ABOUT US

Royal Caribbean Group comprises five distinctive brands that share a vision anchored in excellence. We have a common passion for creative thinking, innovative engineering and outstanding guest service that drives continuous improvement in everything we do. The entire Royal Caribbean family is committed to the legacy of hospitality and culture of innovation that is at the core of our guest service, the protection of our natural environment and responsible citizenship in our global community

 

POSITION OVERVIEW

The incumbent will deliver the vision of driving a competitive advantage for the Royal Caribbean Group, Ltd and its subsidiaries through cutting edge transformation & product delivery capabilities. Focused on the most critical portfolio of products, he / she will be uniquely suited to lead and deliver maximum business impacts with confidence, speed, and transparency.

 

The Project Director will partner directly with the heads of the CFO office to provide end- to-end leadership to assigned projects, while leveraging best practices in strategic thinking, planning and service delivery. He / she will lead a team of cross functional professionals through enterprise-wide initiatives with an emphasis on the Group’s financial transformation. An immediate focus will be placed on the Group’s new ERP implementation and enabling technologies.

 

This is a high impact, highly visible, highly cross-functional role that will help deliver the technology roadmap, which enables the vision for the financial and operational systems. Furthermore, he/she will help oversee the project governance, planning, operational design, and technology development (i.e. design, testing, implementation) processes.

 

The role will require working in a fast-paced environment and collaborating with members of the CFO office, IT, and shared services at various levels. The position will use project management methods to drive the Group’s key performance indicators and meet the business goals, objectives, and outcomes.

 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Help lead the project initiatives that deliver the vision for the CFO office, which includes Finance, Accounting, Internal Audit, Treasury, Revenue Planning, Risk Management, Supply Chain and Guest Travel Services.
• Support the project discovery, development and operational roadmaps that enables the vision for the financial and operational systems.
• Co-lead the transformation of various enterprise-wide technology implementations, with an immediate focus on the Group’s ERP transformation and enabling technology.
• Help oversee the project governance processes, and other core processes that include planning, CAR management, operational design, and technology development (i.e. design, testing, implementation), change management, project reporting, and system/operational enhancements.
• Proactively organizes internal and external resources to make recommendations to development / operational plans using strong financial and business discipline, while driving cross functional accountability.
• Leverage data to define business impact, validate scope, understand risks, perform rigorous problem solving, shape priorities, and monitor project performance.
• Co-lead a cross-functional team that plans, prioritizes and delivers the financial (i.e. ERP) and operational (i.e. Source-to-Pay) systems.
• Collaborate with members of the CFO office, IT, and shared services at various levels to deliver business plans and goals.
• Provide expert project management capabilities to large capital projects that include major technology / software upgrades. Typical projects can range from $5M - $50M in size, require team sizes of 10 – 100 in complexity and can last 1 – 3 years in implementation.
• Deploy and oversee transformative initiatives that require high levels of change management. Typical initiatives include operationalizing and scaling the business impact of technology deployments, which are complex and operationally critical.
• Leads, mentors, and provides overall direction of a team consisting of senior managers, managers and/or professionals supporting a highly matrixed operating department.
• Serves as an in-house transformation and project management leader that elevates the Group’s project delivery standards/practices, while expanding impact and scale.
• Utilizes advanced project management methods to lead, develop and oversee the assigned initiatives, while delivering on expected project performance and keeping executives from various operational groups, global partners and project stakeholders aligned.

 

 

 

 

 

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