IT Project Manager- 10726

Fort Worth, TX
Contracted
Experienced
Position: IT Project Manager
Position Type: W2 Contract-No Benefits
Position Location: Fort Worth, TX
Description:
Why you’ll love this job:
This job is a member of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division and as a member of our Product Agility team, you will be part of a multi-year technology transformation program where we are focused on transforming the American Airlines IT organization in many ways, anchored by our corporate vision and mission.
Across six workstreams, we are driving resiliency in delivery, excellence in engineering, and modernizing our technology. Your role in support of this journey is driven by coordinating with product teams and their leadership to plan and deliver standard application documentation and onboarding support for new team members with opportunity to expand or get involved in other program efforts within the team throughout the life of the transformation.

What you’ll do:
  • Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including IT leaders, business partners, and team members across the company
  • Positively influence stakeholders on the transformation strategy by managing expectations, resolving conflicts and ensuring alignment to the transformation goals
  • Develop and execute comprehensive knowledge sharing plans, including curriculum, schedules, training materials and milestones with reporting on progress, potential risks and mitigation strategies
  • Engage project teams to facilitate a process to gather documentation, plan and support execution of knowledge sharing to onboard new team members
  • Prepare project updates and presentations for leadership and facilitate content review during large stakeholder engagements
  • Utilize effective change management to minimize resistance, maximize adoption, and generate support of new processes, technologies, and strategies across the organization
  • Maintain effective communication channels that allow for a supportive feedback process
  • Partner with internal finance teams to establish, maintain and report on project spend
  • Use data to define project baselines, measure outcomes, share insights, and prioritize delivery
  • Practices agility by continuously evaluating delivery to maintain focus on the highest value drivers for the organization
Minimum Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
  • 1-3 years of progressive broad-based information systems and business experience
  • 1-3 years of experience managing and delivering mission-critical, high-availability large and small IT development projects using structured project management and system development methodologies
Preferred Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience:
  • 1-3 years of experience in Agile methods and mindset as an approach to software development
  • 2-4 years of progressive broad-based information systems and business experience
  • 2-4 years of experience managing and delivering mission-critical, high-availability large and small IT development projects using structured project management and system development methodologies, such as Agile/Scrum
  • Airline Industry experience
  • Experience determining Product Market fit and defining a Go-to-Market strategy
  • Demonstrate familiarity with Agile Product Management tools
  • Experience leading or working within large enterprise transformation towards Agile and DevOps
  • Experience building training programs or curriculum
  • Deep product management acumen
  • Proven ability to manage internal and external resources, as well as manage relationships with 3rd party providers and partners
Skills, Licenses & Certifications:
  • Relevant certifications in Product Management/Product Delivery field
  • Has strong knowledge/expertise of product domain including the business model. constraints, regulations, user experiences, etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to solve, and to lead others in solving, complex analytical problems
  • Willingness to take calculated risks
  • Ability to build and facilitate relationships at all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
  • Self-driven with a natural aptitude for engaging employees in multiple workgroups
  • Leadership skills: team-focused with high energy and a positive attitude
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to effectively and clearly communicate a strategic vision; ability to communicate technical concepts to both engineering and non-technical audiences.
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