Senior Manager, Project Management Office (6 Months Contract)

JOB SUMMARY

The PMO team is looking for a quick learner and self-starter who can lead and support projects to support our most senior level of leadership within APEC. This person should have equal parts left and right brain. Strong analytical skills and a keen attention to detail are essential. They should be able to develop project charters and Excel models with ease. At the same time the candidate should also be intuitive and creative. They need to know how to develop stakeholder relationships and solve problems creatively with out-of-the-box thinking all the while keeping in mind the needs of the business.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

• 4-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration Hotel Management Communications or related major
• 8-10 years experience in management consulting hotel management business analysis or related professional areas

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Project framing and tracking

• Develop project charters timelines with key milestones and activities
• Facilitating meetings with clear agendas and outstanding decisions
• Partner with deployment leads to track progress on projects
• Define success for each project with clear success metrics

Stakeholder management

• Be comfortable to work with and manage c-suit stakeholders
• Demonstrate high levels of emotional intelligence to understand motivations resolve conflicts and identify unarticulated needs
• Take initiative to follow up with stakeholders who need to be informed about certain workstreams
• Nuture stakeholder relationships with maturity and the utmost professionalism
• Offers flexibility patience and an open-minded nature at all times

Communications

• Deliver simple yet effective presentations and memos
• Practice principles of communications design clearly shows information hierarchies on slides balances text and visual content
• Write concisely and persuasively to articulate burning platforms critical outstanding decisions and next steps

Data analysis

• Create simple dashboards to summarize progress on key initiatives
• Synthesize quantitative data to construct insights
• Maintain perspective on project spend versus budget
• Note: Experience in Access SQL VBA and other data analysis tools a plus

Coordination support

• Possess acute attention to detail and catch errors before deliverables are finalized
• Serve as a gut check on initiatives before they are deployed to ensure they meet strategic objectives and serve the business
• Set up calls meetings as necessary to support larger project initiatives

MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

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