industry preferable but not essential
Desire and willingness to travel if required
Educated to degree level with good qualification
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