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Employment Type: Permanent
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At IATA, we speak for the airlines of the world, serving and supporting over 300 of them across all continents. We are passionate and knowledgeable about the aviation industry, and we strive to make it safer, smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive. We celebrate diversity and inclusion in our workforce, and we respect and value the different backgrounds, perspectives and skills of our employees. We also care about our employees’ wellbeing, and we provide flexible work arrangements, travel benefits, family-friendly policies, equal pay and a day off on your birthday. We believe in giving back to the community and encourage our staff to participate in volunteering activities that support causes they care about. We encourage you to join our global community of aviation enthusiasts, and we will do our best to make you feel comfortable during the interview process. IATA is more than a trade association; it is a vision of a better future for air travel.

About the team you are joining
Reporting to a Project Manager, Program Management Office, the Project Coordinator's objective is to successfully deliver software products and infrastructure projects, and control and validate all x-charges for all projects. The incumbent will work with the ITS teams, vendors, and business owners to deliver projects in compliance with the ITS Project Lifecycle and IATA PMO methodology and will engage with all project stakeholders to ensure that the x-charges are timely and correctly reported so we can forecast accurately.
What your day would be like
Be responsible to collect and report timely x-charges from all projects from all the different streams in a safe and secure way so data remains accurate (Admin version control and storage).
Manage small to medium projects through the entire life cycle and ensure that all necessary steps and best practices are followed
Execute project management tasks such as: technical resource allocation, development of project schedules and timelines, managing project scope, IT cost estimations, managing interdependencies, manage vendor development resources, status reporting, stakeholder management, risk and issue management.
Facilitate sprint planning and monitor the execution while adhering to the testing process and releases planning; based-on accurate velocity calculations of the team. IATA uses the Agile project methodology focusing on scrum for technical project delivery.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that all aspects of the project are addressed, and everyone is working towards the same goals.

We would love to hear from you if
BA/BS Degree in Information Technology in the technical domain, management or any relevant field.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in IT Project Management.
Minimum 3 years’ experience in data management tool using Excel, Power BI and other data tools – related certification need.
Certified Scrum master or PMP certification is preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
Analytical skills, ability to identify issues early and propose solutions.
Experience in working with Atlassian tools (Jira Software, Confluence)
Experience with gathering and consolidating requirements from cross-functional groups.

Travel Required: N
Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at iata/careers/. We are looking forward to hearing from you!