Assistant Project Manager - PSS at Arik Air

Arik Air - Launched in 2006, Arik Air is West Africa largest airline. Positioned at the commercial hub airport of one of the world's leading emerging economies, Arik Air currently serves an ever expanding route network of key cities in Nigeria, Africa, Europe and the US. Arik Air boasts a modern fleet of 28 aircraft.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager - PSS

Location: Lagos

Primary Objective

• The Assistant Project Manager assists the project manager in ensuring the successful execution of a project, taking into account the turnaround time and stakeholder engagement/routine briefing on project status.

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Runs complex Projects/Programs from design and development to production.
• Mobile commerce implementation
• Electronic Merchant Bank liaison and escalation
• Crane-PAX – Airline Check-in System implementation
• Crane Reservations – Airline Reservations System implementation
• Crane Crew, SP and OCC implementation
• APIS – AQQ
• ULDs & Aircraft Weight and Balancing Systems
• Crane IBE liaison and issue escalation with payment gateways and service providers
• Define requirements and plan project lifecycle deployment.
• Defines resources and schedules for project/program implementation.
• Create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.
• Plan and schedule project deliverables, goals, and milestones.
• Directs and oversees project team members and manages conflicts
• Performs team assessments and evaluations.
• Efficiently identifies and solves project issues.
• Demonstrates leadership by defining requirements for project risk.
• Develop Requests for Proposals (RFP) for External Services.
• Design and maintain technical and project documentation.
• Strong organizational, presentation, and customer service skills.

Education

• Degree holder in Sciences / Engineering
• PMP Certificate/Training

Experience:

• Four years working experience on a similar role

Person Specification:

• Advanced project management concepts,
• Expert user of Microsoft Project, Visio,
• Tactful.
• Diplomatic.
• Can work well under pressure.
• Prepared to travel.
• Prepared to work weekends when required
• Working knowledge of Prince2
• Must deliver a quality project
• Must be accurate
• Quality and Accuracy.
• Excellent leadership skill
• Numerate.

Working Relationships:

• This role interacts with commercial heads/team, IT heads, and Management stakeholders.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their updated CV to: aviationhr@arikair.com using "Asst. Project Manager - PSS" as the subject of the email.