Digital Project Manager

Great vacations begin with great employees! 

Combine your experience and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees in Miami, Fl.  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is pleased to offer a competitive compensation & benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.  

Position Summary:

The Royal Caribbean Digital Project Manager provides day-to-day tactical management of the owned media delivery team on large-scale digital product development projects. Scope of responsibilities spans the entire project lifecycle from scoping and planning to initiation through execution and tracking and then closing. This role is responsible for project scheduling, meeting management, resourcing, on-time project delivery, and project financials for digital based projects that deliver web and mobile solutions that simplify the guest vacation planning and commerce experience.

Within the discipline of Project Management, Royal Caribbean applies industry standards, best practices, and PMI based methodologies and tools in the delivery of projects. All Royal Caribbean project managers have done the work themselves in either a creative, functional, or technical disciplines themselves at some point in their career. Backgrounds solely in project management are sufficient to succeed in this position.

You must be an intelligent problem solver with strong written and verbal communication skills. Candidates must be self-starters, able to quickly learn and practically apply new knowledge in a fast-paced multi-project environment. Digital Project Managers must be able to operate effectively with minimal oversight and direction. They lead by example and emulate Royal Caribbean Core Values in the leadership of teams.

Career Snapshot:

Project Management

• Work with the Digital Marketing Team, IT PMO, and partner agencies to determine the project approach and methodology that best suits the task requirements within the Royal Caribbean environment
• Demonstrate understanding and experience with a variety of methodologies from Agile to Waterfall
• Estimation and planning resulting in project plans and detailed project tracking controls
• Identifies and secures resources (internal and contract resources as needed) to provide the right mix of expertise and skills for the project
• Manages day-to-day project operations serving as the PM on the project team
• Provides quality oversight on deliverables prepared by the project team
• Adept at identifying, quantifying, and managing risk and issues throughout project delivery
• Provides quality assurance on project documents and deliverables including project and knowledge repository management

Technical Understanding

• Understands leading edge Web application technologies including, but not limited to, Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology, mobile applications, and n-tier architectures
• Experience in one of more of the following solution sets: Corporate Sites, Consumer Sites, eCommerce, B2B Sites, RIA/Web 2.0 Applications, Employee Portals, Mobile Apps, and Marketing Platforms
• Understands the elements of User Experience and the application and benefits of a User-Centered Design process in the delivery of solutions
• Maintains a leading edge understanding of new and emerging technologies and their potential application at the client

Requirements:

• 10 years professional web development/consulting with at least 5 years experience in a project / program management role
• 7 years Tactical experience delivering web channel solutions at an enterprise scale
• Understanding of user experience design, creative and technical disciplines
• Demonstrated experience managing resources of design and technical teams within a project framework
• Experience executing projects that deliver upon 12 - 24 month product roadmaps and facilitate change management to deliver strategic short and long term plans
• Demonstrated experience in management of requirements gathering and functional design and documentation of such
• Demonstrated experience managing and executing testing including defining appropriate test approaches, writing test plans, scenarios and scripts, executing testing and managing functional resources executing test scripts, reporting on and communicating test status and managing the resolution of defects

Preferences:

• PMI Certification
• Mastery of Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

Thank you for your interest in this role. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is the world's second largest cruise company, operating under Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises brands. These brands offer an array of onboard activities, services and amenities, including simulated surfing, swimming pools, sun decks, beauty salons, exercise and spa facilities, ice skating rinks, in-line skating, basketball courts, rock climbing walls, miniature golf courses, gaming facilities, lounges, bars, Las Vegas-style entertainment, cinemas and Royal Promenades, which include interior shopping, dining and an entertainment boulevard.

Join our team as our Digital Project Manager.  Once you click to apply below, it will take you 10-15 mins to complete our application, which will help us better qualify your candidacy.   If you are being considered for this position you will hear back from us within the next 30-60 days.  During this time, you can view your application status on our career site.  

Join us at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., where great vacations begin with great employees!

Job: Marketing
Primary Location: United States-Florida-Miami
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular