Cruise Administration Services, Inc., a Carnival Cruise Line entity in the Philippines, is currently looking for a Project Manager.

Only candidates located in the Philippines to apply.

Job Summary:

The Project Manager is responsible for managing the delivery of project improvement projects, work items or any other initiatives, ensuring optimum performance of the team resources by providing clarity and guidance on deliverables, timelines and motivation to achieve milestones; lead project execution from planning, requirements definition, defining timeline and milestones, schedules, scope, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including identification of risks and mitigation plans; coordination of internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule and budget; ensures that relevant stakeholders are updated on project status and changes.

Essential functions:

• Creates clear and concise plan in executing and monitoring projects, work items, and other initiatives assigned to the team by defining the scope, timeline, budget, milestones, deliverables, risks and mitigation plans, identification of stakeholders, resources, change management, and other activities related to the delivery of a project, or any initiative assigned to manage. This is required for all initiatives whether small/minor or extensive/major projects.

• Schedules, runs, facilitates and drives needed meetings, workshops, collaborations, and follow ups as needed on the projects or initiatives to ensure alignment on deliverables, tasks, timeline and task owners, from project definition up to post go live support, and ensuring completion of project deliverables according to schedule. These project meetings may be online or onsite depending on the scope and needs of the projects. Meeting documentation detailing the discussion points, decisions made, action items etc. must be sent to project stakeholders accordingly within a reasonable time.

• Provides internal and external stakeholders timely and regular updates on the project/initiatives’ status through calls or emails, as needed on the scope of the project or initiatives; sends timely and proper escalation of risks, mitigation steps, resource issues, output quality issues, etc. that might impact the project scope, budget, and timeline. This includes proper kickoff and closure of projects/initiatives.

• Monitors the utilization of team resources to ensure optimum output and identify available bandwidth to take on tasks and complete deliverables. Reporting of team performance based on tasks/projects delivery, highlighting any subpar performance as well as achievements.

• Accurately, regularly and timely updates the project management artefacts which includes but not limited to team backlog, roadmap, sprint tasks, sprint reports, team utilization, project/initiative plan, timeline, and any other relevant documents used in managing projects/initiative, based on the team’s way of working.

Qualifications:

• With Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, or a related field
• 5–10 years of experience in Project Management, preferably within shared services, operations, or transformation environments
• Strong background in Business Analysis and Process Improvement initiatives
• Proven experience managing cross-functional and global projects
• Exposure to global operations and working with international stakeholders is required
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• PMP or equivalent certification is a plus
• Must be based in Metro Manila, Philippines or nearby provinces for onsite requirements