Senior Project Manager (Aviation Technology)
Job Description – Senior Project Manager (Aviation Technology)
Position Title: Senior Project Manager – Aviation Technology
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Onsite)
Experience: 12–18+ Years
Industry: Aviation / Airlines / Airport Operations
Role Summary
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Project Manager with strong Aviation domain expertise and deep technical understanding of Cloud, Integration, DevOps, and Digital Transformation programs. The individual will lead a team of approximately 12 technical resources and manage multiple strategic technology initiatives for an airline client.
The ideal candidate should possess a blend of aviation business knowledge, technical project delivery expertise, stakeholder management skills, and leadership capabilities to successfully drive complex projects from initiation through production deployment.
Key Responsibilities
Required Skills & Experience
Aviation Domain
Success Profile
The candidate should be:
Position Title: Senior Project Manager – Aviation Technology
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Onsite)
Experience: 12–18+ Years
Industry: Aviation / Airlines / Airport Operations
Role Summary
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Project Manager with strong Aviation domain expertise and deep technical understanding of Cloud, Integration, DevOps, and Digital Transformation programs. The individual will lead a team of approximately 12 technical resources and manage multiple strategic technology initiatives for an airline client.
The ideal candidate should possess a blend of aviation business knowledge, technical project delivery expertise, stakeholder management skills, and leadership capabilities to successfully drive complex projects from initiation through production deployment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a portfolio of technology projects within the aviation domain.
- Manage a team of approximately 12 technical professionals comprising Cloud, Integration, DevOps, and application specialists.
- Drive project planning, execution, risk management, budgeting, governance, and reporting.
- Act as the primary interface between business stakeholders, airline operations teams, and technical delivery teams.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across architecture, infrastructure, cloud, integration, and application development.
- Ensure successful delivery of projects within scope, schedule, quality, and budget.
- Provide leadership and guidance on technical and business decisions.
- Establish project governance, status reporting, and executive communication.
- Support vendor management and coordination with third-party technology partners.
- Drive continuous improvement, operational excellence, and best practices.
Required Skills & Experience
Aviation Domain
- 8+ years of experience in Aviation/Airline industry projects.
- Strong understanding of airline business processes and operations.
- Strong understanding of:
- Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Integration Platforms and APIs
- DevOps and CI/CD practices
- Infrastructure modernization programs
- Proven experience managing large technical teams.
- Experience handling multi-million-dollar digital transformation programs.
- Strong stakeholder and executive management capabilities.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage geographically distributed teams.
Success Profile
The candidate should be:
- Technically strong enough to challenge architects and technical leads.
- Business-oriented with solid aviation industry understanding.
- Comfortable managing executives, vendors, and delivery teams.
- Capable of leading complex transformation initiatives while ensuring operational stability.