AirOps Deployment Lead: End-to-End Airport Tech Projects

Amadeus; London Borough of Hillingdon; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Amadeus is seeking a Project Management Principal Specialist to lead medium-sized deployment projects across airports and airline customers. You will oversee planning, kick-off, deployment, testing, go-live, and closure, acting as the main client contact and coordinating multidisciplinary teams across regions.

You will manage scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and stakeholder expectations in a fast-paced, international environment, ensuring high-quality delivery and governance alignment with

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing software, technology, infrastructure, or airport-related deployment projects.
• Project management skills with experience leading cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Experience working directly with customers in implementation or delivery environments.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and navigate complex project environments.
• Communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working in an international and fast-paced environment.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent project management certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end deployment projects for AirOps solutions, including Self-Service Kiosks, Self-Service Bag Drop, ACUS, Self Border Gates, Self Boarding Gates.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and implementation plans in collaboration with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Manage project execution throughout the entire project lifecycle, ensuring delivery against agreed timelines, budgets, and quality targets.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Product Management, Engineering, Solution Design, Deployment, Support, and Customer Success teams.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks and dependencies, and implement mitigation plans when required.
• Manage customer communications and governance activities, including project reviews, steering committees, status reporting, and escalations.
• Ensure deployment readiness, testing activities, operational handover, and successful go-live execution.
• Drive issue resolution by coordinating internal and external stakeholders and facilitating decision-making processes.
• Ensure compliance with Amadeus project management standards, methodologies, and governance processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by sharing best practices and lessons learned across deployment projects.

Skills

Deployment project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Customer-facing delivery

Job description

Amadeus is seeking a Project Management Principal Specialist to lead medium-sized deployment projects across airports and airline customers. You will oversee planning, kick-off, deployment, testing, go-live, and closure, acting as the main client contact and coordinating multidisciplinary teams across regions.

You will manage scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and stakeholder expectations in a fast-paced, international environment, ensuring high-quality delivery and governance alignment with