Specialist - Program Management

For more than 40 years, Accelya has been the industry’s partner for change, simplifying airline financial and commercial processes and empowering the air transport community to take better control of the future. Whether partnering with IATA on industry-wide initiatives or enabling digital transformation to simplify airline processes, Accelya drives the airline industry forward and proudly puts control back in the hands of airlines so they can move further, faster.  

Role Purpose As Specialist - Project Management at Accelya, you will manage projects end-to-end, leading workstreams, managing risks and issues and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and to the required quality.

Duties & Responsibilities • Manage end-to-end project delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives on time and within scope • Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, risk registers and change logs, applying recognised project management methodologies • Use Jira AI or equivalent and Smartsheet AI or equivalent for intelligent project tracking, automated reporting and predictive schedule analytics • Proactively manage risks and issues, developing mitigation strategies and communicating status to senior stakeholders • Use generative AI (Claude, ChatGPT or equivalent) for project plans, status reports, stakeholder communications and change request documentation • Lead project reviews and retrospectives, applying lessons learned to improve future delivery • Manage project budgets, tracking actuals against forecast and highlighting financial variances

Required Experience & Skills • 5-8 years of project management experience with a track record of on-time delivery • Proficiency in Agile and Waterfall PM methodologies • Experience with project management tooling and risk management • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills • Bachelor's degree in Business, IT or related field; PMP or PRINCE2 preferred

Preferred Experience & Skills • Experience with AI-enhanced project management platforms (Jira AI or equivalent, Smartsheet AI or equivalent, Monday.com AI) for intelligent schedule tracking, automated risk identification and predictive milestone analytics • Use of generative AI (Claude, ChatGPT or equivalent, Copilot) for project plans, status reports, change requests and executive stakeholder communications • Knowledge of airline software implementation project dynamics and the delivery challenges typical of airline technology projects • Familiarity with how leading providers including key players in the competitive airline technology market structure their project management for airline software delivery

What do we offer? • An open culture with a creative and challenging opportunity to satisfy your intellectual needs • Flexible working hours • Smart working: a hybrid remote/office working environment • Work-life balance • An excellent, dynamic and multicultural environment to work in

About Accelya Accelya is a leading global software provider to the airline industry, powering over 200 airlines with an open, modular software platform. Owned by Vista Equity Partners, we bring together 2,000+ employees across 10 global offices. We are proud partners of AWS and pioneers in NDC expertise. Find out more at www.accelya.com

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