JOB NUMBER: JB04316
VACANCY NUMBER: ADV05323
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ORGANIZATION: MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd
BUSINESS AREA: Office
LINE MANAGER: New Build Director
We are looking for an experienced Program Manager (PMO) to join our busy and growing New Building department here at MSC Cruises. This is an excited opportunity where by you will be providing business analytical guidance and strong governance support to the project management team of our ongoing Newbuild projects. This role manages all aspects of project planning, tracking, and status reporting.
This role will provide project management assistance to the project teams, supporting on issue identification through data analysis and communication.
You will work closely with both internal stakeholder across various departments including shoreside and shipboard and with External partners; including the shipyard, suppliers, technical and design consultancies. You will be independently gathering, analysing and reporting on data to then present to the senior leaders within the business.
Our New Build Projects are typically top priority and multi-departmental initiatives for the organization and thus require continuous communication and interaction with the project management, onsite technical and design teams, shipyard, other internal and external partners.
- Coordinates and supports for project development, tracking/monitoring and reporting of several large size projects from inception to completion, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of project outputs.
- Acts as project management’s analytical advisor through support in form of issue identification, objective analysis and communication of project areas and subsystems
- Adapts the work approach according to changing project priorities
- Conducts standardized, analytical and frequent reporting on newbuilding projects
- Identifies and proactively searches data sources, together with shipyard/ suppliers. Consults with Project Director of Newbuilding as well as Brand operations to ascertain and define need or problem to obtain data required for solution.
- Develops tools to help shipyard/ suppliers in forward-looking planning
- Tracks total remaining work and project progress against milestone plan
- Establishes, drives, and leads regular meetings between involved parties (attendees, agenda, and official minutes) and drafts communications of project status based on pre-defined templates.
- Analyses data to determine solution such as implementation of alternate methods and procedures or changes in processing methods and practices.
- Supports project teams in collection of quantitative/qualitative statistics, performs basic numerical analysis.
- Excellent problem solving skills, strong analytical mindset and drive for solving complex challenges.
- Fluent English written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to learn quickly and understand technical systems.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and MS Project required. AutoCAD system considered as an advantage
- Excellent interpersonal skills, strength in communicating, collaborating, and influencing in a multicultural environment
- Excellent administrative, organizational, presentation and data visualization skills.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Flexibility to travel in Europe when required
- This is an office based role 5 days a week.
- Full Right to Work in the UK
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MSC Cruises is the world‘s largest privately-owned cruise company and the number one cruise line in
Europe, South America, South Africa and the Gulf.
A game-changer in the world of cruises, MSC has built a global reputation as an innovator and has one of the
youngest cruise fleets.
MSC Cruises is a family-owned and family-run Company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and It is part of
the MSC Group, which encompasses world-leading maritime companies.
As a family who has found its fortunes at sea for over 300 years, protecting the oceans and the communities
that we visit is a top priority for us.
Having embarked on a never-ending journey of continuous improvement, MSC Cruises has integrated
environmental stewardship in all aspects of its operations. This commitment lies at the very heart of our
business.
We employ over 30,000 people worldwide. MSC Cruises is part of the MSC Group, which encompasses
world-leading maritime companies.
