Senior Project Manager - Airline Technology
- Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Own project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and delivery milestones.
Lead airline software implementations, system integrations, and transformation initiatives.
Serve as the primary project contact for customers, building strong relationships with business leaders and technical stakeholders.
Coordinate cross-functional teams across product, engineering, implementation, testing, and support.
Identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and scope changes, escalating decisions when needed.
Maintain clear project plans, status reports, financial forecasts, and executive updates.
Oversee testing readiness, user acceptance testing, deployment planning, and the transition to ongoing support.
Drive stakeholder alignment, resolve delivery challenges, and maintain accountability across teams.
Capture lessons learned and improve project delivery practices.
100
118.00 CAD per hour
182000 CAD per year
Skills Must have
Required Qualifications
A strong track record as a Senior Project Manager delivering complex enterprise technology projects.
Demonstrated project management experience in the airline industry, either directly with an airline or through an airline technology provider or consulting firm.
Experience managing software implementations or system integrations through the full project lifecycle.
Understanding of airline business processes and systems, such as reservations, ticketing, distribution, retailing, or revenue accounting.
Proven ability to manage budgets, schedules, risks, and competing priorities.
Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership.
Experience coordinating geographically distributed teams and external vendors.
Working knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches.
Availability to work in a hybrid arrangement in Calgary, Alberta.
Nice to have
Preferred Qualifications
PMP, PRINCE2, or a comparable project management certification.
Experience with airline revenue accounting, financial settlement, or commercial platforms.
Familiarity with New Distribution Capability (NDC) and ONE Order.
Experience with cloud-based platforms, data migration, and API integrations.
Experience leading organizational change and supporting customer adoption.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead airline technology implementations, integrations, and transformation projects, managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and delivery milestones. Coordinate cross-functional teams and customer stakeholders, oversee testing and deployment through transition to support, and improve delivery practices.
Requirements
Requires a strong track record delivering complex enterprise technology projects, including airline-industry software implementations or integrations across the full project lifecycle. Candidates should understand airline systems and processes, manage budgets and risks, communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, coordinate distributed teams and vendors, and be available for hybrid work in Calgary.
Skills
- Project Management
- System Integrations
- Budget Management
- Schedule Management
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-Functional Team Coordination
- Agile
- Waterfall
- Hybrid Delivery
- User Acceptance Testing
- Deployment Planning
- Airline Business Processes
- Vendor Management
- Change Management
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Technology
- Transportation
- Software
- Consulting
Keywords
- Airline Technology
- Enterprise Technology Projects
- Project Management
- Software Implementations
- System Integrations
- Airline Reservations
- Ticketing
- Distribution
- Airline Retailing
- Revenue Accounting
- Financial Settlement
- Commercial Platforms
- New Distribution Capability (NDC)
- ONE Order
- Agile
- Waterfall
- Hybrid Delivery
- PMP
- PRINCE2
- Cloud-Based Platforms
- Data Migration
- API Integrations
- User Acceptance Testing
- Organizational Change
- Customer Adoption
- Vendor Management