IT Project Manager

About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Purpose of Position

The IT Project Manager is responsible for managing and guiding cross-functional teams to ensure projects are planned thoroughly and executed with appropriate urgency, delivering results within agreed budgets and timelines, while adhering to company guidelines and compliance requirements. The Project Manager interacts with many technical and business resources across the enterprise to ensure alignment on the project’s business value – and to ensure that value is delivered and adopted.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a project team consisting of technology team members and business stakeholders to effectively deliver software projects on time, in scope, and within budget.
• Develop and execute resource plans, staff the project team, track progress of tasks, manage the budget, scope and schedule. Responsible for estimating, measuring, forecasting, status reporting, managing risks, supporting transition and project closure. Will participate in vendor selection process, where applicable.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to manage scope, requirements and organizational change management required to adopt processes and technology delivered by the project.
• Track, measure and communicate progress of timeline, critical milestones and overall deliverables to project stakeholders. Adapt project plans based on risk mitigation plans and issues that arise during execution. Manage dependencies of other projects, as applicable.
• Manage 3rd party vendor partnerships, as applicable to ensure contract compliance and quality of deliverables.
• Prepare and present project status updates to leadership / executives, driving for decisions and direction as needed
• Participate in team meetings to ensure awareness of project successes, learnings, and issues

Minimum Education

Minimum Experience

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities